Winds of Change in Bihar: Tejashwi Yadav Dismisses Exit Polls, Backs People’s Verdict

Introduction

With the political tension well before the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, the opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav has made an incisive attack on what he terms as pressurized exit polls. As voter turnout is at an all time high throughout the state, Yadav believes that the electorate, rather than the pollsters, will determine the true result.

Exit Polls Under Fire

The leader of the Mahagathbandhan coalition, Tejashwi Yadav, ruled out exit polls that indicated a resounding victory of the ruling coalition. He blamed some media houses and agencies for trying to manipulate the minds of people by making one-sided predictions.

 Referring to the predictions as sponsored narratives, Yadav had claimed that ground-based energy tells another tale, that of transformation and a growing confidence in the opposition by the populace.

Big Voter Turnout Gives Hope.

The large number of voters has become the main subject of the campaign message by Yadav. To him, the energy of young people, women and first time voters is an indication of a new breeze of Bihar politics.

 According to him, mass mobilization in rural and semi-urban areas is an indication of increasing need to work, learn and enjoy open governance.

An Appeal to Political Responsibility.

Tejashwi Yadav stressed that exit polls were not to be considered as the last words. He encouraged the citizens to have faith in the Election Commission and to wait till the proper counting. The people of Bihar have cast their votes in favour of change, and no artificial poll can repress that fact.

 He also commented on how the media must be responsible and how one should beware of the pitfalls of presenting a narrative based on external forces and not grassroots realities.

Confidence and the Road Ahead at RJD.

There is no doubt that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is optimistic about good performance despite the predictions. The Mahagathbandhan alliance is of the view that the sentiment of voters at the real time indicates a great level of dissatisfaction with current models of governance and increasing popularity in their welfare based model.

Conclusion

Bihar is yet to deliver its verdicts, but the act of Tejashwi Yadav going against the pressure-induced exit polls is a debatable political issue. Whether his confidence will be translated to victory or otherwise is yet to be determined--but this much is understandable: the voters of Bihar have spoken louder than any survey would have spoken.