Exit polls have bit the dust with the performance of the BJP-led NDA being far below the forecast and the INDIA bloc touching a tally of nearly 230. It was also a traumatic Tuesday for markets, which tanked a day after a surge linked to investor confidence about a government with a comfortable majority.
The only part that most pollsters seemed to be right about was that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will get a third term in power. But editorials in several prominent papers noted how the BJP has been sent a message – to “change some aspects of its behaviour and policies” – as much as they took note of the possibility of business interests being linked to exit poll predictions.
