“Circular issued by the Home Ministry to the chief secretaries of all states, instructing them to abstain from using the term ‘Hindu’ in official contexts”
Social media posts
Claim dated 26 Sep 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The Ministry of Home Affairs has not issued any such circular, and the government has officially confirmed that the viral circular is fake. Additionally, there is no record of the Supreme Court delivering any judgment or directive that prohibits the use of the word Hindu
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 September 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 September 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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