Opinion polls: Congress approach puerile, says Modi

"To resort to extreme steps simply because the opinion polls do not tell us what we may want to hear is utterly puerile," he said.

"My concern is not limited to this proposal to ban opinion polls. Tomorrow, the Congress may seek a ban on articles, editorials and blogs during election time on the very same grounds. If they lose an election, they may then seek a ban on the Election Commission and if the courts do not support them, then they may say why not ban the courts! After all, this is the party that resorted to imposing the Emergency in response to an inconvenient court verdict," Modi said.