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Mamata Declares That She Doesn’t Trust Exit Polls After NDA Projected To Win As Many As 26 Seats In West Bengal
Swarajya Staff
May 19, 2019, 07:53 PM | Updated 07:53 PM IST
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Trinamool Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has declared that she doesn’t trust the exit polls amidst projections that the NDA may win as many as 26 seats in the state.
I donât trust Exit Poll gossip. The game plan is to manipulate or replace thousands of EVMs through this gossip. I appeal to all Opposition parties to be united, strong and bold. We will fight this battle together
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) May 19, 2019
Mamata in her tweet also claimed that there is a conspiracy to manipulate or replace thousands of EVMs. She also appealed to the opposition parties to be united and fight the battle together.
Various exit polls have projected a historic double digit mandate for the BJP in Bengal and Jan Ki Baat has projected that NDA may win between 18-26 seats in the state.
As per Times Now-VMR Exit Poll, BJP is expected to win 11 seats in the state by improving its vote share to 31.86 per cent as compared to the 16.8 per cent vote it won in 2014.
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