Modi, Shah in touch with me, 100 per cent confident of victory, says Yeddyurappa

A day after he announced the date of his swearing-in ceremony, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief-ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa reiterated his "confidence" that his party will emerge victorious in the Karnataka assembly election.

Responding to the predications made by the exit polls, Yeddyurappa said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah are in touch with him.
"He [Modi] is in touch with me. Everybody is confident of winning with absolute majority. We are 100 per cent sure of forming the government on May 17," Yeddyurappa said.
The veteran BJP leader and former chief minister claimed that his party will win more than 125-130 seats.

"BJP will win more than 125-130 seats, Congress will not be able to cross 70 seats and JDS [Janata Dal Secular] will not cross 24-25 seats," he said.
Rubbishing the Congress' claim of winning the polls, he said, "There is a silent and strong wave in



favour of BJP and public anger against Siddaramaiah and Congress."
The India Today- Axis My India exit poll has projected that the Congress will emerge as the single-largest party in the Karnataka election, bagging between 106-118 seats of the 222 seats where polling was held on Saturday.
The magic figure in the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha is 113 and Axis projects that the Congress is comfortably placed to beat anti-incumbency and form the next government in the state, the exit polls reveal.
Meanwhile, in a tit-for-tat, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also posted tweets from his personal handle asking party workers and supporters to "relax over the weekend" and said the Congress is all set to form the government in Karnataka.
On the other hand, asked about his stand on choosing between BJP and Congress, JDS chief HD Deve Gowda said, "I am not prepared to accept or reject anything, let's wait for May 15. We will know the reality."