New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): The exit polls predicted a victory for the BJP-led alliance with some suggesting a brute majority while others going with a more comfortable number. That the circus masquerading as news channels went to town with their numbers shouldn’t be surprising, given that it is a TRP game of one-upmanship.

Right on cue, the politicians reacted to the polls with some like National Conference leader Omar Abdullah appearing to have thrown in the towel while others like Shashi Tharoor went to town claiming that the sample survey of voters’ choice have seldom nailed the final outcome of giant elections like the one India just went through.