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Political parties reject exit poll predictions
New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) India's major political parties
Thursday rejected exit polls which gave the Congress-led
coalition a slender edge over opposition National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha elections.
Dismissing as unrealistic the projections of exit polls,
NDA Convenor Sharad Yadav said the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)-led alliance would get majority in the Lok Sabha.
"I have no faith in exit polls. The NDA will get majority
and we will form the government headed by L K Advani," he
said.
Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad too did not agree
with the exit poll projections and asserted that his party
will emerge as the single largest party with 166 seats.
The Left parties too refused to lap up the predictions
telecast by different news channels last night.
Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary
Prakash Karat dismissed the exit-poll results, saying he did
not believe in them.
CPI National Secretary D Raja termed exit polls as
"speculation" and said the actual situation will emerge only
after the results are out on Saturday.
On exit polls indicating poor performance by Samajwadi
Party (SP), its President Mulayam Singh Yadav said he did not
trust such surveys.
Terming exit polls as "politically inspired", SP leader
Amar Singh said they cannot decide on the fate of political
parties already sealed in EVMs.
He pointed out that during the last general elections,
his party was shown not as a big gainer. "But we managed 40
seats. Therefore, we do not go by the exit polls," he said.
Exit polls have shown NDA getting 185 to 196 seats in the
543-member House against 190 to 205 seats for UPA. Projecting
a highly-fractured verdict, the surveys have placed the Third
Front at a little over 100 seats.
Exit polls had been wide off the mark in 2004 Lok Sabha
polls, with most of them projecting BJP-led NDA as the winner
which did not turn out to be correct.
Ultimately, in 2004 elections the Congress and its
pre-poll allies got 216 seats against a projection ranging
from 170 to 205 seats. The BJP-led NDA secured 187 seats
against the projections of over 240 to 250 seats. PTI NAB
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Thursday rejected exit polls which gave the Congress-led
coalition a slender edge over opposition National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha elections.
Dismissing as unrealistic the projections of exit polls,
NDA Convenor Sharad Yadav said the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)-led alliance would get majority in the Lok Sabha.
"I have no faith in exit polls. The NDA will get majority
and we will form the government headed by L K Advani," he
said.
Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad too did not agree
with the exit poll projections and asserted that his party
will emerge as the single largest party with 166 seats.
The Left parties too refused to lap up the predictions
telecast by different news channels last night.
Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary
Prakash Karat dismissed the exit-poll results, saying he did
not believe in them.
CPI National Secretary D Raja termed exit polls as
"speculation" and said the actual situation will emerge only
after the results are out on Saturday.
On exit polls indicating poor performance by Samajwadi
Party (SP), its President Mulayam Singh Yadav said he did not
trust such surveys.
Terming exit polls as "politically inspired", SP leader
Amar Singh said they cannot decide on the fate of political
parties already sealed in EVMs.
He pointed out that during the last general elections,
his party was shown not as a big gainer. "But we managed 40
seats. Therefore, we do not go by the exit polls," he said.
Exit polls have shown NDA getting 185 to 196 seats in the
543-member House against 190 to 205 seats for UPA. Projecting
a highly-fractured verdict, the surveys have placed the Third
Front at a little over 100 seats.
Exit polls had been wide off the mark in 2004 Lok Sabha
polls, with most of them projecting BJP-led NDA as the winner
which did not turn out to be correct.
Ultimately, in 2004 elections the Congress and its
pre-poll allies got 216 seats against a projection ranging
from 170 to 205 seats. The BJP-led NDA secured 187 seats
against the projections of over 240 to 250 seats. PTI NAB
DEP
NNNN
