CVoter Survey: Majority wants PM Modi to intervene and Manipur CM to resign

An exclusive survey conducted by CVoter reveals that more than three in four Indians are aware of the violence that has engulfed Manipur since May this year.

More significantly, a huge majority wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to personally intervene in the matter.

To the question: should Prime Minister Modi personally intervene to stop the violence in Manipur, overall 80 per cent of the respondents answered in the affirmative.

There was no significant difference of opinion on the issue between NDA and opposition supporters.

Opposition leaders have accused the Prime Minister of ignoring the Manipur violence and staying over it for more than two months.

Even more significantly, a big majority wants the chief minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh to resign from his post.

Close to 60 per cent of the respondents in the CVoter survey are of the opinion that Biren Singh must resign immediately.

Less than one fourth want him to continue as the Chief Minister.

Close to half of NDA supporters want Biren Singh to resign while only a third want him to stay.

Among respondents, who support opposition parties, more than two thirds want him to resign immediately.

The northeastern state has been gripped by uncontrolled violence since May 3, 2023.

There were protests by members belonging to the Kuki tribe when the Manipur High Court ordered that the indigenous Meitei tribe be given the Scheduled Tribe status.

The Supreme Court stayed the order and reprimanded the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court.

The protests by members of the Kuki community soon spiralled into horrific violence as militant sections of both communities launched attacks on each other, attacked police posts and armouries and looted weapons.

Worse, women have been brutally assaulted and gang-raped, leading to nationwide outrage and anger.

The Supreme Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the sexual assault cases.

The monsoon session of Parliament has been disrupted over the issue.

More than 115 people have lost their lives so far in the Manipur violence.

58% say 'double engine' has failed in Manipur

An exclusive survey by CVoter reveals that a majority of Indians are of the opinion that the "double engine" government of the NDA has failed in Manipur.

Significantly, an even bigger majority is of the opinion that President's rule needs to be imposed in the state to quell the violence that has engulfed the state since early May.

The question asked during the CVoter survey was: Do you think that the violence in Manipur reflects the complete failure of BJP's double engine government in the state?

Overall, close to 57 per cent of the respondents answered in the affirmative while just about 30 per cent disagreed.

Significantly, even among respondents who support the NDA, a larger proportion says the double engine government has failed. A big majority (58 per cent) is also of the opinion that the BJP and the Central government are failing to stop the violence in Manipur for political reasons.

Significantly, close to 62 per cent of the respondents want President's rule to be imposed in the state.

A big majority (54 per cent) of the NDA supporters want President's rule to be imposed while less than one third don't agree with the contention.

The northeastern state has been gripped by uncontrolled violence since May 3.

There were protests by the members belonging to the Kuki tribe when the Manipur High Court ordered that the indigenous Meitei tribe be given the Scheduled Tribe status.

The Supreme Court stayed the order and reprimanded the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court.

The protests by members of the Kuki community soon spiralled into horrific violence as militant sections from both communities launched attacks on each other, attacked police posts and armouries and looted weapons.

Worse, women have been brutally assaulted and gang-raped, leading to nationwide outrage and anger.

The Supreme Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the sexual assault cases.

Majority wants death penalty for rapists

An exclusive survey conducted by India's leading poll agency CVoter reveals that an overwhelming majority of Indians want culprits like the ones who paraded women naked in public and gang-raped them in public in Manipur should be given the death penalty.

The question asked during the CVoter survey was: Some horrifying videos of brutality and gang-rape of women have come to the fore during the violence taking place in Manipur.

According to you, should culprits of such acts get the death penalty.

Overall, a huge majority of 87 per cent of the respondents answered in the affirmative while less than 4 per cent disagreed with the contention.

There is hardly any difference of opinion between respondents who support the NDA and those who support the opposition parties.

The stripping of the two women belonging to the Kuki tribe, their naked parading on streets and subsequent gang-rape in public occurred in the month of May.

However, it is only recently that the horrific videos surfaced on social media and went viral. The viral videos have triggered nationwide anger and outrage.

The northeastern state has been gripped by uncontrolled violence since May 3.

There were protests by members belonging to the Kuki tribe when the Manipur High Court ordered that the indigenous Meitei tribe be given the Scheduled Tribe status.

The Supreme Court stayed the order and reprimanded the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court.