“Amartya Sen and the daughters of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embezzled ₹2730 crore allocated by the Indian government to build Nalanda University. The Modi government, upon coming to power in 2014, dissolved the old committee due to this misuse.”
What FACTLY found
Manmohan Singh’s daughters, Daman Singh and Upinder Singh, have categorically denied any association with Nalanda University, confirming that they never worked there or received any salary or benefits. During Amartya Sen’s tenure as Chancellor, up until February 2015, only ₹47.28 crore of the approved ₹2727.10 crore had been released by the government for the university. Furthermore, no official government statement links the restructuring of the Nalanda University committee in 2016 to corrup...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 December 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 31 December 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02THHxeF2Nfs5g41VQLTmW8d7avqkY2Rci…
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