Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: Virbhadra Singh confident of Congress' victory

Most of the exit polls have projected a clear majority for the saffron party in Himachal Pradesh.

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Simla: Congress leader and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Sunday mocked at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over state election results.

"I am waiting for the results. I am expecting that Congress party will get a victory. BJP is targeting above 50 or 60 seats of total 68. This is just a dream. Let them dream. Nobody is stopping them," he told ANI.

Rejecting the exit polls that predicted BJP's victory in the hill state, Singh said, "Exit polls are fraud and not based on facts. It has been manipulated."

He added that state has witnessed a rapid development in the last five years.

"Congress party has always fought elections on the basis of development and there is no doubt that during the last five years the state has seen rapid development. Our success and efforts have been acclaimed by the Central government and all the agencies,"

Polling for 68 seats of Himachal Pradesh was held on November 9 recording 74.61 percent voter turnout, the highest-ever in the state.

Most of the exit polls on Thursday projected a clear majority for the saffron party in Himachal.

Today's Chanakya gave BJP 135 seats in Gujarat and predicted a measly 47 for the Congress, 14 less than the Opposition party has in the current Assembly. It predicted a vote share of 49 percent for the BJP and 38 percent for challenger Congress.

The VMR exit poll predicted 115 seats for the BJP and 64 for the Congress, with the remaining going to 'others'. On the other hand, the C Voter exit poll gave the BJP 108 seats and the Congress 74.

The CSDS exit survey predicted a BJP victory in 117 seats as against the Congress's 64.

The counting of the votes will be done on December 18. 

(With Agency inputs)