Congress which is desperate to end its 15-year long exile in Chhattisgarh, held a crucial review meeting on Monday hours before counting of votes and firmed up its strategy.
The majority of exit polls have predicted a comeback to power for Congress.
Congress general secretary and party incharge for Chhattisgarh PL Punia who is camping in Raipur, presided over the review meeting. Congress has established a control room at state party office to monitor the entire counting process.
Almost all the senior leaders of the party including Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Bhupesh Baghel and T.S. Singhdeo were present at the review meeting.
While inspecting the control room, Punia denied the exit poll predictions that Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) Jogi (J) Supremo Ajit Jogi would be a king-maker.
“People have given their mandate to a winnable candidate and they have out rightly rejected Jogi’s outfit which would not be able to win a single seat in the 90-member state assembly,’’ claimed Punia.
He also mocked the BJP for its earlier claim of getting 65 plus seats and now further revising the tally to just 50 seats.