Most Welfare Scheme Beneficiaries To Vote For BJP In Karnataka: NDTV Survey

Bengaluru/New Delhi: 

A majority of beneficiaries of the Karnataka government’s welfare schemes has indicated they will vote for the ruling BJP in the assembly election, according to a public opinion survey by NDTV and Lokniti-Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS).

The beneficiaries of different kinds of the state government’s welfare schemes who intend to vote for the BJP are over 40 per cent, while those who indicated they would vote for the opposition Congress are over 30 per cent but lower than 40 per cent.

For example, the Bhagyalakshmi Yojana for below poverty line (BPL) families, which gives financial aid to girl children till they reach Class 10, went to 45 per cent beneficiaries; 44 per cent beneficiaries said they intend to vote for the BJP; 32 per cent said they would press the voting machine button that has the Congress election symbol.