“BJP government is selling 35k acres of Puri Jagannath temple land in Odisha. The photo shows a newspaper article related to it”
What FACTLY found
In the article given in the post, it can be read that while answering a question asked by a BJP MLA on Puri Jagannath Temple in the Assembly, Odisha’s Law Minister Pratap Jena said that the government is taking necessary steps to sell around 35k (35,000) acres of temple land properties. But ‘Shree Jagannatha Temple Office, Puri’ has clarified that the news is not true and the decisions regarding the allotment of land for such public benefit infrastructure projects are taken by the Jagannath T...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 March 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 9 April 2021, 22 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.