“A fake and provocative article has been shared on several right-wing groups on social media. The title of the article is 'Sonia Gandhi hates Hindus, former President Pranab Mukherjee dcloses.’ But the claims are false”
Social media posts
Claim dated 31 Jan 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 January 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 February 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- postcard.newshttp://postcard.news/sonia-gandhi-hates-hindus-this-truth-is-revealed-by-none-other-than-…
- hinduexistence.orghttps://hinduexistence.org/2018/02/01/sonia-gandhi-hates-hindus-says-former-president-pra…
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by BBC Hindi, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.