Delhi Elections: Amit Shah Calls For Urgent Meeting After Exit Polls Predict Poor Show

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has convened a closed-door meeting of state leaders to review all the exit polls aired by news channels soon after voting in the national capital concluded at around 6 pm.

All the seven Lok Sabha members from Delhi and Delhi party chief Manoj Tiwari were said to be in attendance for the meeting. (File Photo/ AFP)

New Delhi: Soon after Exit Polls of almost every news channels gave a thumping majority to Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and predicted a mega rout for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2020 Delhi Assembly Elections, the saffron party called a meeting of its Delhi leaders at the party headquarters. According to reports, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has convened a closed-door meeting of state leaders to review all the exit polls aired by news channels soon after voting in the national capital concluded at around 6 pm. All the seven Lok Sabha members from Delhi and Delhi party chief Manoj Tiwari were said to be in attendance for the meeting. Besides, key senior ministers who have worked closely with Shah during the polls, such as Dharmendra Pradhan and Piyush Goyal, are likely to participate. BJP president JP Nadda was also present in the meeting. The poll of polls suggests the ruling Aam Aadmi Party is all set to return to power in Delhi. While some exit polls suggest the BJP, which has been out of power in Delhi for two decades, is likely to gain ground, it is far away from the majority mark. The exit polls suggest the AAP seems to have quite a lot of takers across demography, income groups and religion. As per news agency IANS, Shah is likely to look at areas where the BJP lagged in the national capital despite aggressive campaigning over the last three weeks. The BJP mounted fierce campaign in the last leg of campaigning in Delhi, where it fielded most of its Lok Sabha members and sitting Chief Ministers. BJP MPs Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Sahib Singh did not shy away from making an effort to polarise the election. It is likely that the meeting behind closed doors would be brainstorming of what else could have been done? The national capital of India recorded a voter turnout of 57.06 per cent till 6 pm on Saturday, even as polling at some booths was underway and the figure is likely to rise. However, three minority-dominated seats of Mustafabad, Matia Mahal and Seelampur recorded the highest voter turnout in the Assembly elections. Over 1.47 crore people were eligible to exercise their franchise in the polls that has now decided the fate of 672 candidates in 70 assembly constituencies which saw a triangular contest among the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. (With inputs from agencies)