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India ruling party losing public support-poll

(Agnecies)
Updated: 2011-01-07 15:56
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NEW DELHI - India's ruling Congress party is losing voter support and would lose over 40 seats if an election were called tomorrow as billion dollar scams and corruption allegations take their toll, a poll showed.

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A $39 billion telecoms scam, corruption accusations over last October's Commonwealth Games and the resurrection of a 25- year-old defence contract kickback scandal have all dented public confidence in the party that leads the ruling coalition.

In an election, Congress would see its majority slashed by a loss of around 40 of its current 206 seats, the AC Neilsen poll showed, as 44 percent of respondents said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's previously unimpeachable image had been affected by the scandals.