Both the BJP and Congress expressed confidence of securing a majority on their own as the State went to the Assembly polls on Wednesday.
Seeking to downplay the exit polls that have predicted a hung Assembly with a slight edge for the Congress, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai maintained that the exit polls were bound to see a variance of 5% to 10% when compared with the final results. “Let us wait for the actual declaration of results on May 13. The BJP is bound to get majority. There is no possibility of the Janata Dal (S) turning out to be a kingmaker,” he said.
At the same time, Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar too maintained that their party would form the government on its own.
