Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has slammed Congress’ Shashi Tharoor for terming projection of exit polls as ‘laughable’, and suggested new careers for the its leaders, including Rahul Gandhi.
“Rahul Gandhi should start a gym. Shashi Tharoor should start an English training institute. The Congress party has many people who are very good with language and speak very eloquently and I think these elections will point them towards a new occupation,” Chandrasekhar, the BJP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram, was quoted as saying by a news agency.
“The people of India want their political leaders who serve them, who can improve their lives, and certainly, this group of people whether that is Rahul Gandhi or anybody else cannot fit the bill,” Chandrasekhar, who is pitted against Tharoor from the Kerala capital, added.
Earlier speaking to the press, Tharoor had said the exit polls did not reflect the actual mood of the people.
“We are seeing it with skepticism and disbelief because we have also been campaigning throughout the country. We also have a sense of what the pulse of the people is and we don’t believe it is reflected accurately in these polls,” Tharoor said.
The Congress along with several other opposition parties have dismissed the exit poll results, and expressed confidence that the INDIA bloc would emerge victorious on June 4, when the votes are counted.
Rahul Gandhi dismissed the exit polls, saying, “It is not exit poll, it is Modi media poll. It is Modi ji’s poll. It is his fantasy poll.”
“We have to wait, just wait and see. We are very hopeful that our results are completely opposite to what the exit polls are showing,” former Congress president Sonia Gandhi said.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that INDIA bloc will win 295+ seats in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Kharge’s estimate came about an hour before the exit polls results for general elections were to be to be released on Saturday.
