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Video of Manmohan Singh swapping seats with Sonia Gandhi shared with misleading claim

Pooja Chaudhuri28th September 202029th May 2023

A video of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi swapping chairs is being shared with the claim that the ex-PM was made to vacate his seat…

Photos of shopkeepers sleeping inside shops from 2019 shared as recent

Kinjal28th September 2020

On September 24, Rohan Gupta, chairman of the social media department of the Indian National Congress, tweeted pictures that showed shopkeepers sleeping next to their merchandise. Gupta wrote in his…

Congress uses images from UPA rule to represent plight of farmers under Modi govt

Archit26th September 2020

The recent agricultural reforms face protests from farmers across the nation who fear that the legislation will not ensure Minimum Support Price (MSP) on agricultural produce. On September 24, the…

PM Modi’s edited clip shared to claim he made the ‘potato-gold’ machine remark

Priyanka Jha25th September 2020

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been repeatedly mocked in the last few years by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and their followers for the infamous ‘potato-gold’ machine remark. A…

Congress MLA shares 2013 photo as incident from recent farmer protests

Anuradha Prasad23rd September 2020

Farmers in Haryana’s Pipli have been protesting the Central government’s farm bills for several months now. Two of the bills were passed in the Rajya Sabha on September 20 despite…

Old video of self-immolation in UP revived as Dalit farmers burned alive

Archit23rd September 2020

After three bills on agricultural reforms were introduced in the parliament and two of them passed with a voice vote, opposition parties have been boycotting parliamentary proceedings. The bills are…

Sudarshan News show ‘UPSC Jihad’ riddled with false claims

Pooja Chaudhuri22nd September 202027th September 2020

On September 11, Sudarshan News broadcast its controversial show on Muslim ‘infiltration’ in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination after the Supreme Court overturned a Delhi High Court order…

Old video of slipper thrown at Shivraj Singh Chouhan shared ahead of MP bypolls

Priyanka Jha22nd September 202022nd September 2020

Ahead of the upcoming by-elections that will decide the fate of 27 Vidhan Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, a video featuring current Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been doing…

MP Congress, Digvijay Singh share CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s edited video

Priyanka Jha22nd September 2020

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, political parties are campaigning in Madhya Pradesh ahead of the by-elections for 28 assembly seats in the state. On September 20, the official Twitter handle of…