“A set of two photos of a man in a burkha is being widely shared on social media with claims that a Congress worker indulged in fake voting. We found the claims to be false.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 29 Apr 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 April 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 May 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/Namo2019PM/photos/a.1857127377880075/2278426025750206/?type=3&th…
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.