NEW DELHI, Dec 12:

Most exit polls failed to predictthe massive mandate that theCongress got in Chhattisgarh, butgot their forecast of a tight finish inneighbouring Madhya Pradeshright.

In Rajasthan and Telangana, theexit polls got the winner right butfailed to gauge the level of the vic-tory margins for the assembly elec-tions for which the votes werecounted on Tuesday.

They predicted a clear win forthe Congress in Rajasthan, butwhen the results were out, theparty could not achieve the magicfigure on its own, getting 99 of 199seats, just shy of the majoritymark.

In Telangana, it was a landslidevictory for the Telangana RashtriyaSamiti, which got 88 of the 119 con-stituencies, leaving the Congresstrailing far behind with 19.

In the northeastern state ofMizoram, where the Congress wasousted from power, the regionalMizo National Front performedmuch better than the exit poll pre-diction, bagging 26 of 40 seats.

In Madhya Pradesh — wherethe results went down to the wirewith the Congress getting 114 seats,just two short of a simple majorityin the 230-member assembly, andthe BJP 109 — ABP News predict-ed a clear defeat for the BJP (94seats) and victory for the Congress(126).

While Republic TV-Jan Ki Baatgave 108-128 seats to the BJP and95-115 to the Congress, IndiaToday-Axis said the saffron partycould win 102-120 seats as against104-122 for the Congress.

The Times Now-CNX exit pollpredicted a majority for the BJP inMP with 126 seats and gave theCongress a tally of 89 seats.

In Chhattisgarh, the BJP wasreduced to 15 seats while theCongress bagged 68 seats in the 90-member assembly seat. The AjitJogi-led Janta CongressChhattisgarh and the BSP alliancetogether bagged seven seats.

Quite in contrast to the declaredresults, the ABP and the TimesNow-CNX exit polls predicted vic-tory for the BJP. Though IndiaToday-Axis said the Congresswould triumph, it did not get itsnumbers right.

Times Now-CNX gave a sim-ple majority to the BJP inChhattisgarh, saying it may win 46seats while the opposition Congressmay bag 35 seats. ABP News saidthe BJP may get up to 52 seatsagainst 35 of the Congress.

The India Today-Axis predictedthat the Congress would end ChiefMinister Raman Singh’s 15-yearreign by winning anywherebetween 55-65 seats. The BJP, itsaid, may be reduced to 21-31 seats.

All the exit polls said thealliance of former chief minister Ajit

Jogi’s Janta Congress Chhattisgarh(Jogi) and the BSP may winbetween three and eight seats,which may help him to emerge as aking-maker in the event of a hunghouse. This was fairly accurate withthe BSP getting two seats and theJCC five

In Rajasthan, India Today-Axissaid the opposition party may win119-141 out of 199 seats for whichelections were held. The BJP, itadded, may win 55-72 seats.

Times Now-CNX forecast 105seats for the Congress and 85 for theBJP.

ABP News also predicted a vic-tory for the Congress, saying it maybag 101 seats while the BJP mayend up with 83 and others with 15seats.

Republic TV-Jan Ki Baat fore-cast a tighter race between the twoparties. It gave the Congress and theBJP 81-101 and 83-103 seatsrespectively.

In Mizoram, almost all exitpolls predicted a win for the MNFand defeat of the Congress but nonecould assess the margins of defeatand victory.

In Telangana as well, most exitpolls said TRS would win withoutgetting being able to make anassessment of the margins.

TV9 Telugu was closer with a75-85 tally for the TRS but IndiaToday was the most accurate, fore-casting 75-91. (PTI)

NEW DELHI, Dec 12: The judiciary is independent and

capable of handling its matters, theGovernment said in the Lok Sabhatoday in reply to a question onwhether the judicial system is

“working under pressure”.The question was raised appar-

ently against the backdrop ofretired Supreme Court judge

Kurian Joseph’s claim that the pre-vious Chief Justice of India, DipakMisra, was working under “exter-nal” influence.

“The then CJI was workingunder some influence of someexternal source. He was remote-controlled by an external source,”Justice Joseph, who retired onNovember 29, had said. (PTI)

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