New Delhi: Amid predictions of a humiliating defeat, the Congress did not participate in any of the exit poll programmes telecast on news channels on Monday evening. The party officially announced that it was not going to take part in an exit poll prtogramme.
As the exit poll results put the BJP much ahead of the Congress, party general secretary Shakeel Ahmed told reporters that “Keeping with its tradition, Congress will not participate in the exit poll programmes.”
Mr Ahmed said that in the two previous Lok Sabha elections in 2004 and 2009, the exit and opinion polls had been proved wrong. He pointed out that in one such exit poll, there was a gap of 68 seats between the predicted tally and the actual number seats won by the party. “Congress has decided not to participate on any channel in such programmes,” he said.
In all the major news channels, one could not spot any of the Congress leaders participating in the exit poll programmes. While the the BJP and other parties discussed the exit poll results, there was no leader to bat for the Congress.
