Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia has declared BJP candidate Raghunandan Rao as the winner in the Dubbaka by-elections, hours prior to the counting of votes. On browsing the Wikipedia page related to Dubbaka by-polls, it can be seen that Raghunandan Rao’s name mentioned in the list of winning candidates. The page includes the names of candidates who have won from the constituency since 2009. In the year 2009, Cheruku Muthyam Reddy of the Indian National Congress had won, and in 2014 and 2018 Solipeta Ramalinga Reddy of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi had won. However, for the year 2020, the name of Raghunandan Rao has been mentioned. On the other hand, netizens are shocked to find the name of the BJP candidate mentioned even before the counting of votes could be held.
Edit option in Wikipedia
For those unversed, anyone can log in and edit Wikipedia pages. Taking advantage of this edit option, it is speculated that someone might have edited the page related to the Dubbaka by-polls. However, people are expressing their displeasure over such developments as it could mislead many other people who rely on Wikipedia for information.