The Congress on Sunday dismissed latest exit polls as “bogus,” accusing them of being a calculated try to justify election rigging and psychological warfare aimed toward demoralising the I.N.D.I.A. bloc staff. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, when requested in regards to the anticipated seats for the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, referenced a preferred tune, saying, “Have you ever heard Sidhu Moose Wala’s tune ‘295’? So 295 (seats).”
He criticised the polls, dubbing them “Modi media polls.” “This isn’t an exit ballot however a ‘Modi media ballot.’ That is Modi ji’s ballot, it’s his fantasy ballot,” Gandhi said on the AICC headquarters after a video convention with the occasion’s Lok Sabha MPs.
ये एग्जिट पोल नहीं है। ये ‘मोदी-मीडिया’ पोल है।
INDIA गठबंधन की 295 सीटें आ रही हैं।
: @RahulGandhi जी pic.twitter.com/alETKjG3SO
— Congress (@INCIndia) June 2, 2024
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, talking earlier than his give up to Tihar jail, additionally lambasted the exit polls. He stated, “Exit polls got here out yesterday, and I can let you know that every one exit polls are pretend. One exit ballot gave the BJP 33 seats out of a complete of 25 in Rajasthan. Somebody will need to have instructed to present extra seats to the BJP, they usually went overboard, giving them 33 out of 25 seats. The whole exit ballot is pretend. The true problem is why they wanted to conduct a pretend exit ballot three days earlier than the counting…”
Kejriwal urged counting brokers to stay vigilant, particularly in the course of the ultimate levels of vote tallying, to reveal any EVM manipulation.
#WATCH | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says “Exit polls for 2024 Lok Sabha Elections have come out yesterday. Take it in writing, all these exit polls are pretend. One exit ballot gave 33 seats to BJP in Rajasthan whereas there are solely 25 seats there…The true problem is why they needed to do… pic.twitter.com/oLkdoxh3ZL
— ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2024
“They’ve rigged the machines, however I’ve additionally spoken to Sandeep Pathak and need to inform I.N.D.I.A. events to instruct their counting brokers to be totally alert. Even when we’re shedding within the ultimate rounds, they need to not go away. Usually, after shedding within the first, second, and third rounds, brokers stroll away, however they need to not go away. On the very finish, the slips from the EVM machines of random cubicles are taken out, and a random 5% of those slips are matched with the VVPAT slips. VVPAT slip counting and EVM checking occur. If even one machine doesn’t match, the election there may be cancelled. For those who conduct this test, we will expose the EVM rigging,” he remarked.
Congress basic secretary Jairam Ramesh criticised Prime Minister Modi for his in depth conferences, together with a brainstorming session on the brand new authorities’s 100-day agenda. “These are thoughts video games to ship a sign to the paperwork and administrative construction that he’s coming again,” Ramesh informed information company PTI on the AICC headquarters. He expressed hope that civil servants wouldn’t be intimidated by these stress ways.
Ramesh additional alleged that the exit polls launched on Saturday, predicting a decisive victory for the BJP-led NDA, had been orchestrated. “These are a part of the psychological video games performed by the outgoing prime minister and residential minister,” he claimed.
In response to the exit polls, the BJP-led alliance is predicted to safe a considerable majority, with ABP-C Voter predicting 353-383 seats for the NDA and India As we speak-Axis My India forecasting 361-401 seats. ALSO READ | Lok Sabha Ballot Of Exit Polls: BJP-Led NDA Might Witness Landslide Victory Towards I.N.D.I.A, However What About ‘400 Paar’?
Ramesh additionally identified discrepancies within the exit ballot outcomes, stating, “In some states, the NDA has been given extra seats than the variety of seats out there.” He asserted that the I.N.D.I.A. bloc would safe a minimum of 295 seats, primarily based on state-wise evaluation. “This can be a deliberate try to justify rigging and manipulation of EVMs,” the senior Congress chief stated, as quoted by PTI.
Ramesh reiterated his perception that the precise outcomes would starkly distinction with the exit polls. “These are political exit polls and never skilled exit polls,” he added.
Samajwadi Occasion President Akhilesh Yadav Claims Share Market ‘Chronology’ For Exit Polls
Samajwadi Occasion president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday raised issues in regards to the authenticity of exit polls, asserting that the opposition had beforehand claimed that pro-BJP media would depict the ruling occasion as securing over 300 seats within the Lok Sabha.
