'Hum na khushfehmi mein rehte hai, na galatfehmi mein': Tejashwi Yadav dismisses exit polls

Dismissing the exit polls predicting the NDA's win in the Bihar elections, Mahagathbandhan chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday said he was neither overly optimistic nor worried about the results.

While addressing a press conference in Patna, Yadav said while people were still standing in queues for voting and the polling process had not ended, the exit polls predicted the NDA's victory.

He questioned the sample size and criterion for the survey, asserting that they had not been made public.

"Yesterday, people stood in long queues during voting, even till 7 pm. People patiently waited to cast their vote. And while voting was still going on, exit polls started coming out. These surveys are brought out merely to create a psychological impact, to put pressure on the officials involved in the election process. If you ask any of those showing these surveys about the sample size, none of them can tell you. Neither the sample size nor the criterion for the survey have been made public," Yadav told reporters.

He noted that the Mahagathbandhan collected feedback from the people following the completion of the voting procedure, and hoped to get good results.

Tejashwi also reiterated his earlier announcement of taking oath as CM on November 18, asserting that people have voted in large numbers against the NDA government.