India, April 29 -- As the high-decibel second phase of the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections drew to a close on Wednesday, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien launched a sharp offensive against pollsters. After a set of exit polls came out and most of them predicted an end to Mamata Banerjee-led TMC's reign, O'Brien shared a comparative infographic highlighting exit-poll inaccuracies from 2021.

On X, O'Brien posted a graphic with the caption, "Credibility of Exit Polls?Bengal Polls 2021: How off the mark were the predictions from the final results", which detailed three main exit polls of 2021.

The data shared by O'Brien illustrated that India Today (Axis My India) had predicted a neck-and-neck race, suggesting 143 seats out of ...