Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, slammed exit poll doubters and said that the exit poll numbers along with election results on May 23 silence the opposition's 'fake issues' on EVMs. In a Facebook post titled The message of Exit Polls; Jaitley said that the direction of the result would be in consonance with the message as multiple exit polls have conveyed an NDA sweep in the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

"If the Exit Polls are read along with the 2014 election results, it would be clear that there is a huge maturing of Indian democracy taking place. The electorate keeps national interest paramount before exercising a choice on whom to vote for. When well-meaning people with similar ideas vote in the same direction, it leads to the making of a wave," Jaitley said.

Jaitley said that the message that the Indian democracy has matured is visible since 'dynastic parties, cast parties and the Obstructionists Left received a setback in 2014. This will be reiterated, loud and clear, in 2019'.

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Taking an indirect jibe at Congress' poll pitch involving 'Chowkidaar chor Hain' slogan and allegations against PM Modi over Rafale deal, Jaitley said that 'fake issues only satisfy the ‘manufacturers of fakery’. The voters don’t buy them'.

The evolving ‘New India’ will accept structured parties with talent and ideological clarity concentrating on performance. If, however, the political parties are unwilling to get the message of 2014 and the possibility of 2019, then alienation from the electorate will only widen.