Congress Karnataka president DK Shivakumar on Wednesday said he did not believe in the exit poll results, which predicted a hung Assembly while putting his party ahead, adding that they will cross the 146-seat mark.Shivakumar, who was the Congress candidate from Kanakapura constituency, said the poll outcome would decisively be in favour of his party and there will be no such situation, which might warrant them to consider post-poll alliances with JD(S) or any other party.
Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, the Congress MLA said, “My first reaction (to the exit-poll projections) is that I don’t believe these numbers.I stand by my assessment, that we will win more than 146 seats.
People are knowledgeable and educated and have voted considering the larger interests of the state.The double engine has failed in Karnataka.Such a situation (which might prompt the Congress to go into a post-poll alliance) will not arise.”
The exit polls, which were released after the polling ended in Karnataka, predicted that Janata Dal-Secular JD(S) would not reach 37 seats, its tally in the 2018 polls.However, they indicated that the HD Deve Gowda-led party will continue to be a strong regional player in the state and might even emerge as a kingmaker should the polls throw up a fractured mandate.
DK Shivakumar maintained he is not a contender for the chief minister’s post and that the party leaders will sit together and decide once the results are out.The party is pegged to log a resounding victory in the southern state with nearly 120 of the 224 assembly seats, exit polls showed.
