Suspecting foul play in the counting of votes, senior Congress leaders provided all essential information about the counting procedure to all its candidates and their counting agents in a meeting held at party’s State headquarters on Thursday.
Contrary to exit polls projections the Congress leaders of Madhya Pradesh here on Thursday expressed full confidence that their party would form the next Government in the State. Ridiculing the exit polls projections, the Congress leaders said that the exit poll findings have been made public at this point of time just to build psychological pressure on the officers during counting of votes and to confuse the masses.
The Congress leaders questioning the authenticity of the exit polls said that the channels showing the polls are same that are also projecting Narendra Modi and are associated with some BJP supporter corporate houses. All India Congress Committee Secretary and co-incharge and parliamentarian Sanjay Nirupam was especially present in the meeting presided by state Congress president and MP Kantilal Bhuria.
leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly Ajay Singh, former State president and former Union Minister Suresh Pachouri, State Mahila Congress president Archana Jaiswal and other office bearers were also present in the meeting that lasted for over two hours.
The Congress leaders also called on the party candidates and counting agents to participate in the counting of votes with full passion and enthusiasm on December 8 and told them to execute their duties with full awareness.
Bhuria, while presenting the preface of the meeting, said that Congress candidates have left no stone unturned to give befitting rely to the ruling BJP in the State during the election. The people of State by voting in high number have expressed their intent that they are providing freedom to the State from the maladministration of BJP. Nirupam said that the candidates and their counting agents should remain alert during the counting of votes. The exit polls do not have any substance in them and the Congress would for sure form the next Government in the State, he added. Pachouri informed about the latest provisions and guidelines of the ECI during counting. Counting of votes would take place on December 8 in Madhya Pradesh.