{"id":206816,"date":"2024-06-17T20:24:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=206816"},"modified":"2024-06-17T20:24:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:54:17","slug":"police-debunk-false-claims-of-amethi-womans-death-in-queue-to-avail-mahalakshmi-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/police-debunk-false-claims-of-amethi-womans-death-in-queue-to-avail-mahalakshmi-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Police debunk false claims of Amethi woman’s death in queue to avail ‘Mahalakshmi’ benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some social media users have claimed that a woman died after suffering a heatstroke in Amethi while she was waiting in a queue to avail benefits of the Congress’s Mahalakshmi<\/em> scheme, which promises a monthly deposit of Rs. 8500 in the bank account of the oldest woman in a BPL family.<\/p>\n

Verified X user Amitabh Chaudhary (@MithilaWaala<\/a>) posted this news on June 8, drawing attention to how the woman lost her life because of false promises peddled by Congress, besides urging the Election Commission of India to take cognizance of the matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8Tragic news coming from #Amethi<\/a><\/p>\n

Reportedly a woman standing in queue for submitting her form for Rahul Gandhi\u2019s “Khata Khat” scheme has died due to heatwave in front of the Congress office.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a mere death by murder by Congress party by luring people into\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Amitabh Chaudhary (@MithilaWaala) June 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The user, Amitabh Chaudhary (@MithilaWaala)<\/a>, has been found amplifying misinformation several times in the past.<\/p>\n

Another verified X user, (@RealBababanaras<\/a>), tweeted the ‘piece of news’ with the same claim, blaming Congress for the alleged death. At the time of the writing of this article, the post has racked up almost 2.4 lakh views and has been re-shared more than 5,000 times.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING : Reportedly a woman standing in queue for submitting her form for Congress’s “Khata Khat” scheme died due to heatwave in Amethi in front of the Congress office.<\/p>\n

First death in greed of Khatakhat \u20b98500<\/p>\n

\u2014 Baba Banaras\u2122 (@RealBababanaras) June 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This user, @RealBababanaras<\/a>, too, shares communal misinformation on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

The claim is also viral on Facebook, with several users indicating that Congress was to be blamed for the reported loss of life.<\/p>\n