Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal tweeted a video of Trinamool Congress (TMC) Krishnanagar North assembly constituency candidate actor Koushani Mukherjee claiming that she threatened voters. In the video, she…
Bengal elections: Fake ‘surveys’ claim unfavourable results for AITC and BJP
West Bengal Legislative Assembly election began on March 27. It is going to take place in eight phases until April 29. In the final week of March, All India Trinamool…
BJP Bengal uses 2014 image of California wildfires in poster against TMC
West Bengal’s Minakhan police arrested four people for vandalising and setting on fire homes of BJP leaders and activists on January 13. Anandabazar Patrika reported that BJP minority leader Nur…
Morphed tweet claims BJP announced alliance with AIMIM for West Bengal elections
Twitter user Deepak Shukla recently shared an alleged tweet by the BJP announcing an alliance with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) for next year’s West Bengal assembly elections. In the…
BJP’s claim about West Bengal police throwing bombs at BJP protest rally is false
Clashes erupted in parts of Kolkata and neighbouring Howrah on October 8 during “March to Nabanna” organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) youth wing — Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha…
Image of BJP worker’s dead body hanging from a tree is from 2018
On October 2, TMC MP Derek O’Brien visited Uttar Pradesh to show solidarity with the alleged Hathras gang-rape victim’s family. Since then several social media users questioned his intentions and…
Fact-check: Did Yogi Adityanath say dead Muslim women should be raped?
A video featuring Abhishek Banerjee has been trending recently on social media. Banerjee is a Trinamool Congress MP and the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. In the…
Old images viral as police crackdown on students protesting against unemployment in Lucknow
Facebook user Sanjeeb Kashyap shared a set of photographs of police cracking down on protesters. “Providing jobs to unemployed youth today in Lucknow…Long live Yogi ji, you’re a tiger. (बेरोजगार…
Amar Ujala publishes old photos from West Bengal as pothole-ridden road in Lucknow
On August 29, Lucknow edition of Amar Ujala, a leading Hindi daily, published four images supposedly showing poor condition of roads in the city. In these images, a person wearing…
Video from West Bengal passed off as communal violence in Bengaluru
On the night of August 11, three people had died in deadly clashes that broke out in Bengaluru. The violence had been sparked by a Facebook post. Naveen, the nephew…