Leaders of the Congress-led alliance in Telangana was upbeat on Monday over the combine's electoral prospects in the state, discounting exit polls, most of which predicted that the TRS would return to power.
For its part, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) has repeatedly said that it would get a second term with a two-third majority.
Congress leaders have claimed that the alliance would win 75 to 80 seats in the 119-member Assembly, which went to the polls on December 7.
"I strongly feel that 'Prajakutami' (People's Front) will come to power," Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) president Prof. M Kodandaram, told PTI on the eve of the result day.
The 'Prajakutami' comprised the Congress, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) headed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, the TJS, and the Communist Party of India (CPI).
Kodandaram dismissed exit polls forecast, saying he does not know the method and "sources" used in such post-poll surveys, and added that the alliance would be a clear winner.
Senior TDP leader Ravula Chandrasekhar Reddy claimed the alliance would win 65 seats.
On options before the alliance if it falls short of the number required to form government, he told PTI: "We have four-five Independents (who will win). They are in favour of the Congress."
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