Rajasthan incumbent Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Sunday dismissed the prospects of her government being unseated in the state by the Congress Party, as a number of recently-conducted exit polls have indicated.
Addressing the media after a core committee meeting of the BJP‘s Rajasthan unit, Raje said, ” I am very confident of winning the state. The results will be there on the 11th, BJP is going to make the government.”
Asking about the total seats that party will bag in Rajasthan Assembly Elections she said, “I told you it’s going to be a majority”.
Most of the exit polls conducted by various news channels and other agencies indicated a change in the rule in the state. Times Now-CNX predicted the Congress leading in 105 seats in the 200-member Assembly and 85 being bagged by the BJP. India Today-Axis My India indicated 119 to 141 seats for the Congress and 55 to 72 for the BJP. While some suggested a closer outcome.
Meanwhile, reacting to the predictions of the exit polls. BJP incumbent Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh rejected any possibility of a hung assembly. He said ‘BJP will come to power with a full majority’ indicating BJP forming the government in the state for a fourth consecutive term.
The exit polls for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, where voting was conducted over two phases on November 12 and November 20, projected mixed results, with Times Now-CNX, ABP News and India TV predicting that the BJP will retain power. However, Republic-C Voter, News Nation and News 24 were among those predicting a change in the state’s ruling party.
Results for all state assembly elections are slated to be declared on December 11.
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