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“A video of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan criticizing the Bharatiya Janata Party and supporting the Indian National Congress”
“Bookmark my tweet BJP will not cross 45 seats in UP. Nobody can predict Uttar Pradesh in 2009 same UP rejected Caste & religious politics and gave us (Congress) 21 seats. This time INDIA alliance going to change the wave & results too”
“Former president Rodrigo Duterte says the United States has "so many bases" in the Philippines, which was made possible with the "consent" of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”
Vera Files says: The U.S. no longer has permanent military bases in the Philippines. The 1987 Constitution prohibited the continued stay of the bases after the 1991 expiration of the Military Bases Agreement between the two countries.
“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claims he has "not touched" the Arelma and other ill-gotten cases filed against his family since they were living in exile in Hawaii.”
Vera Files says: Rulings of the SC in 2012 and 2014 show that Marcos was involved in the litigation of cases related to Arelma, Inc. long after the family returned to the Philippines from exile in Hawaii in 1991.
“Rahul Gandhi said he is resigning from the Congress”
“Sara Duterte-Carpio has resigned and Ferdinand Marcos Jr. snubbed her while greeting other government officials before boarding a plane.”
“The government owes you $8,832 and a $2,000 spending card.”
PolitiFact says: The website linked in this Facebook post is not affiliated with the government. Affordable Care Act marketplace plans offer subsidies, but not in cash.
“The video shows a massive crowd gathered at a recent rally of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.”
“It's very misleading when (President Biden) says (inflation) used to be at 9%. This is compounding. It’s not like it went down from 9% to 3%. This is building month after month. The better way to think about it is that it’s 18%, 19% over the last three years.”
PolitiFact says: Inflation compounds and it has risen by about 19% over the last three years. However, Rubio leaves out that wages have increased faster than prices since the pandemic, and also over the past year.
“Photo showing Union minister Smriti Irani holding a fish was taken during the holy festival of Navratri.”
FACTLY says: The viral image was taken on 06 April 2024, when Smriti Irani received a large fish as a gift from a local fisherman during her campaign for RC Paul Kanagaraj, the BJP candidate for North Chennai. This year, Chaitra Nav…
“The viral video predates the attack by Iran on Israel and shows protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
“This year, the typical family’s tax bill is thousands of dollars lower because of the Trump Tax Cuts. ... if Crooked Joe Biden gets his way, you will soon be facing colossal tax HIKES.”
FactCheck.org says: Biden supports extending the tax cuts championed by Trump for people making less than $400,000. Only the top 20% of earners saw average tax savings in the "thousands" ($5,790 on average) under that tax law in 2018.
“Video of BJP leader, Rajesh Biju being thrashed by DMK party workers.”
FACTLY says: The men seen in the video are not DMK party members. Video shows S. Subbiah, the General Secretary of the Chennai East District BJP and his supporters assaulting Rajesh Biju, the BJP IT Division Secretary. The fight hap…
“Delhi Education Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi raised the “Jai Shri Ram” slogan during a school inauguration in Delhi and later apologized as some Muslim men objected to it.”
FACTLY says: The school was inaugurated in Shri Ram Colony, which is located near Khajuri Khas Chowk. Atishi didn’t mention Shri Ram Colony at first. When locals expressed their unhappiness about it, she corrected herself and apolog…
“Indian Youth Congress President Srinivas BV shared a video of BJP MP Dinesh Lal Yadav where he is giving an interview to a journalist in which he says that unemployment in India is rising because of population growth”
“India’s most useless MP Zero private member bills 2. MP funds unused 3. One among the MPs who have raised the least questions Even DMK party members should be ashamed to vote for a lazy inefficient and elitist person like Dayanidhi Maran”
“President Joe Biden “will address the nation from the Oval Office” on April 13, “following Iran’s attack on Israel.”
PolitiFact says: Presidential addresses from the Oval Office are infrequent and widely covered by news organizations. We found no news reports that Biden delivered such an address on the same day as Iran’s April 13 attack on Israel.
“ULEZ protesters covering cameras with bat boxes. Authorities not allowed to remove under their own law.”
PolitiFact says: A spokesperson for the Bat Conservation Trust said bat boxes can be removed with the correct authority. Transport for London is working with environmental specialists for the safe and legal removal of the bat boxes.