{"id":23367,"date":"2018-11-30T19:03:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T13:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=23367"},"modified":"2019-03-19T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T11:46:09","slug":"fake-bbc-opinion-poll-predicting-a-bjp-win-in-rajasthan-circulates-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-bbc-opinion-poll-predicting-a-bjp-win-in-rajasthan-circulates-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake BBC opinion poll predicting a BJP win in Rajasthan circulates on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

A purported opinion poll for Rajasthan elections attributed to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is currently viral on social media. Many have shared\u00a0(1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>) the home page of BBC along with the prediction of the election results. The alleged poll, which forecasted 160+ seats for the Congress and 30 seats for the BJP in June, predicts a win for the BJP with 135 seats forecasted on November 28, 2018.<\/p>\n

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The similar post (with numbers changed after October 2018) has also been shared by Twitter user Rishi Bagree, drawing over 6,000 likes and more than 2,000 retweets. However, Bagree did not attribute the pre-election survey to BBC.<\/p>\n

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Rajasthan opinion poll<\/p>\n

June — Congress 160+, BJP 30
\nJuly — Congress 150 , BJP 40
\nAug –. Congress 135 , BJP 50
\nOct — Congress 125 , BJP 65
\nNov — Congress 110, BJP 85
\nToday–Congress 105, BJP 90<\/p>\n

If this will continue On 11 Dec we might see Congress 85, BJP 110<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rishi Bagree \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@rishibagree) November 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Twitter and Facebook alike, individual users have widely circulated the purported poll that forecasts a win for the BJP against the Congress in the December Rajasthan elections.<\/p>\n