"Opinion polls managed"

The opinion polls including the one by media, prominent news channel and newspaper, were managed, says Maharashtra state Congress spokesman Rohidas Patil.

Recalling the opinion poll results favouring the success of Cong-NCP alliance in the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra, the state Congress spokesman Rohidas Patil on Thursday said all the other opinion polls including the one by media organisation, prominent news channel and newspaper, were "managed".

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"The poll survey conducted by the Cong-NCP alliance favouring 31 seats to them and 17 to Shiv Sena-BJP alliance is the right one," Patil told a press conference here.

Asked to compare the opinion poll results of Cong-NCP and those declared by a news channel and newspaper, he said,"the huge difference between the two opinion polls indicate that the media organisations poll survey is managed."

The media organisations poll survey had indicated 27 seats in favour of Shiv Sena-BJP and 21 seats for Cong-NCP, he added.