Even at home, both BJP and Congress are known to take the help of internal opinion pollsters to decide on candidates. How is it that that psephologists hired by them are accurate and those hired by the media are manipulated?
It is not my case that all opinion polls are a result of scientific work. Nor is it my view that the methodology and accuracy of the opinion polls should not be questioned. I think that opinion polls and surveys should only be taken as indicators, as straws in the wind. They should be open to scrutiny. It should be left to the people to accept or reject the opinion polls.
Opinion polls in a democracy are part of the process of educating and enlightening the voter.
Any politically motivated move to restrict the opinion polls is bound to boomerang. The Congress should rather work on its strategy to regain lost ground. And, the BJP should make a commitment that it will not take a U-turn on opinion polls, if it comes to power.
