On a day when Congress and other opposition leaders were busy alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meditation in Kanyakumari was a “gimmick” to influence the last phase of polling, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge came out with his predictions about Lok Sabha polls. In an exclusive interview to India TV correspondent Vijaylaxmi, Kharge gave state-wise assessments to predict that Congress-led INDIA bloc would win more than the required magic mark of 272 and Congress would emerge as the single largest party in Lok Sabha. Kharge claimed that the opposition alliance would do spectacularly well in states like Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, Bengal, UP, Rajasthan, Bihar and Maharashtra. He predicted Maha Vikas Aghadi would win 30 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra, while in UP, the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance would win 30 to 35 seats out of a total of 80. Kharge was hopeful of Congress winning at least eight out of a total of 10 seats in Haryana. He did not reveal the sources on which he had based his assessment. OPINION | NADDA, KHARGE AND EXIT POLLS
On a day when Congress and other opposition leaders were busy alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meditation in Kanyakumari was a “gimmick” to influence the last phase of polling, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge came out with his predictions about Lok Sabha polls. In an exclusive interview to India TV correspondent Vijaylaxmi, Kharge gave state-wise assessments to predict that Congress-led INDIA bloc would win more than the required magic mark of 272 and Congress would emerge as the single largest party in Lok Sabha. Kharge claimed that the opposition alliance would do spectacularly well in states like Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, Bengal, UP, Rajasthan, Bihar and Maharashtra. He predicted Maha Vikas Aghadi would win 30 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra, while in UP, the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance would win 30 to 35 seats out of a total of 80. Kharge was hopeful of Congress winning at least eight out of a total of 10 seats in Haryana. He did not reveal the sources on which he had based his assessment. 
