Ahead of the counting of votes for the MCD polls on December 7, the BJP on Tuesday exuded hope that the tide will turn in its favour even as the AAP claimed a “landslide” victory as predicted by exit polls. The AAP leaders, who are in an upbeat mood after positive predictions, also claimed that the party will do better than exit poll trends.
The exit polls on Monday showed that the AAP was going to sweep the MCD polls by winning more than 150 of the 250 municipal wards, with the BJP emerging a distant second.
A sombre mood prevailed at the Delhi BJP office ahead of the results, where the party leaders hoped that the exit polls will be proved wrong during the counting of votes.
“The party is going to do much better then what the exit polls have predicted and we expect to comfortably cross the halfway mark. We have had a good campaign and our feedback of polling day gives us reason to be sure of a good performance,” said Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta.
Gupta said that Manish Sisodia should note that he is a prime accused in liquor and class room scams which are being investigated by the CBI and the ACB and after the investigation is complete, he will land in jail.
For the AAP, a clear victory in the MCD elections will be yet another example of its sway over Delhi and will also serve as a consolation since the exit polls have also predicted that the party’s hopes of victory in the Gujarat Assembly polls are likely to fail this time.
The third main contender in the fray, the Congress, too, hoped to prove the exit polls wrong on Wednesday.
“The exit poll surveys will be proven wrong very soon. Our party has done the groundwork and according to the internal survey of the party, the Congress is winning 60-70 seats,” Delhi Congress president Anil Chaudhary said. The MCD exit polls have foretold the Congress’s victory in less than 10 wards.
Delhi Congress’ media department coordinator Anil Bhardwaj asserted that the party will do “much better” than its performance in the previous polls.
“Our vote share will be better than the previous elections. The party’s internal survey is good but doesn’t match with the exit poll predictions,” he said.