The BJP on Thursday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who had alleged a connection between "BJP, exit pollsters and dubious foreign investors". It also accused the Congress leader of "conspiring to mislead market investors". Addressing a press conference, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said that the Congress leader "has still not overcome the opposition's defeat" in the Lok Sabha elections. Several opposition parties had come together to form the INDIA bloc to take on the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha polls. Rahul Gandhi had alleged that there was a loss of lakhs of crores to retail investors due to "fake exit polls" and demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the "biggest stock market scam."