As polls predic­t a clear electi­on victor­y for his oppone­nt Prime Minist­er Narend­ra ModiNEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday dismissed “fake” Indian exit polls predicting a clear election victory for his opponent, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day before the scheduled release of results. You are fighting for the truth,” Gandhi, head of the Congress party, said on Twitter. “Don’t get disappointed by the propaganda of fake exit polls. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) welcomed the exit polls and Indian stock markets rose strongly on Monday, but exit polls in India are notoriously unreliable. In 2004 exit polls predicted that Prime Minister Atal Vajpayee’s BJP-led government would be re-elected but results showed the opposite, bringing a Congress-led alliance to power under Manmohan Singh.

Source: The Express Tribune May 22, 2019 09:33 UTC