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Congress leader P C Chacko on Tuesday said that his party would respect the verdict of the people and will try to improve its functioning if it suffers a reversal in the Delhi Assembly polls.
"I still feel that our calculation is not that bad as being predicted by the exit polls. But even if the exit polls are correct, that will be after the final results are out we will try to put the Congress house in order, start our work from the beginning," Chacko told ANI here.
"This is not the end of everything and we are going to have the municipal elections. If we lose the elections, we will respect the verdict of the people and we will try to improve our party's functioning," he added.
Five out of seven exit polls have predicted that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) may return to power once again in the national capital, with the second place for the BJP. The Congress, which ruled Delhi for 15 years, has been placed at a distant third.
Chacko further said there was tremendous enthusiasm wherever Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi conducted road shows during the campaigning for the polls.
"Even our political opponents have agreed and accepted this," he added.
The Congress leader also categorically said that his party would not support the AAP or BJP this time.
"Congress will have its own course of action," he added.
The Congress Party had earlier in 2013 offered outside support to the AAP to form the government in Delhi.
The counting of votes for the Delhi Assembly polls where the BJP and AAP are locked in a direct contest has begun amid tight security arrangements.
The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for the counting of votes. Counting is taking place at 14 centres in nine districts of the national capital.
A three-tier security has been put in place at all the 14 counting centres.
A voter turnout of 67.08% was recorded in the polling for the 70-member Delhi Assembly. A total of 673 candidates are in the fray this time.
The maximum candidates to participate in the democratic process were recorded from the Burari constituency with 18 contenders fighting it out. The Ambedkar Nagar constituency had the lowest number of candidates at four.
Of the candidates, 296 belong to recognised national and state parties, with a further 183 contenders belonging to registered parties. The remaining 194 candidates are standing as independents.
Less than 10% of the candidates - only 63 - are women.
