A lot has been discussed about how the Pulwama terror attack and India's strike in Balakot may make a big impact on general elections. But how big is big?
How will these two events impact the elections as well as the prospect of Narendra Modi returning as prime minister? The C-Voter survey between January and February released on 8 March gives us a few clues into that.
In 10 charts, it encapsulate exactly the scope of how much Balakot, Pulwama and the budget has impacted the prospect of Narendra Modi.
Yashwant Deshmukh, MD and Chief Editor of C Voter takes us through the details.
Speaking on some of the key findings, Deshmukh said, "In our tracker...January numbers were the lowest in the last five years that this government and the prime minister could have set. And for the last four and a half years, we have been reporting that the approval ratings of the prime minister and his government have been going down."
He said the BJP has been at the rock bottom level as per their own standards.
After the budget things started to change. All of a sudden after the Pulwama attack, we saw a sudden jump in the popularity of the prime minister, Deshmukh said.
How Can a Terror Strike Be Positive For Such Ratings?
After such an attack, the country is in emotional trauma, people at large, public psychology goes like that they stick to some leadership, which they feel is going to deliver, he added.
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