Corruption and the ways to fight it remain a major concern for the people, if the poll for pledges taken under the New India campaign run by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 12 is any indicator.
Senior sources involved with the poll, asking participants to choose from nine programmes that they will pledge to work with, said that of the over 2.5 lakh respondents, the pledge to work for a corruption-free India got the highest response. “Nearly 70% of the respondents voted for a pledge to fight corruption. This was followed by Swachch Bharat and at number three was the campaign for Accessible India, of making public spaces accessible for the physically challenged,” a source said.
Male respondents on Twitter for the same campaign under #IAmNewIndia and #NewIndia far outstripped women respondents.
Data shared showed that 84.7% of respondents on the hashtags were male, and 15.3% were women.
The two hashtags together made a massive tweet impression of 44.8 crore.
Findings significant
Mr. Modi, after the results of the Assembly polls in the five States in March, started this campaign by launching the poll on pledges to be taken on various issues of interests by those who had downloaded his personal App, the Narendra Modi App.
Sources said the findings of the polls were significant in that the “government may tap into the enthusiasm” while prioritising issues.
Published - April 23, 2017 10:39 pm IST
