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Digvijay Singh shares cropped, already debunked video of BJP’s Nandkumar Singh Chauhan

Priyanka Jha17th October 2020

Congress leader Digvijay Singh tweeted a six-second video on October 15. The clip features former Madhya Pradesh BJP president and MP from Khandwa, Nandkumar Singh Chauhan. He can be heard…

Aaj Tak falsely claims Congress candidate Maskoor Usmani hung Jinnah’s portrait at AMU

Pooja Chaudhuri17th October 202017th October 2020

The Congress party has fielded former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student leader Maskoor Usmani as a candidate for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. He will be contesting from Jale constituency…

BJP Bihar Minister shares image of flyover in Hyderabad as Bihar

Pooja Chaudhuri16th October 2020

Suresh Kumar Sharma, Minister Of Urban Development and Housing Department in Bihar government, shared a poster of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with an image of a flyover. The poster…

MP Congress shares debunked mock drill clip in video targeting Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Jignesh Patel16th October 202016th October 2020

The upcoming by-elections in Madhya Pradesh have led political parties to take the support of misinformation for one-upmanship. A few days ago, MP Congress and Digvijay Singh had shared an…

Viral: Man poses as Aaditya Thackeray portrays him confessing to ‘murdering’ Sushant Singh Rajput

Kinjal15th October 202015th October 2020

A two-minute-long clip of a man claiming to be Maharashtra MLA Aaditya Thackeray has been going viral on social media platforms. In the video, the individual confesses to murdering Bollywood…

Shefali Vaidya did not pass off imitation jewellery as Tanishq piece, morphed tweet viral

Pooja Chaudhuri15th October 2020

Shefali Vaidya, BJP supporter and vocal Hindutva activist, has been critical of a recent Tanishq advertisement featuring an interfaith couple. Vaidya was among those asking for a boycott of the…

Video of BJP worker wearing PM Modi’s mask chased away in Indore falsely viral as Bihar

Aqib Pathan14th October 2020

Social Media Coordinator of Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Sevadal Rameez Raza shared a video on Twitter with the claim that a BJP Bihar leader who appeared in public wearing a mask…

Priyanka Gandhi hugged Hathras victim’s mother, BJP members falsely identify her as ‘Naxal bhabhi’

Priyanka Jha14th October 2020

A new development in the Hathras case came on October 10, when it was reported that a woman had stayed at the victim’s house, allegedly posing as her sister-in-law. She…

Goa Congress member falsely branded as ‘Naxal Bhabhi’ in Hathras case

Pooja Chaudhuri14th October 202014th October 2020

A photograph of a woman panellist in a press conference held by Goa Pradesh Congress Committee was shared by Chayan Chatterjee, great-grandson of former Calcutta University vice-chancellor Ashutosh Mukherjee. He…

Congress members share image from CAA protest as media OB van recently vandalised in Lucknow

Archit13th October 2020

Several social media users have shared an image of two outside-broadcasting (OB) vans severely vandalised. As per the claim, the image is from Lucknow. The accompanying text says that “godi…

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