Politics

No, Sambit Patra has not been removed from the post of BJP spokesperson

Pooja Chaudhuri24th December 201818th March 2019

Facebook page Viral in India shared a post on December 22, claiming – “संबित पत्र को बीजेपी प्रवक्ता पद से हटाया गया| अब मंदिर कौन बनाएगा? बफसोस| (Sambit Patra was removed…

Vinod Dua’s show misleads on Gadkari’s statement over stalled projects and NPAs; clarifies later

Pooja Chaudhuri24th December 201818th March 2019

On December 20, HW News Hindi broadcasted the 7th episode of its daily ‘The Vinod Dua show’ titled – “Nitin Gadkari and options to PM Modi”. In the segment, journalist Vinod…

Amit Malviya misleads twice on a Sunday- false claims on Telangana polls and GST

Arjun Sidharth24th December 201815th March 2019

In the aftermath of the recently concluded assembly election in which the BJP suffered a setback, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya tweeted on December 23 that BJP, despite having…

Giriraj Singh quotes fake news website, terms Congress ‘world’s 2nd most corrupt party’

Pooja Chaudhuri24th December 201818th March 2019

Union Minister and BJP MP Giriraj Singh tweeted on December 24 – “Top 10 List of Most Corrupt Political Party in the World 2018 and Rahul Gandhi led congress making it…

Rahul Gandhi targeted again over farm loan waiver, clipped video viral

Jignesh Patel22nd December 201818th March 2019

In the aftermath of the Congress party’s victory in the recently held assembly elections, a clipped video falsely suggesting that Rahul Gandhi took an about-turn on the farm loan waiver…

Congress members target PM Modi based on incorrect tweet by NDTV

Pooja Chaudhuri22nd December 201818th March 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed a public gathering in Raebareli on December 16; his first rally following BJP’s recent loss in assembly elections. Covering his speech, NDTV had put out a tweet…

Misleading caricature blames Opposition leaders for stone-pelting Train 18

Pooja Chaudhuri21st December 2018

Facebook page India First circulated a cartoon on December 21 depicting the recent stone-pelting on Agra-Delhi bound Train 18 during its trial run. The train is scheduled to be flagged off…

Video wrongly linked to religious conversion in Pakistan by India Today in 2016 viral once again

Pooja Chaudhuri20th December 201818th March 2019

An India Today broadcast is being shared by several individual users on social media with the narrative – “Hindu Women abducted, converted to Islam and sold for 50k rupees in Pakistan by Cops.” The…

Not a picture of ‘Rohingyas eating Hindus’. It is a Tibetan funeral ritual

Jignesh Patel19th December 2018

“डरावनी खबर – हिन्दू का कतल कर उनका मास खा रहे रोहिंग्या, मेवात का मामला, खबर विचलित कर सकती है (Horrfying News – Rohingyas are killing Hindus and eating their…

Viral: Old video of Rahul Gandhi with the claim that he has converted to Islam after polls

Priyanka Jha18th December 201818th March 2019

“चुनाव ख़त्म होते ही अपने असली रंग में आ गये जनेऊधारी राहुल बाबा”(Janeudhari Rahul baba back to his true colours after conclusion of polls- translated). This message has been viral on…