“A message claiming that PM Narendra Modi has announced to give free laptops to two crore youngsters of the country is being widely shared on social media. However, we found the claims to be false. The BJP has not made any official announcement of any such scheme.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 30 May 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 May 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 June 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- modi-laptop.sarkaari-yojana.inhttp://modi-laptop.sarkaari-yojana.in/
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.