Congress is poised to form its first government in Telangana, according to India Today-Axis My India exit poll which released its outcome for the state on Friday, a day after the southern state went to the polls
Bhartiya Janta Party Member of Parliament Harnath Singh Yadav on Friday rejected the exit poll prediction, giving an edge to Congress in Chhattisgarh and Telangana, while claiming that the BJP will form government in four states when the results are declared on December 3.
As most exit polls predicted BJP returning to power in Madhya Pradesh and facing neck-to-neck competition with Congress in Rajasthan, leaders of both parties reacted to the projections claiming their parties are set to form governments in respective states.
After the exit-poll predicted that Congress is poised to form government in Telangana, state Congress president Revanth Reddy asserted that the grand old party is going to get landslide victory this time and the same thing is reflected in the exit polls.
Exit polls on Thursday predicted that Congress is poised to form government in Telangana and that the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) would fall short of the majority after its 10-year rule in India's youngest state
The two regional players in Mizoram - MNF and ZPM - are in the race to form government in Mizoram, exit polls said on Thursday with most predictions stating that the ruling party led by Chief Minister Zoramthanga has an advantage in the northeastern state while there is also a possibility
Dismissing the exit poll projections, which put Congress in the lead in Chhattisgarh, state party chief and BJP leader Arun Sao said that the small sample size of exit polls does not reflect the exact situation adding that BJP is set to form government in the state after December 3.
The exit polls on Thursday reinforced the perception of a hard contest in Rajasthan, with differences in their prediction of the winner in the crucial Hindi heartland state that has a nearly three-decade tradition of not repeating an incumbent government
"The election is in the final stage and BJP has performed well in all states. We will form a government with a majority and wherever there is an opposition government even in those states we will form a government with a majority," Brajesh Pathak said.
Exuding confidence ahead of the upcoming polls in Rajasthan, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the BJP is set to form government in the state and the possibility of getting a two-thirds majority in a 200-member Assembly cannot be ruled out.
After the second phase of Assembly elections concluded in Chhattisgarh, Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo on Saturday exuded confidence and said that Congress is set to form a government again, adding that the work done by the Bhupesh Baghel government had a positive impact on the public
Narendra Chouhan, the brother of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Friday talked up the prospects of the ruling BJP in the single-phased Assembly elections, which is currently underway in the state.