‘Psychological games’: Congress on exit polls predicting BJP-led alliance’s comfortable win

The Congress on Saturday alleged that the exit polls predicting the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance’s comfortable win in the Lok Sabha elections were “psychological games” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had “masterminded”.

“The man whose exit is certain on June 4th has had these exit polls orchestrated,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said in a social media post hours after the exit polls were published on Saturday. “The INDIA Janbandhan will definitely get a minimum of 295 seats, which is a clear and decisive majority. The outgoing Prime Minister can remain smug for three days in the meanwhile.”

The counting of votes will take place on June 4. Ahead of the release of the exit polls, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge predicted that the Opposition INDIA bloc will win at least 295 seats. A party or a coalition needs 272 seats to form the government.

Ramesh said that the exit polls “are all psychological games he is masterminding” and that the “actual [election] results will be very different”.

Several exit polls on Saturday predicted a comfortable win for the National Democratic Alliance in the Lok Sabha elections, claiming at least 320 seats for the coalition. While the Opposition INDIA bloc could win between 107 to 182 parliamentary seats, other parties could secure anywhere between 15 to...

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