Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leaders have claimed that Congress' decision to not participate in exit poll debates amounts to an "unequivocal confirmation" that the opposition party has conceded the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
"Congress has come to know about its huge defeat, so with what face will it face the media and the public now? Therefore, Congress is running away from the exit polls. I want to tell the Congress party not to run away, face the defeat and introspect," Amit Shah wrote in a post on X.
कांग्रेस को अपनी प्रचंड हार का पता चल गया है, तो अब किस मुँह से मीडिया और जनता को फेस करे? इसलिए, कांग्रेस एग्जिट पोल से भाग रही है।मैं कांग्रेस पार्टी से कहना चाहता हूँ कि भागो नहीं, हार का सामना करके आत्मचिंतन करो। pic.twitter.com/pxeT3Qw8wA
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) May 31, 2024
BJP president JP Nadda also took a swipe at Congress after it announced that it will opt out of exit poll debates. In a post on social media platform X, he asked voters not to waste their votes in the seventh and last phase of the polls on Saturday as the Congress usually opts out when it doesn't expect favourable results but has no compunction showing up if it thinks it has even an outside chance. Nadda wrote, "Congress'decision is an unequivocal confirmation that the Congress has conceded the 2024 Lok Sabha elections." What is more disconcerting, Nadda said, is the Congress' antipathy towards the largest democratic process in the world, which saw the participation of over 960 million aspirations.
"While Indians were electing their leader, who would lead them in the new world order, improve their lives, bring opportunities and prosperity, the Congress was working assiduously to undermine the very institutional process, on which rests our robust democracy's foundations," he claimed. He said instead of focusing on winning the election, the opposition party repeatedly approached the Supreme Court, making outrageous demands, in order to "mutilate" the well-established electoral process.
Congress’s decision to not participate in Exit Polls, on the eve of Phase 7 polling, is an unequivocal confirmation that the Congress has conceded the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. It is not surprising, since the Congress usually opts out when it doesn’t expect results to go in its…— Jagat Prakash Nadda (Modi Ka Parivar) (@JPNadda) May 31, 2024
"The Congress has no complaints about either the EVMs or the electoral process when it wins. Himachal and Telangana are recent examples. But whines endlessly when it expects a rout," he said.
Earlier in the day Congress has decided not to participate in any Lok Sabha exit poll debates on the television channels and said it does not want to indulge in speculation and slugfest for TRP. Congress spoksperson and media department chairperson Pawan Khera said the voters have cast their votes and their verdict has been secured.
Our statement on the reason for not participating in #ExitPollsVoters have cast their votes and their verdict has been secured.
The results will be out on 4th June. Prior to that, we do not see any reason to indulge in speculation and slugfest for TRP.
The Indian National…
— Pawan Khera
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