‘We must wait… hopeful results are opposite of what exit polls say’: Sonia Gandhi

After the seven phases of polling for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 ended on June 1, exit polls painted a positive picture for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government

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New Delhi | Updated: June 3, 2024 01:01 PM IST

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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi (PTI Photo)

Even as several exit polls predict the return of the Narendra Modi-led government, senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi asserted that the party remained hopeful that the Lok Sabha election results would be the opposite of the what the exit polls have showed.

Speaking to reporters, Gandhi said, “We have to wait. Just wait and see. We are very hopeful that our results are completely the opposite to what the exit polls are saying,” news agency PTI reported.

After the seven phases of polling for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 ended on June 1, exit polls painted a positive picture for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government, predicting a remarkable third term for Prime Minister Modi.

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The Poll of Polls by television channel NDTV estimated that the BJP-led NDA is getting 358 seats and INDIA alliance getting 148 seats. Meanwhile, ABP-CVoter gave NDA 353-383 seats and INDIA 152-182 seats. India-Today-My Axis poll and Today’s Chanakya took the NDA tally to over 400 seats. Axis projected INDIA alliance to get 131-166 seats while Chanakya predicted it to be between 96 and 118.

Earlier, terming the exit polls “bogus,” the Congress said the predictions were a “deliberate attempt to justify rigging” of the elections and part of “psychological games” being played by PM Modi to lower the morale of the INDIA alliance workers.

On Sunday, Rahul Gandhi called them a “Modi media poll”, his “fantasy poll”, asserting that the INDIA bloc will win at least 295 seats.

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