

{"id":171470,"date":"2023-11-30T10:10:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T04:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=171470"},"modified":"2023-11-30T11:21:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T05:51:39","slug":"ndtv-viral-opinion-poll-showing-cong-win-in-telangana-fake-no-survey-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ndtv-viral-opinion-poll-showing-cong-win-in-telangana-fake-no-survey-done\/","title":{"rendered":"NDTV: Viral opinion poll showing Cong win in Telangana fake; no survey done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An opinion poll for Telangana in which Congress is miles ahead of the incumbent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is viral on social media. The figures are ascribed to a &#8216;poll of polls&#8217; survey by NDTV. Telangana is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/assembly-elections-2023-live-updates-today-november-28-telangana-mizoram-madhya-pradesh-rajasthan-chhattisgarh-101701135106030.html#:~:text=Telangana%20as%20the%20state%20is%20set%20to%20vote%20on%20November%2030.%20Meanwhile%2C%20the%20election%20results%20for%20all%20five%20states%20will%20be%20declared%20on%20Sunday%2C%20December%203.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">going to the polls<\/a> on November 30.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the numbers, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate tweeted, &#8220;NDTV Poll of Polls confirms what we are seeing on the ground in Telangana.&#8221;. According to the poll, Congress is winning 68-76 seats, while BJP, BRS, AIMIM and IND are slated to get 3-5 seats, 30-35 seats, 5-7 seats and 2-4 seats, respectively. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/3PHZl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NDTV Poll of Polls confirms what we are seeing on the ground in Telangana.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@INCIndia<\/a> is all set to record a historic win!<\/p>\n<p>\ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc25 \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1f \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc2c<\/p>\n<p>\u25c6INC: 68-76<br \/>\n\u25c6BJP: 3-5<br \/>\n\u25c6BRS: 30-35<br \/>\n\u25c6AIMIM: 5-7<br \/>\n\u25c6IND : 2-4<\/p>\n<p>Total Seats: 119<br \/>\nMajority: 60<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Congress75inTelangana?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Congress75inTelangana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Supriya Shrinate (@SupriyaShrinate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SupriyaShrinate\/status\/1729189675318079787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The official Twitter handle of Maharashtra Congress Sevadal tweeted a graphic containing the same numbers as Supriya Shrinate. The graphic contains the texts &#8220;NDTV&#8221; and &#8220;#ElectionsWithNDTV&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/l912a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NOW &#8211; NDTV Poll of Polls gives Majority to Congress in TELANGANA<\/p>\n<p>Most Opinion Polls are predicting that in Telangana, BRS is staring at their biggest defeat due to huge anti-incumbency against KCR govt.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the NDTV Poll of Polls Tracker<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Congress75inTelangana?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Congress75inTelangana<\/a><br \/>\n1\/7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NkOkaDjlpr\">pic.twitter.com\/NkOkaDjlpr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maharashtra Congress Sevadal (@SevadalMH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SevadalMH\/status\/1729146321763016746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The official spokesperson for the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, Sama Ram Mohan Reddy, also tweeted the graphic. He later deleted his tweet. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/MDjCG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-171475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_TuKj4Tx1Pq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"974\" height=\"1313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_TuKj4Tx1Pq.jpg 974w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_TuKj4Tx1Pq-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_TuKj4Tx1Pq-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_TuKj4Tx1Pq-768x1035.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several other users amplified the graphic and the subsequent claim that an opinion poll by NDTV had predicted a landslide victory for Congress in the Telangana elections. (Archives- <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/dPOj0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/aPBZQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/jtfR4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/qcBiO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/eoNTU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-171470 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ndtv-viral-opinion-poll-showing-cong-win-in-telangana-fake-no-survey-done\/chrome_n4pefhn3wm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_N4PeFHn3Wm.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_N4PeFHn3Wm.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_N4PeFHn3Wm-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_N4PeFHn3Wm-768x942.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ndtv-viral-opinion-poll-showing-cong-win-in-telangana-fake-no-survey-done\/chrome_olu1lbyy71\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"1349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_olU1lBYY71.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_olU1lBYY71.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_olU1lBYY71-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_olU1lBYY71-603x1024.jpg 603w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_olU1lBYY71-768x1303.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ndtv-viral-opinion-poll-showing-cong-win-in-telangana-fake-no-survey-done\/chrome_oyxxd3gk9t\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"973\" height=\"1026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_OyXXd3GK9t.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_OyXXd3GK9t.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_OyXXd3GK9t-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_OyXXd3GK9t-971x1024.jpg 971w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_OyXXd3GK9t-768x810.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 973px) 100vw, 973px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ndtv-viral-opinion-poll-showing-cong-win-in-telangana-fake-no-survey-done\/chrome_qcf9mwhtyj\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"1343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_qcF9mwhtyj.