On social media, a news clip from ABP News went viral. In this news clip, it can be seen that the exit poll data of the Lok Sabha election has been shown in which NDA has been estimated to get 152 to 182 seats, whereas the INDIA alliance has been shown to get 353 to 383 seats. While sharing this news clip users are claiming that the most reliable channel has the exit poll in which anchor Sandeep Chaudhary has brought the public’s exit poll in front of the false. ExitPolls
This video has also been shared by many other users, which can be seen by clicking here, here, and here.
Fact Check:
DFRAC team viewed the video uploaded on the YouTube channel of abplive to verify the viral news clip. We found a video of anchor Sandeep Chaudhary, in which he is conducting a panel discussion on the exit poll data. In the exit poll, it can be seen that NDA has been estimated to get 353 to 383 seats, whereas the INDIA alliance has been shown to get 152 to 182 seats.
Furthermore, it can be seen that the figures of UP, Bihar, and others are the same. Also, we found a tweet by ABP News regarding the viral news clip, which has been declared fake.
Conclusion:
It is evident from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that the claim made by social media users about the ABP News exit poll predicting 152 to 182 seats for NDA and 353 to 383 seats for INDIA is fake because the users are sharing edited news clips of ABP News.
