Kiran Bedi – Is she doing more harm than good to the BJP and to herself, by joining the BJP? By Deepak Parvatiyar February 4, 2015 The veracity of opinion polls could often be doubtful but not their impact. These pre-poll surveys remain a powerful tool to influence perception of the voters. Hence, when recently they suggested that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Chief Ministerial candidate in Delhi, Kiran Bedi, after an initial upsurge, was no longer the people’s first choice for the coveted post, they did make many heads turn. These surveys further showed that the Aam Aadmi Party had actually now emerged as the favourite to win the Delhi election – Consider the Hindustan Times –C Fore surveys. They showed that the BJP’s position considerably slumped from its earlier position while the AAP considerably improved its position from the earlier surveys (the first survey conducted between January 10-19 projected the BJP to win between 29 and 34 seats but the entry of
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