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MUMBAI: Manmohan Singh led UPA government having completed half
of its five-year tenure was indeed a noteworthy landmark. With the
UPA government crossing the 30-month halfway mark of its tenure,
IBN 7, CNN-IBN and ibnlive.com invited their viewers to vote for
their favourite minister on 'Mantri No.1'. The results for
the online poll are out and India's Finance Minister P Chidambaram
is voted 'Mantri No. 1' of the Cabinet.
Viewers were invited to vote on www.ibnlive.com for their
favorite ministers on the basis of their performance during this
tenure. The online poll received an overwhelming response of over
twenty thousand votes from across the country. The performance-based
results rated the Union Finance Minister highest on the performance
scale and picked him as the favourite among the 33 ministers in
the Manmohan Singh Cabinet. Railway Minister Lalu Prasad ended up
as the second best choice, but Chidambaram led the race by a very
comfortable margin.
The voters picked Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran as their
third choice while External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee made
it to the fourth slot. Commerce and Industries Minister Kamal Nath
finished fifth. Kamal Nath narrowly beat his Cabinet colleague and
Union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal, who ended
up on the sixth slot.
"The online poll conducted tries to ascertain the opinion
of our viewers on the performance of their leaders. We strongly
believe that the citizens of the country have the right to judge
the performance of the decision makers. I am glad that viewers have
appreciated our initiative and have voted generously." said
Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN and IBN 7.
Our aim is to try and ascertain the opinions of our viewers on
issues that are of national interest. Mantri No I is a valuable
barometer to gauge the public mood. We are glad that our efforts
have been duly appreciated and acknowledged by the viewers"
added, Ashutosh, Managing Editor,IBN 7.
Some other ministers who featured in the survey were Kapil Sibal,
Prem Chand Gupta, Ambika Soni, Kamal Nath, S Jaipal Reddy, Sharad
Pawar, Ram Vilas Paswan etc.
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