Coimbatore, May 1 -- Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, reacting to exit poll predictions, said the actual result will be known only after counting and urged everyone to wait for two more days.

Karti alleged that the visual and print media was functioning as 'cottage industry' and said that they have turned exit polls into a continuous, business-like exercise rather than a one-time survey, adding that people have already voted and their decision is final, which will be reflected in the counting across 75,000 booths.

"Visual media and print media has become a cottage industry... earlier exit polls were based on assumptions, but now this is being run throughout the day on channels and has become a business. People have voted, and their decisi...