"Defeat Predicted, Will Surely Win": Congress' Nana Patole On Maharashtra Exit Polls
NDTV
The BJP's Milind Deora was equally convinced about a victory of the ruling Mahayuti alliance.
Maharashtra's Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi will form the state's next government and its Chief Minister will take oath on November 25, Congress's state unit chief Nana Patole told NDTV today. Asked about the exit polls, which have predicted either an NDA victory or a hung house, he told NDTV in an exclusive interview, "Last time they predicted a Congress victory in Haryana and we lost. This time they are predicting our defeat. We will surely win".
The BJP's Milind Deora was equally convinced about a victory of the ruling Mahayuti alliance. "I am not into numbers... but we will definitely win". The reason of his confidence, he told NDTV, was that the alliance - working its way from the Lok Sabha election setback, "left no stones unturned... and checked all boxes".
Mr Patole, though, brushed off the possibility. Asked whether the BJP hopes were justified and the Lok Sabha poll results were an aberration, he said, "When Prime Minister Narendra Modi could not prevail during the Lok Sabha elections, when will the likes of (Chief Minister) Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis do?"
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