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Did Kanhaiya Kumar say slain Naxals are ‘martyrs’? Old, clipped video viral

Pooja Chaudhuri3rd May 20197th April 2021

A video clip of National Executive Council member of Communist Party of India Kanhaiya Kumar’s interview with NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar was shared by BJP UP spokesperson Shalabh Mani Tripathi…

Hans Raj Hans converted to Islam? AAP social media head tweets misleading video

Jignesh Patel3rd May 20193rd May 2019

On May 2, Aam Aadmi Party conducted a press conference accusing BJP candidate Hans Raj Hans of concealing information about his conversion to Islam. AAP claimed that he was ineligible…

Muslims thrashed Brahmin in West Bengal? Old video, false claim

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd May 201924th March 2021

A video of a crowd of people thrashing a man dressed in white is being circulated on social media with the claim that a man was attacked for performing Puja…

Fact-check: Is Congress contesting the lowest number of seats ever, as claimed by PM Modi?

Arjun Sidharth2nd May 2019

Is the Congress party contesting the lowest number of seats in its entire history, for the 2019 Lok Sabha election? Apparently so, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi…

Youth sported ISIS t-shirts in Wayanad, Kerala after polling? 2014 image from Tamil Nadu shared

Arjun Sidharth2nd May 2019

A photograph of a group of young men wearing black t-shirts with ISIS written on them, has been circulated with the claim that the picture was clicked in Wayanad, Kerala…

No, cops killed in recent Maoist attack were not wrapped in cardboard boxes; old images

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd May 2019

Photographs of dead bodies wrapped in cardboard boxes are being circulated on social media with the claim that these are the remains of the policemen who were killed in the…

Kanhaiya Kumar’s campaign vehicle photoshopped with image of Afzal Guru

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd May 2019

A photograph of CPI Begusarai candidate Kanhaiya Kumar has been circulated on social media with Kumar purportedly campaigning behind a poster of 2001 Parliamentary attack convict, Afzal Guru. A few…

Priyanka Gandhi assaulted party worker in inebriated state? False claim, old video

Jignesh Patel2nd May 2019

“Breaking News *Priyanka Vadra* after 4 shots of *Vodka🥂* totally sloshed She is hitting her own party woman(me) Wah re Congress😡 But No News Cover So plz share it behalf…

Clipped video circulated claiming Priyanka Gandhi tutored kids to raise obscene slogans against PM Modi

Arjun Sidharth1st May 2019

“What the hell is Congress teaching to these innocent kids?”, tweeted a user, along with a short video clip showing Priyanka Gandhi surrounded by children raising slogans. The video has…

Did Mamata Banerjee say “give me 42 seats, I’ll make Hindus cry”? Fake newspaper clipping shared

Pooja Chaudhuri30th April 201930th April 2019

A purported newspaper clipping of popular Bengali daily বর্তমান (Bartaman) is shared on social media with its headline reading, “৪২টা আসন দিন হিন্দু কীভাবে কাঁদা তে হয় দেখিয়ে দেব: মমতা (Give…

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CRPF action on ‘Trinamool goons’? Old video from Bangladesh falsely viral

AI videos, fear, and communal polarization: Inside BJP’s hateful digital campaign in Bengal