Congress leader Sonia Gandhi exuded confidence in winning the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Speaking to PTI news agency on Monday, the Congress veteran junked the exit polls predicting a massive BJP win, and said that the results would be in favour the INDIA bloc.
Most exit polls have predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain power for a third straight term, with the BJP-led NDA expected to win a big majority in the Lok Sabha polls.
While some exit polls have given the NDA more than 400 seats, most have predicted that it will win over 350, which is way above the majority mark of 272 seats needed to form the government.
The Congress and other INDIA bloc parties have trashed the exit polls, claiming that these surveys were a work of "fantasy" and asserting that the opposition alliance will form the next government.
"This is not called an exit poll but its name is 'Modi media poll'. This is Modi ji's poll, it is his fantasy poll," former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday.
Congress leaders have said that the INDIA bloc will win 295 seats and form the government.
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