“A viral message about the former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi is being circulated on social media with claims, “When the country needed him in the 1971 Indo-Pak War, the Indian Air Force pilot, Rajiv Gandhi fled the country.” But BBC found that the claims are misleading...”
PostCard news
Claim dated 6 Mar 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisMisleading
In short
PostCard news made this claim around 6 March 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 10 March 2019, 4 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- postcard.newshttps://postcard.news/shocking-hidden-secret-revealed-indian-airlines-pilot-rajiv-gandhi-…
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