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“A video shows SP MLA Mehboob Ali claiming that the BJP’s rule will end with the rising Muslim population, predicting the SP’s return to power by 2027.”
Social media posts Claim dated 1 Oct 2024.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

The viral video of SP MLA Mehboob Ali is shared without full context. In his speech at a Samajwadi Party event in Bijnor on 29 September 2024, SP MLA Mehboob Ali said, “We all belong to PDA (backward, Dalit, and minority), and everyone wants peace in the country. We want to live with brotherhood and love. Some people spread fear, saying the Muslim population is growing and will take over. Even the Mughals who ruled for 850 years couldn’t achieve that. Those misleading the country should know ...

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 1 October 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 October 2024, 7 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

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