Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party was trying to regain power in the federal territory that includes New Delhi on Wednesday as residents voted in a state legislature election.

However, the exit polls have a patchy record in India and have predicted wrong results in the past. “Exit polls have always proven to be wrong for the AAP," said party spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar. "Every time, the AAP has stormed to power with a massive mandate, and this time will be no different," she added.

The BJP is set to form its government in Delhi with a "thumping majority" and start working for the all-round progress of the city, the party asserted on Thursday while claiming that people were "angry" with the ruling AAP and its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal.