“A banner displayed at Mirabai Chanu’s felicitation ceremony credited the Olympic medal to PM Modi”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Aug 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Photo of the banner shared in the post is a morphed one. The text crediting PM Modi for Mirabai Chanu’s Olympic medal was not visible on the original banner displayed at the felicitation ceremony of Mirabai Chanu
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 August 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 August 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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