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_qcF9mwhtyj.jpg 966w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_qcF9mwhtyj-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_qcF9mwhtyj-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_qcF9mwhtyj-768x1068.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ndtv-viral-opinion-poll-showing-cong-win-in-telangana-fake-no-survey-done\/chrome_tzvredopak\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_TZvreDopAK.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_TZvreDopAK.jpg 954w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_TZvreDopAK-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_TZvreDopAK-768x712.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>The graphic has been dubbed &#8220;fake&#8221; by NDTV. &#8220;NDTV has not carried any poll of polls for #Telangana2023. Please don\u2019t spread fake news&#8221;, the\u00a0 channel said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FakeNewsAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FakeNewsAlert<\/a> | NDTV has not carried any poll of polls for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Telangana2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Telangana2023<\/a>. Please don\u2019t spread fake news.<\/p>\n<p>For fastest and most accurate election results, do log on to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fbzw6n9j4d\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fbzw6n9j4d<\/a> on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ehK3ysdeQ\">pic.twitter.com\/7ehK3ysdeQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NDTV (@ndtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ndtv\/status\/1729354182568919142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We could find three of the seven polls listed by the graphic out of which, Lok Poll and The South First, were cited correctly in the viral graphic. Two polling agencies mentioned in the graphic, the &#8216;BRS Internal Survey&#8217; and the &#8216;State Intelligence Bureau&#8217;, are not recognized entities commonly cited by reputable news organizations. Additionally, it is uncommon for political parties to divulge internal survey data, especially if they are lagging.<\/p>\n<p>Below are screenshots of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LokPoll\/status\/1726941114392039739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lok Poll&#8217;s predictions<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thesouthfirst.com\/news\/telangana-seeks-change-south-first-peoples-pulse-pre-poll-survey-predicts-edge-to-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South First\u2013Peoples Pulse&#8217;s Pre-poll Survey<\/a>. These have been cited correctly in the viral claims.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-171470 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ndtv-viral-opinion-poll-showing-cong-win-in-telangana-fake-no-survey-done\/chrome_zumwerwcdj\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"953\" height=\"1550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_zUmwerwCDj.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_zUmwerwCDj.jpg 953w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_zUmwerwCDj-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_zUmwerwCDj-630x1024.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_zUmwerwCDj-768x1249.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_zUmwerwCDj-944x1536.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/ndtv-viral-opinion-poll-showing-cong-win-in-telangana-fake-no-survey-done\/chrome_wtpwnpc1bp\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1216\" height=\"1356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_WTPwNPC1bp.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_WTPwNPC1bp.jpg 1216w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_WTPwNPC1bp-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_WTPwNPC1bp-918x1024.jpg 918w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_WTPwNPC1bp-768x856.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1216px) 100vw, 1216px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In a later tweet, however, Lok Poll revised their predictions with BRS winning 33 &#8211; 35 seats, INC 72 &#8211; 74 seats, AIMIM 5 &#8211; 7 seats and the BJP 2 &#8211; 4 seats.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abplive.com\/videos\/news\/c-voter-survey-opinion-poll-figures-revealed-this-party-s-government-in-these-states-opinion-poll-2530178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll<\/a> dated November 4 predicted a win for Bharat Rashtra Samithi. It gave 49-61 seats to the KCR-led party while giving 43-55 seats to Congress. According to their survey, the BJP was likely to win around 14.3% of the votes. The projected seat range for BJP was 5-11. So, these figures have been incorrectly out in the graphic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-171492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_mavUKvBT59.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1128\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_mavUKvBT59.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_mavUKvBT59-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_mavUKvBT59-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/11\/chrome_mavUKvBT59-768x546.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We could not find any opinion poll figures released by &#8216;Talangana OU JAC&#8217; and &#8216;Pulse of Telangana&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>To sum up, the NDTV &#8216;poll of polls&#8217; figures shared by several prominent X handles linked to Congress, which predict a landslide victory for Congress in Telangana, are not genuine. NDTV has refuted the viral claims stating that they did not carry out opinion polls for the Telangana elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An opinion poll for Telangana in which Congress is miles ahead of the incumbent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is viral on social media. The figures are ascribed to a &#8216;poll of polls&#8217; survey by NDTV. Telangana is going to the polls on November 30. Sharing the numbers, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate tweeted, &#8220;NDTV Poll of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":171499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[706],"class_list":["post-171470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-politics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NDTV: Viral opinion poll showing Cong win in Telangana fake; no survey done - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NDTV: Viral opinion poll showing Cong win in Telangana fake; no survey done - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An opinion poll for Telangana in which Congress is miles ahead of the incumbent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is viral on social media. 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