'Suspicious, politically motivated': LDF rejects exit poll predictions

Kerala's ruling Left labeled exit poll predictions as "suspicious" and "politically motivated," particularly those suggesting the BJP-led NDA would make electoral gains in a state traditionally dominated by the Congress-led UDF and the CPI(M)-led LDF.

LDF convener and veteran CPI(M) leader E P Jayarajan said the exit poll predictions were not arrived at through some scientific findings or experiments, "it was not based on public sentiments" and was not an observation following a proper analysis of the elections.

'Politically motivated'

"I suspect it is politically motivated. All the exit polls have taken a stand that repeats and strengthens what the BJP has been saying till now (about the poll results). That is what makes it even more suspicious," he told a TV channel.

Jayarajan said that, therefore, there should be extreme vigil during the counting process on June 4.

Exit poll predictions

The exit polls predicted that the BJP will nationally win over 350 seats and that it will open its account in Kerala.

Rejecting the predictions, Jayarajan questioned on what basis the exit polls were predicting that the BJP will open its account in the southern state.

"I believe it is a political creation. The BJP has hardly any chance of opening its account in Kerala. The actual fact is that the BJP will not get even one seat in Kerala," he said.

'Secular state'

The LDF convener further said that Kerala was a secular state with a new generation that was highly educated and secular in its outlook.

"Kerala society does not wish for a communal party to come here," he added.

On being asked whether Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's prediction of the INDIA bloc winning 295 seats was accurate, Jayarajan said "the fact is that it is possible".

"In two days the picture will be clear," he added.

'Orchestrated'

On Saturday, CPI National Council Secretary Binoy Viswam said on social media platform 'X' that the exit polls were "orchestrated" predictions that were part of a pre-designed strategy.

He had also said, while speaking to PTI, that exit polls were run by corporate houses, who have a political affinity for the BJP at their core.

Viswam said the predictions were a "total show" and "pre-decided survey results".

"We, after observing the situation at the national level and studying the prospects of the INDIA parties, are almost confident that we are going to win," he said.

(With agency inputs)