“A newspaper clipping resembling The Indian Express reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi destroyed all evidence of his marriage to Jashodaben.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 Feb 2026.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The viral newspaper image is fabricated. The Indian Express has denied publishing any such report and confirmed that the photograph of Jashodaben used in the graphic originates from an older, unrelated news report.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 February 2026. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 10 February 2026, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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