Result day jitters strike all parties; BJP, Congress keep fingers crossed

New Delhi: With less than 24 hours to go for the declaration of results of the Assembly polls held in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, both the Congress and the BJP await the outcome with bated breath.

While the BJP is sensing an outside chance in Assam and would be keen to open its account in the north-eastern state, a loss for the Congress, especially in Assam and Kerala, could lead to political uncertainty for it.

The BJP is buoyed by the exit poll results, which have unanimously handed over Assam to it. If this happens then it would not only open the doors of the north-east for the saffron party, but also help break its pariah status in other states of the region.

The exit polls have also predicted the DMK-Congress alliance’s victory in Tamil Nadu, though their predictions have sparked a sea of reactions on the social media. Meanwhile going by the exit polls’ prediction of a BJP win in Assam, the Congress is going to be the biggest loser in such a scenario.

With the Congress-led government ousted under controversial circumstances in Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura being a Left bastion, it currently holds power in Meghalaya, Mizoram and Manipur apart from Assam.

If the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) loses in Kerala, as has been predicted by exit polls, then it would only be left with the aforementioned mountain states in the north and the three north-eastern states. Apart from these, the Congress is in power only in the southern state of Karnataka.

West Bengal seems to be maintaining status quo, as exit polls have predicted a heavy win for the ruling Trinamul. While the TMC has 184 seats in the 294-member assembly, the exit polls have predicted similar numbers and even more, for the Mamata Banerjee outfit.