Bihar Election Exit Poll 2025: As “Authentic” as the News of Dharmendra’s Death
Townhall Times — Comparing the current exit polls to the fake news of veteran actor Dharmendra’s death, Advocate Harsh Gautam lashed out at India’s “chapri media” and so-called research agencies, calling their predictions nothing more than “scripted illusions.” According to Gautam, the NDA may shrink to just 70–85 seats, as the people of Bihar have voted not on communal slogans but on “padhai, dawai, aur kamai” — education, healthcare, and livelihood.
Gautam minced no words while attacking what he called the “manufactured credibility” of pro-establishment media houses. “Just like they killed Dharmendra online before his time, they’re now burying truth under political propaganda,” he said. “Their day begins and ends with Hindu-Muslim binaries, not journalism. How can anyone trust exit polls run by those who’ve long stopped being neutral observers?”
While admitting that last-minute welfare cash transfers and the Election Commission’s administrative machinery might tilt the scale towards the NDA, Gautam emphasized that the record-breaking turnout indicates a clear youth mandate for change. “Bihar’s new generation voted on real issues — jobs, education, healthcare. This election is Tejashwi Yadav’s referendum,” he added confidently.
According to Gautam, three key factors could sink the NDA ship: lawlessness across districts, skyrocketing unemployment and poverty, and the BJP’s failure to project Nitish Kumar as chief ministerial face. “It’s Maharashtra déjà vu,” he quipped, “and JDU’s grassroots workers have silently resolved not to fall again for BJP’s political double-dealing.”
Citing past election shocks, Gautam reminded how exit polls have routinely misfired. “Remember 2015 Delhi? No poll predicted AAP’s 67 out of 70 seats. In 2015 Bihar, every poll showed a neck-and-neck race or an NDA edge — yet the Grand Alliance swept. In 2017 UP, most agencies foresaw a hung house, but BJP bulldozed through with 325+ seats. In 2020 Bihar, polls gave Mahagathbandhan the upper hand, yet NDA scraped through with 125. In 2023 Chhattisgarh, Congress was expected to cruise, but BJP stormed back. And in 2024 Haryana, Congress was given a ‘clean sweep,’ but the BJP once again formed the government.”
“These are not mere errors — they’re patterned manipulations,” Gautam concluded. “India’s media has stopped being the mirror of democracy; it’s now the mask. These agencies don’t conduct surveys — they perform scripts. Exit polls in this country don’t predict results, they manufacture consent.”
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