Hyderabad: Dismissing some exit poll surveys that suggested that the ruling BRS is going to lose in the assembly polls, the party's Working President K T Rama Rao on Thursday said the party led by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar would come back to power with over 70 seats.
Addressing a press conference, Rama Rao said that in 2018 some of the exit polls had wrongly predicted that BRS would lose, but the results proved otherwise. "I promise you, for those of you who are friends of BRS and want KCR to come back..., I promise you on December 3 (counting day) we are coming back. We are coming back with anywhere above 70 seats, he said.
Polling for Telangana's 119-seat assembly concluded on Thursday, and the result will be announced after votes are counted on December 3. "In the name of exit polls, those who create nuisance and nonsense, there will be egg on your face, and your reputation is at stake," he said.
He said that earlier the party had predicted it would get over 88 seats, but due to "some problems here and there", the figure was slashed down. Rama Rao also suggested that some of the survey firms should apologise if their predictions go wrong. He also found fault with the Election Commission for allowing exit polls to be aired at 5.30 PM even while some of the voters were still in queue to vote.
- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel said,"We had set a target of getting 75 seats and we will remain close to that figure."
- Congress leader Gourav Vallabh said,"There has been positive voting in Rajasthan...We got votes from all religious communities. The exit polls show that Congress will be forming the govt."
- Congress leader Jitu Patwari said,"BJP does not have a lead anywhere. Be it Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan, Congress is forming the govt in all four states."
- Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, "I said this at a lot of places that the kind of support we are getting from women of our state, the results will be unexpected and unprecedented."
- Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said, "Exit poll results are very diverse. We cannot say anything about it. I can assure you that the Congress will get more than 130 seats in Madhya Pradesh. People want transformation. People are fed up with CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan."
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