News has become the product nowadays. It has lost its sheen over the years. All the media houses are either managed by corporate houses or the government. Corporate houses do business, so neither news is free nor has any moral sanctity attached to it. News is sold in the market to gain profit in the first place and create a perception to tilt voters towards the achievement of government, so that all the corporate houses would gain business from the government of the day.
Now the question arises: why do people in India trust news and exit polls so much that it might have been destined to happen? Well! No one appears to be apprehensive about it because the press and mass media earned a huge reputation during the freedom struggle in India. So, raising questions about the veracity and sanctity of news is considered blasphemy. And it has become a strong reason for the masses to believe in it, coupled with a 77.7% literacy rate and a 62% voter turnout of 1.4 billion people.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has completely banned the publicizing of exit polls until June 1, 2024. And, the result of the election is scheduled to be announced on June 4, 2024. Almost all the newspapers and news channels have been predicting the same result in favor of the ruling government. All opposition parties are considered to be enemies of the nation. This notion is so cemented in our system that eroding it requires Leviathan's efforts in toto.
We live in the largest democracy on planet, with 388 news and current affairs TV channels and 146,000 registered newspapers that are heavily tilted or slanted towards the ruling party to win the Lok Sabha election in 2024. This trend is nothing new. It has been the most accepted trend in mass media in Asian countries, especially India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, etc. Hence, if such huge resources work together to form a perception keeping the ruling party in mind, any sort of different result would be nearly impossible to happen. Added to that is the 50% vote share.
However, the ruling party (BJP) will manage to form the government again with nearly a third majority. The India Alliance and other regional parties will emerge stronger than in the previous Lok Sabha election. After analysing all surveys and exit polls, InsightfulTake will put numbers such as BJP led NDA- 265 seats and INDIA alliance 200 seats respectively.
Pankaj kumar
4 months agoPrediction almost!