Agartala: The ruling BJP in Tripura is in celebratory mode after exit polls indicated a comfortable victory for the BJP-led NDA to form the 18th Lok Sabha, while the opposition parties rubbished the prediction, terming it “biased and partisan”.
The INDI bloc leaders in Tripura have claimed that the exit polls this time would be proven wrong just like in 2004, as they are concocted and fabricated to please the ruling saffron brigade.
However, BJP State President Rajib Bhattacharya claimed the number of seats predicted in the exit polls would gradually surpass 400 by June 4, on the day of counting.
“Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always guaranteed Viksit Bharat and India will celebrate the centenary of its Independence in 2047 as has been proclaimed by him for youths, women, and farmers,” Bhattacharjee stated, adding that Modi’s 10-year performance till now was “just a trailer and the complete show is yet to reveal itself”.
“INDIA bloc’s leader Rahul Gandhi said they would remove poverty, but they neither have solution nor plan. Half of their leaders are in jail, and the rest are waiting to go to jail over corruption. People do not support them. People have rejected them,” Bhattacharya added.
Meanwhile, CPI-M state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury criticized BJP and said in the exit poll, almost all organisations have declared the BJP as the winner, which is far from the truth and this time those prediction will be reversed.
“In 2004, there was a Atal Bihari Vajpayee-wave, a leader very popular and better than the present prime minister; then also, exit poll organisations declared BJP as the winner, but it turned out to be totally opposite as NDA lost and the UPA government was formed,” he pointed out.
In 2014, there was the slogan ‘Achhe Din,’ and in 2019, they won using the Pulwama attack and surgical strike. This year, they can’t make any impact using Ram Mandir, and Modi’s guarantee has vanished gradually, he said.
Meanwhile, senior leader and Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman claimed that every exit poll is concocted and fabricated with a motive to serve the party in power.
“They are always far from the truth. Some predictions showed that in Haryana, where there are only 10 seats, an exit poll said the BJP will win 16 to 18 seats; while in Bihar, the Lok Janshakti Party is going to win 6 to 7 seats while they have contested on only 5 seats,” he said.
“The people who have manufactured the data are not well acquainted with reality. The reality is that INDIA bloc is going to form the government and get the public mandate.
“These are all just eyewash. I believe on June 4, when the counting will take place, you will see the reverse of what has been projected in the name of exit polls. I am very optimistic that the INDIA bloc will form the government,” Roy Barman added.