Yadav alleged that the exit polls, which had been allegedly ready months upfront and are solely being broadcast on TV channels now, might pave the best way for fraud. He additional claimed that the BJP aimed to leverage these exit polls to achieve a bonus within the share market when it opens on Monday, including that the “disillusioned faces of BJP leaders are telling the reality”.
“Perceive the chronology of the exit ballot,” Yadav posted on X. “The opposition had already stated that pro-BJP media would present the BJP crossing 300 seats that might create the scope for fraud. As we speak’s pro-BJP exit ballot was ready many months in the past; the channels simply aired it now. Folks’s public opinion is being deceived by means of this exit ballot.”
He continued, “Primarily based on this exit ballot, BJP desires to learn from the share market which opens on Monday. If these exit polls weren’t false and BJP was not shedding, then BJP wouldn’t have blamed its personal folks. The disillusioned faces of BJP leaders are displaying the reality.”
एक्ज़िट पोल की क्रोनोलॉजी समझिए:
– विपक्ष ने पहले ही घोषित कर दिया था कि भाजपाई मीडिया भाजपा को 300 पार दिखाएगा, जिससे घपला करने की गुंजाइश बन सके.
– आज का ये भाजपाई एक्ज़िट पोल कई महीने पहले ही तैयार कर लिया गया था बस चैनलों ने चलाया आज है.
– इस एक्ज़िट पोल के माध्यम से…
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) June 2, 2024
Insisting that the I.N.D.I.A. bloc was profitable the Lok Sabha polls, Yadav referred to as on candidates and their ballot brokers to carefully monitor the Digital Voting Machines (EVMs) on counting day. He underscored the significance of vigilance, saying, “All the employees, workplace bearers and candidates of the INDIA bloc mustn’t make even one per cent mistake in monitoring the EVMs.”
Yadav additionally remarked on the BJP leaders’ realisation that “the results of the entire nation can’t be modified just like the Chandigarh mayoral election” because of the heightened alertness of the opposition and the height of public anger.
“Corrupt officers who’re in cahoots with BJP are additionally not in a position to muster the braveness to rig the elections after seeing an energetic Supreme Court docket, they usually additionally don’t need to grow to be a sufferer of public anger,” he added.
In a separate tweet, Yadav emphasised, “The premise of exit ballot is just not EVM however the DM. Administration ought to do not forget that there isn’t any higher drive than folks’s energy.”
Exit Ballot का आधार EVM नहीं DM है।
प्रशासन याद रखे जनशक्ति से बड़ा बल और कोई नहीं होता।
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) June 2, 2024
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut Calls Exit Polls ‘Company Recreation’ And ‘Fraud’
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut additionally criticised exit polls, labelling them a “company recreation” and “fraud,” whereas asserting that the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc would safe a decisive victory within the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Talking to reporters on Sunday, Raut claimed, “There may be a number of stress on these media firms. The exit ballot train is a company recreation and a fraud. Do these firms conduct exit polls totally free?”, PTI reported
Raut confidently predicted that the opposition I.N.D.I.A. alliance would win between 295 to 310 seats within the 543-member Lok Sabha, forming the following authorities. “We don’t require exit polls; we’re engaged on the sector and perceive the undercurrent,” he added.
Elaborating on the alliance’s prospects, Raut said, “This isn’t an exit ballot however figures taken by means of a folks’s ballot.” He forecasted substantial features for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra, which incorporates the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress, and Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP). In response to Raut, the MVA would win over 35 of Maharashtra’s 48 seats, with the Shiv Sena sustaining its 2019 tally of 18 seats. He additionally predicted a strong efficiency for Congress and NCP, particularly highlighting NCP MP Supriya Sule’s anticipated victory in Baramati by over 1.5 lakh votes.
Raut expressed optimism in regards to the alliance’s efficiency in key states, asserting, “Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka will carry a change within the nation together with Maharashtra.” He projected the I.N.D.I.A. bloc to safe 35 of Uttar Pradesh’s 80 seats and 16 of Bihar’s 40 seats, the latter attributed to the Rashtriya Janata Dal led by Lalu Prasad.
The counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls is scheduled for Tuesday. A number of exit polls aired on Saturday night have predicted a cushty majority for the BJP-led NDA.