Public opinion plays a significant role in a democracy. Crucial in decoding the process of public policy, from its planning to implementation, it demystifies the working politics behind it. As a result, it has become a need of the hour to check the development of a singular perspective of society, marked by the boundaries of power hierarchies and structures, based on caste, class, gender, religion, and region. There is a need to analyze how does the process of public policymaking accommodate public opinion? Should it be evolved democratically, or should it be niched by a selective group of experts across different fields? The paper contributes to the literature of public opinion in policymaking, particularly in India's educational scenario and is a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of public opinion in the West and the transition of policymaking in India from the hands of experts (National Policy on Education 1986, into the hands of its public New Education Policy (Draft) 2019).