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Congress, BSP will gain, says NDTV opinion poll

‘BJP was expected to lose 22 seats, the Left parties would lose 25 seats’

New Delhi: The Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party will make gains, while the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left will suffer losses if snap Lok Sabha polls are held in the wake of the controversy over the India-United States civilian nuclear deal, according to an opinion poll conducted by NDTV.

The Congress would gain 40 seats across the country while the BSP would win an additional 23 seats if elections were held at the moment, the opinion poll said.

While the BJP was expected to lose 22 seats, the Left parties would lose 25 seats, the NDTV poll said.

Over 12,000 people from 120 constituencies were surveyed by the NDTV team, out of which 75 per cent of the respondents were from rural parts.

Among those polled, 56 per cent were aware of the nuclear deal, while 44 per cent were not aware of it.

Out of those who are aware of the deal, 60 per cent of the people want the India-U.S. nuclear deal to go ahead, the poll found.

Of the total respondents, 63 per cent said they trusted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 65 per cent of those who backed Dr. Singh felt that he should not resign. — PTI

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