India, Nov. 12 -- RJD leader and Mahagathbandhan chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday dismissed the exit poll projections for the Bihar assembly elections, most of which gave a clear edge to the NDA and many pollsters predicted that the Mahagathbandhan would not form the government. He said he neither lives in false optimism nor in misunderstanding.

Addressing a press conference in Patna, Yadav claimed that even while people were still standing in queues waiting for their turn to vote, and the polling process had not yet ended, exit polls were already being released, predicting the BJP-JD(U) alliance's victory in the assembly elections.

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"Yesterday, people stood in long queue...