: News 24 published the seat projections of several betting markets depicting a close contest between the NDA and INDIA alliances. : The claim is false. Manak Gupta of News 24 confirmed that the graphic is fake.
: As the 2024 Lok Sabha elections reach a conclusion with the last phase polling on June 1, a graphic reportedly published by News 24 predicting seat numbers for the BJP-led NDA and Congress-led INDIA alliances is doing rounds on social media. The graphic shows the prediction of 10 ‘Satta Bazar’ (betting organisations) giving an edge to the NDA alliance over others. Among these, the famous Phalodi Satta Bazar forecasts 253 seats for the NDA and 246 for the INDIA alliance, indicating a closely contested race.
The Indore Sarafa and Surat Maghobi project a clear majority for the NDA, with projections of 283 and 282 seats respectively. The graphic also shows the BJP alone winning around 200-260 seats and Congress around 90-128 as predicted by the Satta Bazars. A user who shared the graphic (archive) on X wrote, “Satta Bazar puts the NDA number below the majority marks of 272 and gives a near majority to the Congress-led INDIA alliance.
Interesting...
(sic)” 🚨 BREAKING Most regional Satta Bazaar figures predict a hung assembly in Lok Sabha. This is huge, at one point this election was looking one sided. Today, anything is possible on the 4th.
What a fight and comeback by INDIA 🔥 Another while sharing the graphic (archive) wrote, “Most regional Satta Bazaar .
