“An elderly woman in Amethi died from a heat wave after standing in a long queue in the sun to submit her application form for the Mahalakshmi scheme under Congress’ ‘Ghar Ghar Guarantee’ initiative.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 9 Jun 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Amethi police clarified that this is false and no such death of any woman near the Congress office was reported
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 June 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 June 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/rajendra.kapadia.355/posts/pfbid025okKQ91z24p5GMVKCCdGjbTZ8Ua6Fd…
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