Cool Vajpayee admits polls no cakewalk

Refusing to attach much importance to the exit polls, most of which had shown the NDA returning to power with a reduced majority and the Opposition improving its tally, he said while these polls were an "indicator", sometimes they go topsy-turvy.

The Congress's gains in the exit polls have become point of many a debate in poll circles, but the PM laughed it away saying, "Why is the Congress so much happy that now we have to be worried?"

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Vajpayee said the elections were going as per the BJP's expectations and expressed confidence that the NDA would get a majority.

But will the NDA get more seats? Vajpayee said it depended on areas.

"The result of the exit polls so far are from areas where we had good expectations. Now we are in areas where there will be keen contest."

Vajpayee said earlier polls predicted the situation was bad in Karnataka for the BJP but now they say "we will do well".