 "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being feliciated with a assamese japi during an election rally at Raha, Nagaon district in Assam")
With early trends showing a lead in Assam, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today expressed confidence of trouncing the Tarun Gogoi regime and forming the government for the first time in the state.
"We are maintaining lead in Assam. We are confident that we will win in Assam with two-third majority. In Kerala, our position is gradually increasing. We are leading in few seats. In the same way, we are leading in few seats in West Bengal. One thing is very clear, our vote share will increase everywhere," BJP leader Zafar Islam told ANI.
he said that the grand old party is not behaving like a national party but rather a small party.
BJP spokesperson G.V.L. Narasimha Rao said the trends coming from all states seem to be broadly in conformity with the exit polls that were telecast by various television channels a couple of days ago.
"These are states where the BJP had not been a force in the past, but despite that we are heading towards forming a government in Assam that's a huge gain for the BJP. I think our performance in all the states would be far better than our performance in 2011. This is our confidence and the initial trends bear out the trend," he added.
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Meanwhile, Mahila Congress president Shobha Ojha expressing confidence said they had been in power in Assam for the last 15 years, but will form the government this time as well despite the anti-incumbency factor.
However, she refused to comment on the trend of the exit polls.
"The exit polls had failed in Bihar and Delhi. So, we cannot trust the exit polls. The results will be out soon," she said.
In Assam, the counting of votes is being held at 51 centres across the state.
The fate of 1064 candidates, including Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, BJP's chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal and AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal will be revealed today.
As per the latest information, the BJP is leading in Dibrugarh,Moran,Lahoal and Tingkhong assembly seats.
The BJP is leading in 19 seats in Assam, Congress in eight, AIUDF in two, BPF in six, AGP in nine and others in two.
The Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements for providing online information of trends and results of counting.
It is expected that the process will be completed within six to seven hours and a final picture will emerge by noon.
