Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], As counting of votes continues in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Maji on Tuesday expressed confidence in crossing the majority mark in the Bharat Bloc and forming the next government. Did. Center.

He also criticized exit polls predicting a third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and claimed that these surveys were "conducted by pro-BJP media to mislead people."

Mahua Maji told ANI, "The exit polls were misleading. They were Modi media polls, not people's polls.We are confident that we will form the government at the Centre."

He said, "The trends in more than half the seats in UP were in favor of India Bloc. The trends are very positive for us. We feel that this time there will be a change of government at the Centre."

According to the latest trends from Uttar Pradesh, where 80 Lok Sabha seats are at stake, the Bharat alliance is performing better than most exit polls had predicted.The most notable story for the opposition is from Uttar Pradesh where as per the latest trends from the Election Commission, the Samajwadi Party defied the pollsters' predictions and is ahead of the BJP.

While Samajwadi Party (SP) is leading on 37 seats in the state, BJP is leading on 32 seats. Congress, which contested the elections in alliance with SP, has also performed better and is leading on eight seats. According to early trends from the Election Commission of India, the BJP is trailing in Faizabad, which also includes the temple city of Ayodhya.

PM Narendra Modi is contesting from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, which he won in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Meanwhile, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) are leading on one seat each.Voting took place in seven phases in Uttar Pradesh.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the winner by securing the majority of seats. Of the 80 seats, BJP won 62 seats, followed by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 10 seats, Samajwadi Party (SP) 5 seats and Apna Dal 2 seats.

According to exit polls, Uttar Pradesh, the state with the most seats, is headed for BJP's victory with 65 out of 80 seats. Surveys estimate that NDA's allies in the state, Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Rashtriya Lok Dal, are expected to win 2 seats each, taking the NDA's tally to 69 seats.

Counting of votes for the 2024 general elections is underway, with initial leads showing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leading on two Lok Sabha seats, Kerala's Wayanad and Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli.He is leading by more than three lakh votes in Wayanad and Rae Bareli. In Wayanad, Kerala, Rahul Gandhi is contesting against BJP leader K Surendran and CPI's Annie Raja. In Rae Bareli he is facing BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh.

Thakur Prasad Yadav is contesting elections from Bahujan Samaj Party.

For the Congress, its family bastions, Amethi and Rae Bareli, are a battle of prestige. This is especially true of Amethi, where last time Rahul Gandhi lost to BJP's Smriti Irani. While Samajwadi Party is contesting on 62 seats, Congress is contesting on 17 seats.

Most exit polls have predicted PM Modi's return to power, a development that would make him the first Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to secure a third consecutive term in power.

Nearly 642 million people voted in the Lok Sabha elections held in seven phases over a vast period of six weeks.Counting of votes from postal ballots began on Tuesday amid tight security.