Politics Archives - Page 212 of 398

Photos of protests against gold smuggling case in Kerala shared as farmer protests

Kinjal30th September 202030th September 2020

Few images of injured protesters are circulating on social media with the claim that they depict farmers who were beaten during the ongoing protests. It is also being claimed that…

Fact-check: Did Yogi Adityanath say dead Muslim women should be raped?

Priyanka Jha & Anuradha Prasad29th September 20201st October 2020

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 video of ink attack on BJP MP shared as recent amid farmers protest

Priyanka Jha29th September 20202nd January 2021

A video of ink thrown on a man is getting circulated on social media. It is being claimed that the man is ‘Haryana BJP MP Raj Kumar Saini’. The clip…

Video of cruise ship in Greece viral as ferry service in Gujarat

Archit29th September 202031st January 2022

Two videos of a ship have gone viral on social media with the claim that a transportation service from Bhavnagar to Bharuch has been started by Prime Minister Modi. As…

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…

Politics

Bloodstains on Pashmina: Kashmiri shawl sellers heckled, assaulted across states over faith, identity

Another Valentine’s Day, another free run for Right-wing outfits intimidating couples