Saharsa, April 30 -- Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday said that Trinamool Congress tried their best to "resort to violence" to influence the polling but "could not succeed".

Speaking with reporters, Giriraj Singh said, "TMC tried their best to resort to violence and intimidation in certain sectors, but they could not succeed."

Earlier, Union Minister Piyush Goyal exuded confidence in the BJP's performance in the upcoming Assembly polls result on May 4, stating that the party does not take exit polls "so seriously."

Speaking to reporters as the assembly elections concluded a day earlier, Goyal emphasised that the party places its "full faith in the people of India" rather than in preliminary projections.

"We do not take exit po...