Exit Poll Surveys: Congress Not Ready To Accept The Same.
With the counting day fast approaching, rumors are abuzz about the change of government at centre. But the congress is not ready to accept the exit poll results.
New Delhi: The marathon schedule of the present general elections covering more than 6 weeks came to an end with last phase of voting on 12th May 2014. The counting is scheduled for 16th May and the results are expected to come out on the same day.
Meanwhile, as per regular practice, many channels conducted and published the exit poll opinions. Almost all the exit polls indicated that the NDA is the most favored in the eyes of Indian voters.
Though there are little differences in the number of seats expected to be won by NDA, the general outcome is that the alliance is going to form the government at centre. The congress, at the same time, is expected to put its worst ever performance.
The various efforts by many organizations to improve participation of voters proved out to be success with the highest ever voting recorded in the history of independent India.
The PM representing the UPA has already confirmed that he would not continue the third term and he already started process of vacating the PM office. As a last ray of hope, Manmohan indicated that he is ready to work under Rahul as PM. This is only a consolation for congress which banked heavily on its vice president Rahul to take on the ever stronger Narendra Modi. The performance of Rahul in various TV interviews as well as in public meetings has attracted more criticism and by his behavior he helped NaMo improve his image in the minds of Indian voters.
The single point agenda of NDA i.e., development has catched the minds of Indian voters dominated middle class voters. The result can be seen in the exit poll surveys indicated by various channels.
The congress, however, is not ready to accept the results as pronounced by the post poll surveys. The party is showing the example of 2004 & 2009 general elections, where the predictions about the NDA performance went wrong and much against the predictions UPA came and stayed in power at centre.
Congress’ rejection of exit poll surveys can be interpreted in more than one ways. One, the party is taking chance that the predictions might prove wrong as happened on earlier 2 occasions. Two, the UPA might be toying with the idea of ‘third front’ in case of ‘not absolute’ majority for NDA.
