New Delhi: Reacting to exit polls that projected a major victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar, Congress MP Tariq Anwar on Wednesday said that such polls can be treated as an ‘indication but not as the final outcome’.

“Generally, exit polls tend to favour the NDA. During the Lok Sabha elections, they had projected more than 300 seats for the NDA, but they secured around 240. In 2015, an exit poll showed the NDA in a majority, yet the Mahagathbandhan won,” Tariq Anwar told IANS.

He added that similarly, in West Bengal, an exit poll suggested the BJP would win, but the party lost there.

“So, we can consider exit polls as an indication, but treating them as final results would be incorrect. Bihar is a large state with many factors influencing voting behaviour,” he sai

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