 "Today's Chanakya apologises for getting Bihar result wrong")
Pollster Today's Chanakya on Sunday issued an apology for getting wrong its forecast of the Bihar assembly elections result.
"We sincerely apologise all our friends & well wishers for not able to predict Bihar. Congratulations to the winning alliance," Today's Chanakya twitted even as counting of millions of votes cast in the five-phase polls is underway.
Initial trends are giving the Grand Alliance of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a thumping majority over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.
Today's Chanakya had predicted 155 seats for the BJP-led NDA and a mere 83 for the Grand Alliance of the Janata Dal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress.
The polls to the 243-member Bihar assembly took place in five phases between October 12 and November 5.
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