Kolkata, Apr 30:
The Trinamool Congress and the CPI on Wednesday dismissed the exit polls of the just concluded Assembly polls in five states, saying that the people “will reject the BJP” in West Bengal. Out of four exit polls, three agencies have projected a comfortable victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Trinamool Congress in the keenly contested Assembly elections in the state, potentially ending weeks of suspense over the outcome.
Rejecting the analysis, Trinamool candidate Shashi Panja said: “Exit polls do not have a very glorious history in West Bengal when they have tried to predict election results here, and the Trinamool has always come out with flying colours.” “I don’t want to humiliate any of the exit polls, but I think one should wait for May 4,” Panja said. Further, the Trinamool accused the polls of being biased.
“I think it’s either the sample size or there is some bias in the way the data is being collected,” she said. Moreover, she sounded optimistic about the Trinamool’s victory. “We are looking at 235+ seats for the Trinamool in this election, and the BJP will win less than 50 seats,” Panja said. CPI national General Secretary D. Raja said that even though the campaign was tough in Bengal, the people “will reject the BJP”.