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2014-11-30 / . |
Modi slips to second spot in TIMEs Person of the Year poll
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has slipped to the second place in the Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' poll with the Ferguson protesters surging ahead of him in a vote by the readers. As per latest reports, Modi is leading second with 9.8 per cent of the total votes polled so far while the Ferguson protesters are leading with 10.8 per cent of the votes. Joshua Wong, face of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, is placed third. Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai (5.3 per cent) and Russian President Vladimir Putin are placed fourth and fifth respectively. US President Barack Obama is placed at a distant 11th position with just 2.4 per cent of the total votes.
The annual poll, which is currently underway, is scheduled to end on December 6 and the poll's winner will be announced on December 8. However, it is the TIME's editors who will choose the Person of the Year, which is scheduled to be announced on December 10. Till November 26, Modi was leading the polls with 11.1 per cent of the total votes while Ferguson protesters with 8.8 per cent were ranked second. But support for Ferguson protesters surged after a recent grand jury's decision of not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man which caused an outcry across the United States.
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