Exit Polls predict clean sweep for BJP led NDA
New Delhi: As the voting for Lok Sabha elections 2024 conclude after six weeks of voting, exit polls are predicting a significant victory for the ruling BJP-led NDA. Five exit polls have forecasted a major win for the NDA, Republic Bharat-P Marq (359 seats), India News-D-Dyanamics (371 seats), Republic Bharat-Matrize (353-368 seats), TV 5 Telugu (359 seats), and Jan Ki Baat (362-392 seats).
The exit polls also indicate NDA's strong performance in Karnataka, Maharashtra, and a setback for the Congress-led alliance in Kerala, as according to several agencies the Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to open account in the state, with India Today Axis My India projecting 2-3 seats.
Meanwhile, in West Bengal, the BJP is expected to perform better than in the previous election, where it secured 22 seats. At least three exit polls suggest that the BJP will emerge as the single largest party in Bengal in terms of Lok Sabha seats.
In the 2019 elections, the BJP won 303 seats, with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) reaching a total of 352. The Congress managed to secure 52 seats, and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) totaled 91.
This time, the BJP has set a target of 370 seats and, with support from its allies, aims to surpass the 400-seat mark. The Lok Sabha, has 543 seats, with the magic number set at 272. The election results will be declared on June 4, Tuesday.
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BS Yediyurappa appeals to MLA Yatnal's group to work unitedly to strengthen party
Bengaluru, Nov 26: With a group of Karnataka BJP leaders led by Bijapur MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal holding a parallel agitation over the waqf issue, veteran party leader B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday accused them of doing it because of their "self-conceit", and appealed them to work unitedly to strengthen the party.
The former Karnataka chief minister also said that everyone should take the responsibility for the party's defeat in the Assembly bypolls for three segments, even as the BJP's performance is being seen as a "setback" for his son and state president B Y Vijayendra.
"State president B Y Vijayendra has appealed to Basangouda Patil Yatnal and others to stop protesting separately, and work with us unitedly. Despite this, because of their self-conceit, they are doing such things. It is not right on their part," Yediyurappa said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "I appeal to them at least now to come forward and cooperate to strengthen the party together."
When told that they are not willing to work unitedly with the state's current leadership of the party and whether he will bring it to the notice of the high command, Yediyurappa said, "We will do our duty. The rest is left to them and central leadership...high command knows everything. Let's see what they will do."
Yatnal-led group include BJP MLAs Ramesh Jarkiholi, B P Harish, and former lawmakers Aravind Limbavali, Kumar Bangarappa and G M Siddeshwara and others.
The leaders, who had stayed away from the protest recently held by the party on the Waqf issue, on Monday held a parallel agitation over the issue in Bidar. Today, they are in Kalaburagi district.
Yatnal and Jarkiholi have been openly critical of Vijayendra, accusing him of indulging in "adjustment politics" with the ruling Congress, and trying to keep the party in his clutches along with his father Yediyurappa.
Noting that the party had faced a setback in the bypolls for Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna, Yediyurappa said, "We accept that. What shortcomings were being discussed in the party. It should be ensured that such things don't repeat."
To a question whether the bypoll loss is being seen as a setback to his son Vijayendra, he said, "It is not a question of Vijayendra or Yediyurappa. The loss in all the three seats is a setback for us (party). Everyone should take the responsibility and see to it that such things don't repeat."
