Congress To Boycott LS Exit Poll Debates, BJP Takes Jibe Saying Grand Old Party Has 'Conceded Elections'

Amit Shah and JP Nadda claimed that the Congress's decision to not participate in exit poll debates is the confirmation that the opposition party has conceded the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

Amit Shah and JP Nadda claimed that the Congress's decision to not participate in exit poll debates is the confirmation that the opposition party has conceded the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

Congress on Friday announced its decision to not participate in the upcoming exit poll debates ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 results announcement. Following this, the Bharatiya Janata Party came down heavily on the grand old party for its decision to boycott the entire exit poll exercise. 

Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda also claimed that the Congress's decision to not participate in exit poll debates is the "confirmation that the opposition party has conceded the Lok Sabha elections".

BJP national president JP Nadda slammed Congress for being "in denial" and calling the party "a child whose toy has been lost." 

Congress Is In Denial Mode: Amit Shah

Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah said, “Congress has been in a denial mode since he began playing a key role in its affairs.The Congress ran the campaign through the polls that it is going to get a majority. But it has now realised the reality and knows that it faces a rout in the exit polls to be broadcast after the elections tomorrow.”

“The Congress does not have the face to take questions from the media so it is debunking the entire exit poll exercise claiming that it has no meaning,” he added.

The Union Home Minister, while expressing confidently that exit polls will indeed prove the ruling alliance is getting 400-paar, said that the Congress shouldn’t be in denial and instead introspect, news agency PTI reported.

Unequivocal Confirmation That Congress Has Conceded Elections: Nadda

Meanwhile, Nadda also lashed out at the grand old party and said the Congress's decision to skip exit poll debates, on the eve of Phase 7 polling, amounts to an unequivocal confirmation that it has conceded the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

In a post on X, Nadda urged electors not to waste their votes in the seventh and last phase of the polls on Saturday as he said 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."Their hypocrisy is not lost on anyone. Let no one in Phase 7 waste their vote on them," he said. 

Nadda retorted, “The Congress's 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.”

Criticising the Congress for "whining" when things don't pan out in its favour, Nadda 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.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.” 

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…

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Nadda added that not just the Congress but its extended ecosystem, which is inimical to India's interests, too comes together to create cacophony and makes all attempts to undermine people's faith in democratic institutions and process.They stop at nothing. They target the Supreme Court, Judges who do not deliver orders to their liking, attack journalists, who refuse to be their cheerleaders, tarnish the Election Commission of India and raise questions on integrity of data and process, he said.

“By deciding to boycott the exit poll exercise, they are bringing in question exercise carried out by several professional agencies, who have worked with thousands of associates to bring what people may have voted for, Nadda said. Is it the Congress's arguments that there is a big conspiracy, which includes millions of voters, and all of it is aimed at ridiculing the Congress for the next few days when the actual result comes out on 4th of June?” he asked.

Congress Will Not Indulge In TRP Slugfest

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, while announcing party's decision to boycott exit poll debates, said in a statement on X that 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." 

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