{"id":36490,"date":"2019-05-16T20:41:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T15:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=36490"},"modified":"2019-05-16T20:41:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T15:11:24","slug":"india-today-clarifies-screenshot-showing-177-seats-for-nda-is-dummy-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/india-today-clarifies-screenshot-showing-177-seats-for-nda-is-dummy-data\/","title":{"rendered":"India Today clarifies: Screenshot showing 177 seats for NDA is dummy data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;Did Indiatoday showcase the Exit Poll Numbers by mistake ?? If so, future looks bleak for BJP.&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamAKHTER\/status\/1128917174389755904?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> a user with a screenshot of a <em>India Today <\/em>broadcast. It was suggested that the channel may have mistakenly displayed the data of their exit polls, which has supposedly predicted 177 seats for the National Democratic Alliance led by the BJP.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/IToday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"725\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/IToday.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/IToday-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A video of the broadcast was also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coolfrnds4u\/status\/1128935574172082176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> by netizens to back their claims that <em>India Today<\/em> had reported the exit poll with such figures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Those who are saying that India Today exit poll is photoshop, here is a video grab. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xzjzk030N8\">pic.twitter.com\/xzjzk030N8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avijit Dasgupta\/\u0627\u0648\u06cc\u062c\u062a \u062f\u0627\u0633 \u06af\u067e\u062a\u0627\/\u0985\u09ad\u09bf\u099c\u09bf\u09ce \u09a6\u09be\u09b8\u0997\u09c1\u09aa\u09cd\u09a4 (@coolfrnds4u) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coolfrnds4u\/status\/1128935574172082176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>AAP Punjab social media member Akashnoor Gadri also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkashGadri\/status\/1128958564951662592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> the screenshot with a message, <em>&#8220;This is the real reason that Modi-Shah duo have been running such a divisive campaign. According to @IndiaToday NDA is winning only 177 seats!&#8221;.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the real reason that Modi-Shah duo have been running such a divisive campaign.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiaToday?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IndiaToday<\/a> NDA is winning only 177 seats!<\/p>\n<p>Modi Ji Jaane Waale Hain, Ache Din Aane Waale Hain.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bainjal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bainjal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sardesairajdeep?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sardesairajdeep<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rohini_sgh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rohini_sgh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/svaradarajan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@svaradarajan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vinodkapri?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vinodkapri<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sonaliranade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sonaliranade<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QcZOI5hDF7\">pic.twitter.com\/QcZOI5hDF7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Akashnoor Gadri (@AkashGadri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkashGadri\/status\/1128958564951662592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>India Today clarifies<\/h2>\n<p><em>India Today<\/em> has put out a clarification, stating that the data shown in the video was dummy, and only a promo of the exit poll. This was reiterated by <em>India Today<\/em>\u00a0anchor Rahul Kanwal in a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rahulkanwal\/status\/1128978898707013637?s=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We understand your excitement about this clip! Sorry to disappoint you. \ud83d\ude43 We too are waiting anxiously for the data.This is visibly a promo with dummy data, played on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElectionNewstrack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ElectionNewstrack<\/a><br \/>\nFor the REAL thing,tune in to India Today &amp; AajTak on May 19, 4pm onwards <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AajTakAxisExitPoll?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AajTakAxisExitPoll<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SVKVDmZx3t\">pic.twitter.com\/SVKVDmZx3t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 India Today (@IndiaToday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiaToday\/status\/1128976910002733057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the data shown on the screen, NDA is predicted to get 177 seats in 2019, with a negative balance of -177 as compared to 2014. That would suggest that NDA got 354 (177+177) seats in 2014. However, NDA&#8217;s actual figure in 2014 was 336. Similarly, the number corresponding to UPA don&#8217;t tally either. This shows that the data displayed on screen cannot be real data.<\/p>\n<p><em>India Today&#8217;s<\/em> promo clip with dummy data was shared by social media with claims suggesting that they had erroneously leaked the exit poll data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Did Indiatoday showcase the Exit Poll Numbers by mistake ?? If so, future looks bleak for BJP.&#8221; tweeted a user with a screenshot of a India Today broadcast. It was suggested that the channel may have mistakenly displayed the data of their exit polls, which has supposedly predicted 177 seats for the National Democratic Alliance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":36532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-36490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/IIITH-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36490"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36536,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36490\/revisions\/36536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36490"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=36490"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=36490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}