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| I don’t believe in exit polls, says Farooq | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Despite exit polls giving majority to National Conference-Congress alliance in the recently held assembly elections in J&K, NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that he doesn’t believe in them.
“The votes are in the boxes. We will know on October 8 what exactly is in and out. Who has got the majority and who has not, so, let us wait till October 8. I do not believe in exit polls. I have never believed in them and I will never,” said senior Abdullah.
“It is all speculation and I do not agree with speculation. Let the boxes open, we will know who stands where,” he added.
He asserted that his party would not forge a post-poll alliance with the BJP for Government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. “We cannot go with the BJP. The vote which we have got here is the vote against the BJP,” Abdullah said.
Pertinently, the NC had on Friday said it was not in touch with any political party other than INDIA bloc constituents for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.
The party’s clarification came amid speculation that it was engaged in backchannel deliberations with the BJP for Government formation.
Asked if Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid, who is on bail, was a factor in the assembly polls, Abdullah said he does not see any factor.
“Whoever stands with them (BJP), he will be finished,” the former Union Minister said.
Responding to a question about the chief minister candidate, the NC president said it will be decided after the results are announced.
“Even if you have full majority, you cannot say who is going to be what, what is going to happen. I am going to wait till all the boxes are open and votes are counted, we will know where anybody stands,” he added. |
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