While Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders rejoiced at exit poll results that predicted a landslide victory for the National Democratic Alliance, leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc dismissed the results, saying they will form the government in the Center winning at least 295 seats.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren said that the INDIA bloc will win more than 10 seats in the state and more than 295 seats in the country. “…INDIA alliance is winning more than 295 seats…there is no truth in the exit polls…In Jharkhand also our situation is good. We will win more than 10 seats in Jharkhand,” Soren said speaking to reporters on Sunday.
The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a partner of the INDIA bloc and has a coalition government with the Congress in the state. Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who was previously with the AIADMK and contested as an independent candidate from Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency backed by the BJP-led NDA, said the BJP will get a “huge majority” in the Lok Sabha elections.
“There is every chance that the BJP will win a huge majority in the recent elections and form the government again. My chances of victory are very bright…” Panneerselvam said after offering prayers at the Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai. Talking about his former party, he said, “You are watching what is happening in the AIADMK party and you know who this AIADMK party is so fragmented. People will know after the result of this election…”
After exit polls predicted that the BJP would overtake the ruling TMC in the number of seats in West Bengal, Union Minister Shantanu Thakur, who contested from the Bangaon Lok Sabha constituency, said his party would win 22 seats. “We will win 22 seats. TMC will win 19 and Congress will win 1 seat…” Thakur said. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the TMC won 22 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state and the BJP won 18. The Congress won only 2 seats.
After exit polls on Sunday predicted that Odisha would witness a hand-to-hand fight with the two-decade-old Biju Janata Dal government led by Naveen Patnaik, which would face a stiff challenge from the BJP in the Assembly elections, the party’s state president, Manmohan Samal. He said the credit goes to Prime Minister Modi and majority of the people are attached to him.
“The credit goes to Prime Minister Modi… 91-93 per cent of the people are attached to him… the public is convinced and they fought the elections in the name of the BJP… The public of Odisha wants change and they do will dethrone the BJD government…,” Samal said while speaking to ANI. In the 2019 legislative assembly elections, the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD won a resounding victory by winning 112 seats out of 147 in the state. The BJP won 23 seats and the Congress won nine seats.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is set to achieve a hat-trick in the Lok Sabha polls with a huge majority, exit polls predicted on Saturday and indicated that the ruling party at the Center would improve its performance. in several states governed by other parties. Some exit polls predicted that the BJP-led NDA could achieve the target of “400 peers” set by BJP leaders in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.
Exit polls predicted that the BJP-led NDA is set to improve its performance from its record of 2019, when it won 352 seats. Two surveys predicted that the BJP would also improve its numbers from the 303 seats it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP, led by Narendra Modi, is seeking a third term in power, while the opposition INDIA bloc aims to snatch the power stopping the giant.
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