Authors
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
Claim
NDTV poll of polls declares clear win for Congress in the Telangana assembly elections that are underway.
An archive copy of the same can be seen here.
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Fact
Newschecker began by conducting a keywords search on Google for the terms ‘NDTV poll of polls’ and ‘Telangana Assembly’, but the search threw up no relevant results. We then conducted a similar search on social media platform X, where we did not find any such poll of polls, but instead found a post by the official handle of NDTV calling the viral graphics fake.
The assembly elections of the southern state is scheduled on November 30 and the results will be declared on December 3, 2023. The exit polls are held after the elections are over and NDTV, in its poll of polls, compares the exit poll projections that have been put out by various agencies and gives an average projection. The exit polls are due this Thursday, November 30, at 6:30PM, and no such exit polls or poll of polls are out yet.
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Result: False
Our Sources
Tweet by NDTV, dated November 28, 2023
Article by ABPlive, dated November 27, 2023
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Authors
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
