OUTLOOK-MDRA

OPINION POLL
TAMIL NADU

Do you think the There are allegations Raja’s controversial Do you think the
Karunanidhi family and that the Karunanidhis policies brought down guilty will at some
DMK have been tainted benefited from the 2G telecom prices, or so point be punished
by the 2G scam? scam. Could it be true? he says. Do you agree? in the 2G scam?

■ Yes 78.1 ■ Yes 73 ■ Yes 56.4

■ Yes 46.5
■ No 17.3 ■ No 22.2 ■ No 33.5
■ No 53.5
■ DK/CS 4.6 ■ DK/CS 4.8 ■ DK/CS 10.1

Which Tamil Nadu

leader is cleaner,
less corrupt?
Karunanidhi 18.8
Jayalalitha 37.9
Both 6.9
Neither 36.4

Who do you think

benefited from Raja’s
controversial policies?

Himself 13.9
His party 19.5
Himself & his party 63.1
None of the above 3.5 Which alliance will CITY DMK+ AIADMK+
come to power in the
PER CENT Chennai 93.6 4.8
Rate the DMK govt's
performance
Good 19.2
38 SAY JAYA IS
CLEAN; 19% FOR
2011 assembly polls?
DMK-Congress-PMK
AIADMK-Vijayakanth
37.4
54
Coimbatore
Madurai
Salem
9.6
27.2
37.6
75.2
69.6
49.6
Average 32.4 Some other party 8.6 Trichy 19.0 70.6
Poor/ineffective 48.4 KARUNANIDHI

Do you think the DMK Do you agree with the Would the AIADMK Has the scale of
alliance will support view that A. Raja has have handled the 2G corruption in the
A. Raja in case of an been targeted because spectrum allocation scam damaged Tamil
adverse poll verdict? he is a Dalit? issue in a better way? Nadu's reputation?

■ Yes 56.7 ■ Yes 37.4

■ No 31.9
■ Yes34.2 ■ No 47.4
■ Yes 86.1
■ No 65.8 ■ No 13.9
■ DK/CS 11.3 ■ DK/CS 15.2

All figures in percentage DK/CS: Don’t know/Can’t say

20 14 March 2011 OUTLOOK