If this trend holds, there's a good reason to believe that the BJP may well cross its 2014 tally and might even hit the 300 mark as Prime Minister Modi, Amit Shah and the BJP have constantly maintained.
Exit Polls numbers for Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh reveal that BJP is all set to sweep the Lok Sabha seats in these states despite the setback in the Vidhan Sabha elections
As per the current predictions based on "past election results, current alliances and losses due to discontent with the Modi government", the NDA will win 166 seats while the UPA will end up with 200.
If the current 2019 Lok Sabha elections follow the general trend, then again for this election, pollsters will underestimate the vote-share of the PM Modi led NDA quite significantly.
Sensing that PM Modi might just come back to power for a second term, he has proceeded to discredit his own channel's Exit Poll which is yet to be aired.
West Bengal has been marred by political violence through all phases of the general elections. Incidents of vandalism and political attacks are being reported in the last phase too.
Anjana Om Kashyap, one of the Editors of Aaj Tak who conducted that interview interestingly took to Twitter today to castigate what appears to be her colleague, Rajdeep Sardesai.