On Monday, Congress leader Priyanka Vadra appealed to the party workers to not take the results of exit polls seriously and do not believe in rumours. She said that results of the exit polls are showing comfortable victory for Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and its allies in Lok Sabha election only to break the morale of Congress workers.

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Priyanka urged the party workers to remain more vigilant and guard the strong rooms where EVMs are stored. The Congress leader also appealed the workers to remain alert at counting. She tried to encourage the party workers by saying that she is confident that their efforts will not go in vain and Congress would perform well in Lok Sabha election.

Every exit poll results have predicted BJP-led NDA to not only hit the majority mark of 272 but breach the 300-mark as well. The exit polls which were more conservative also showed a favourable outcome for NDA even if stopping well short of the 300-mark. Others are likely to finish with a combined tally of 122.

The exit polls which predicted NDA to cross the 300-seat mark were News24-Chanakya (350), AAJTAK/India Today-Axis (339 to 365), News18-IPSOS (336), Times Now-VMR (306), Republic-Jan ki Baat (315) and India TV-CNX (300).

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