HT poll: 65% say BJP shouldn't form government in Delhi

HT conducted an online poll and survey and asked readers to give their views on government formation in Delhi. 65% said BJP should not form the government in Delhi after initially refusing to do so after the poll results in December last year.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to apprise it of the outcome of the political process initiated by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung by writing a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee on the possibility of government formation in Delhi by October 10.

A five-judge constitution bench, headed by justice HL Dattu, asked the Centre to inform it about the decision that the President takes on the L-G's letter.

On Tuesday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal threatened to take to the streets to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from forming a government in Delhi.

Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said he would take the 'sting video' to the President and request him not to allow L-G to call the BJP to form the government.

The AAP had released a 'sting video' at a press conference on Monday, claiming that senior BJP leader Sher Singh Dagar tried to bribe an AAP legislator to switch sides and help the BJP form a government in the Capital.

HT conducted an online poll and survey and asked readers to give their views on government formation in Delhi.

We asked our readers whether the L-G should call for fresh polls in Delhi after the AAP's allegations of horse-trading.

While 68.67% of the respondents said the L-G should call for elections, 29.93% said he should not and 1.4% respondents had nothing to say on the question.

In the survey, we asked three questions.

On the first question — should the BJP form the government in Delhi after initially refusing to do so after the poll results in December last year - 65% said they should not, 32% said they should and 3% respondents had nothing to say.

On the second question - is it possible for the BJP to form the government in Delhi without indulging in horse trading - 68% felt the saffron party cannot keep out of horse-trading, 25% said it need not indulge in horse-trading and 7% had nothing to say.

On the third question whether there should be fresh assembly polls in Delhi, 71% said yes, while 26% said no and 3% respondents had nothing to say.

The results of the poll and the survey were taken at 2:00pm on Tuesday.