Srinagar, Oct 5: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Saturday dismissed the exit poll results for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections and said that the only numbers that will matter are the ones that will be released on the day of counting on October 8.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Abdullah said that he is ignoring all the noise on TV channels and social media.
“I’m amazed channels are bothering with exit polls, especially after the fiasco of the recent general elections. I’m ignoring all the noise on channels, social media, WhatsApp, etc because the only numbers that matter will be revealed on the 8th of Oct. The rest is just time pass,” he posted on X.
Most exit polls have given an edge to the Congress-National Conference alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, with the regional partner emerging as the single largest party.
The NC-Congress alliance is shown to just crossed the halfway mark in the 90-member house.
In Jammu and Kashmir, the C-Voter-India Today survey put the National Conference-Congress alliance at 40-48 seats and the BJP at 27-32 seats in the 90-member assembly.
According to Dainik Bhaskar, the NC-Congress alliance is set to grab 35-40 seats and the BJP 20-25 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Peoples’ Pulse saw the NC-Congress alliance with 46-50 seats as against the BJP’s 23-27, while Republic-Gulistan put the NC-Congress tally lower at 31-36 as against the BJP’s 28-30.
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections were held in three phases September 18, September 25, and October 1. The counting of votes will take place on October 8, along with Haryana.