PM Modi's rating falls as India reels from Covid-19 second wave

印度遭受第二波疫情冲击，莫迪的支持率下降

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's approval ratings have fallen to a new low, a survey showed on Tuesday, as the country struggles to contain a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

新德里：印度正在努力遏制第二波疫情之际，周二的一项调查显示，印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪的支持率跌至新低。

Modi, who swept to power in 2014 and was re-elected in 2019 with the biggest majority of any Indian leader in three decades, has long fostered the image of a powerful nationalist leader.

莫迪在2014年以压倒性优势上台，并在2019年以30年来印度领导人中最多的多数票再次当选，长期以来一直塑造着强大的民族主义领导人的形象。

But India's Covid-19 caseload surged past 25 million this week, exposing a lack of preparation and eroding Modi's support base, according to US data intelligence company Morning Consult's tracker of a dozen global leaders.

根据美国数据情报公司Morning Consult对12位全球领导人的追踪，本周印度的确诊病例激增，总数超过2500万例，暴露出印度准备不足，削弱了莫迪的支持基础。

Modi's overall ratings this week stand at 63%, his lowest since the US firm began tracking his popularity in August 2019. The big decline happened in April when his net approval dropped 22 points.

莫迪本周的总支持率为63%，这是自该美国公司于2019年8月开始追踪其支持率以来的最低水平。大幅下跌发生在4月份，当时他的净支持率下降了22点。

That sharp fall came as the pandemic appeared to be overwhelming large urban centres such as Delhi, where hospitals ran out of beds and life-saving oxygen and people died in parking lots, gas for breath.

这一降幅发生之际，正值疫情席卷德里等大城市，医院没有床位和救命的氧气，很多患者呼吸困难，死在停车场。

以下是印度时报读者的评论：译者：Jessica.Wu

Ranjan Soni

63% approval rating is still too high for a failed leader responsible for so many casualties and economic disasters. Hopefully more people will start realising that he is no god but a shrewd politician who is only interested in retaining power by any means possible.

对一个造成如此多人员伤亡和经济灾难的失败领导人来说，63%的支持率仍然太高了。希望更多的人开始意识到，他不是神，而是精明的政治家，他只想不择手段保住权 力。

Joy

He is doing better than any PM would have done in these circumstances

在这种情况下，他做得比任何总理都好

Vipin Subnis

Then elect Pappu and see the outcome It's very easy to sit at home and criticise In a such huge populated country is it that easy to manage

那就选拉胡尔，看看结果，站着说话不腰疼，管理这样一个人口众多的国家，容易吗？

Madeti Nageswara Rao

He is always a genuine and dynamic leader. He succeeded in dealing Corona wave #1. But wave#2 spiked suddenly and nobody expected it, it is not mistake of single person. Wave#2 situation is created by some selfish persons only how can we make responsible others.

他是一位真诚而有活力的领导。他成功应对了第一波疫情，但第二波疫情突然来袭，病例激增，没有人预料到，这不是某个人的错。第二波疫情是由一些自私的人造成的，我们怎么能让别人负责任。

ram pawar

best PM...

and he is doing good.

最好的总理，他做得很好。

Sriram K

Please leave the poor man alone. He is the only honest well meaning leader we have. Definitely there were some errors in managing the second wave initially but please realise that USA the most advanced country in the world fared far worse than us.

请放过这个可怜人。他是我们唯一诚实善良的领导人。在应对第二波疫情时肯定犯了一些错误，但世界上最先进的国家-美国的情况比我们糟糕得多。

Harsh Kaul

Who cares about ratings at the time of pandemic ?

疫情期间，谁关心支持率?

Vaibhav Maheshwari

It doesn't take a rating agency to tell Modi's popularity has gone down...

不需要评级机构就能看出莫迪的支持率下降了…

somat

actual purpose of this article is to tell his rating is 63% not to say it fell. part of his duplicitous propaganda. Event 36% will be too high for him now.

这篇文章的实际目的是宣传莫迪的支持率还有63%，而不是为了说他的支持率下降了。36%的支持率对他来说都太高了。

Logical Indian

Has media ever discussed RaGa rating ??

媒体讨论过拉胡尔的支持率吗?

Spade Aspade

I wonder whether the worst is yet to come!

我想知道最坏的情况是不是还在后面呢！

Sat Bala

Another Pulwama & retaliation round the corner, again his popularity will spring back like never before... citizens are naive chooothiyas... LOL

普尔瓦马事件还会上演，接着莫迪会实施报复，他的支持率将会前所未有地反弹…公民都是天真的笨蛋，哈哈

Inquilaab Zindaabad

How about other leader's rating ? Biden , Putin ?? Mamta, Raga,UT ?? One who leads is always criticized.

其他领导人的支持率如何?

拜登、普京、玛玛塔、拉胡尔? ?

领导人总是受到批评。

Guest

MODI is best and remain so.....

莫迪是最棒的，并且一直如此……

Harish Kathpalia

Ratungs..who cares. Yours toolkit bakwas has no meanings in India. Modi is our national.leader and he is working smartly on real issues...real issues India needs to address urgently

在印度支持率没有任何意义。莫迪是我们的国家领导人，他很聪明，做得很好，

印度迫切需要解决现实问题

Seema K

Imagine sonia sena in power during the pandemic time, they would have sold the country to Pharma companies

想象一下如果是索尼娅在疫情期间掌权，他们会把国家卖给制药公司

Himanshu

What a pity... you are lucky that Modi is at the helm. Think what would have happened if any of the other prominent leader was the PM. It is very easy to blame others but no one proposing solution. It is depressing to see the behavior of most opposition leaders.

真遗憾……你们很幸运，有莫迪在掌舵。想想如果是其他人当总理，会发生什么？指责别人是很容易的，但没有人提出解决方案。大多数反对派领导人的所作所为令人沮丧。

suraj vijayakumar

The opposition is using foreign agencies to de stabilize the govt

反对派正在利用外国机构来颠覆印度政府

The Truth Speaker

Indians has declared PM Modi as a life long PM of india as there is not one match to his standard . Salute to Our Super Pm of Our Super Country Bharathvarsh. Jai Hind jai Bharath .

印度人已经宣布莫迪是印度的终身总理，没有一个比得上他。向我们超级国家的超级总理致敬，印度必胜。

Gp Dutt

It shouldn’t be more than 35%

不超过35%