In view of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, a graphic is going viral on social media. In this, the possibility of a tough fight between the NDA and the INDIA alliance has been expressed by citing the satta market. In this, the estimates made by all the satta markets including Phalodi of Rajasthan can be seen. In this estimate, a decline in the seats of BJP and NDA in the Lok Sabha elections, while the Congress-led India alliance is being claimed to be ahead.
It is worth noting that the majority figure in the Lok Sabha is 272. In the graphic, Phalodi, Palanpur, Karnal, Bohri, Belgaum, Kolkata, Vijayawada have predicted a close contest between the NDA and the opposition alliance. While Indore Saraf and Surat Maghobi have given a clear majority to the NDA.
Boom News24 investigated the authenticity of this graphic and found it to be fake. News24’s executive editor Manak Gupta has also refuted this graphic by posting on his Twitter account.
It is noteworthy that the results of the Lok Sabha elections are to be declared on June 4.
A user shared this graphic on X User wrote, ‘The country is moving towards change. The betting market regarding the 2024 Lok Sabha elections of the country has kept the BJP leaders awake. People’s expectations from the INDIA alliance are increasing, the last phase is left, BJP’s seats will decrease further and the alliance’s seats will increase. #FilmyModi #INDIA.’
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Apart from this, many Congress leaders and supporters have also shared the figures in this fake graphic assuming them to be true. Here, Here See.
Fact Check
After looking closely at the viral graphic, we found that the News 24 logo on it is not real.
We further found a reply from News 24 journalist Manak Gupta in the comments section of the viral post, where he said that News 24 has not published any such story.
#Breaking: Satta Bazar puts the NDA number below the majority marks of 272 and give a near majority to the Congress-led INDIA alliance. Interesting…
Phalodi Satta Bazaar
Congress- 117
INDIA – 246
BJP – 209
NDA- 253Palanpur Satta Bazaar
Congress- 112
INDIA -… pic.twitter.com/c5B8wDHUka— Shantanu (@shaandelhite) May 29, 2024