Hyderabad: Dismissing some exit poll surveys that suggested that the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is going to lose in the assembly elections, the party’s working president K T Rama Rao on Thursday, November 30, said the party would come back to power with over 70 seats.
Addressing a press conference, KTR said that in 2018 some of the exit polls had wrongly predicted that BRS would lose, but the results proved otherwise. “I promise you, for those of you who are friends of BRS and want KCR to come back…, I promise you on December 3 (counting day) we are coming back. We are coming back with anywhere above 70 seats,” he said.
Polling for Telangana’s 119 seats assembly concluded on Thursday and the result will be announced after votes are counted on December 3.
“In the name of exit polls, those who create nuisance and nonsense, there will be egg on your face and your reputation is at stake,” he said.
“This is an illogical exit poll. People are still voting… It is ridiculous of the Election Commission of India to allow exit polls at 5:30 when people are queuing up to vote till 9 pm. I think it’s very ludicrous… I’ve come here because I wanted to tell my party cadre that don’t believe this nonsense,” KTR said.
KTR also suggested that some of the survey firms should apologise if their predictions go wrong. He also found fault with the Election Commission for allowing exit polls to be aired at 5.30 PM even while some of the voters were still in queue to vote.
