Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi reacts to the exit polls, which gives the BJP a majority in the state with between 164 and 285 seats. While some polls predict a hung assembly, others say the party will get a clear majority and form government. The exit polls also predict the Congress will be decimated in Manipur, Goa, Uttarakhand. In Punjab, it's a tie with the AAP with the ruling SAD a poor third.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said the party's alliance with the SP is winning and added that "Such exit polls we saw in Bihar also."


Of the six exit polls in Bihar during the assembly elections in 2015, most predicted a the BJP and its allies would win the state. The Nitish Kumar-led grand alliance went on to form the government.

 
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi are predicted to win somewhere between 88 to 112 seats while Mayawati's BSP will be a distant third with anywhere between 28 to 42 seats.


Gandhi, 46, is expected to chair an informal meeting tomorrow with Congress lawmakers tomorrow on their strategy for the parliament session that began today and runs till April 12.