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FACTLY says: The viral video is not from Phase 1 of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections and does not show the Indian Army foiling a booth-capturing attempt. It actually shows a mock election security drill conducted by the Bangl…
FACTLY says: The viral video is not from Phase 1 of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. The footage has been available online since at least July 2023 and is unrelated to the ongoing election.
FACTLY says: The man who served jhalmuri to PM Modi during the election campaign in West Bengal is not an SPG commando. BOOM’s fact-check team visited the shop in Jhargram and spoke to Vikram Sahu, who denied having any connection w…
FACTLY says: The video is from February 2022 and shows BJP leader Baby Koley reacting to being denied a party ticket in 2022 Kharagpur municipal polls. She later joined the TMC but was expelled in July 2025
FACTLY says: Although Central Armed Police Forces were deployed for the West Bengal elections, the video has been circulating since February 2025 and is not related to West Bengal.
FACTLY says: The video is not from West Bengal but from Bangladesh. It shows security forces responding to a protest held on 11 January 2026 in Panchagarh over the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, who was shot in December 2025 and late…
FACTLY says: This video from 2022 shows a clash between protesters opposing the Agnipath scheme and local shopkeepers in Varanasi. It has nothing to do with West Bengal.
FACTLY says: Both videos have no connection to the recent elections or West Bengal. They are from Dhaka, Bangladesh, and geolocation using Google Maps confirms this. While there are reports of police and security personnel using for…
FACTLY says: This incident took place during elections in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh in February 2026. This was done when protestors tried to take control of a polling station, after which local army personnel carried out a lathi char…
FACTLY says: This video is from Dhaka, Bangladesh, not from West Bengal, India.
FACTLY says: The incident took place in Madhya Pradesh in 2018, when BJP leader Dinesh Sharma was campaigning for a local body election in Dhamnod. He was made to wear a garland of shoes as part of a protest over the water scarcity …
PolitiFact says: The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, now under consideration in the Senate, would require that documentary proof of citizenship be presented in person to register to vote. The percentage of…
PolitiFact says: Although some U.S. airstrikes have helped improve political conditions, experts said airstrikes alone are generally not enough to bring about regime change. Usually, airstrikes combined with ground troops have a better …