Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah rubbishes exit polls, says Congress will win 15-20 seats in state

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‘We will win 15-20 seats’

They have also predicted the BJP-JD(S) alliance’s sweep in Karnataka, and none of them gave the ruling Congress a double-digit figure.

“Already Rahul Gandhi has reacted to exit polls, he has called it a Narendra Modi’s media survey. In Karnataka we will win more seats, we will win 15-20 seats,” Siddaramaiah told reporters in Bengaluru.

“(M) Mallikarjun Kharge (Congress president) has said that across the country INDIA bloc will win 295 seats. I support it,” he added.

The then-ruling Congress-JD(S) alliance had come a cropper, winning just one seat each in the 2019 Lok Sabha poll. The BJP had swept the polls, winning 25 seats, and had ensured the victory of a party-supported independent candidate in Mandya.

The JD(S) this time is in alliance with BJP and has contested in three seats — Hassan, Mandya and Kolar.

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