“Dr. Rajesh Kumar Gupta (retd IAS) and Shri. Priyansh Sharma (retd IAS) were appointed to the Election Commission of India as Election Commissioners”
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Claim dated 13 Mar 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The Government of India has not officially announced the appointment of Dr. Rajesh Kumar Gupta (retd IAS) and Shri. Priyansh Sharma (retd IAS) as the two election commissioners to the Election Commission of India. PIB Fact Check has confirmed that the gazette notification circulating on social media is fake
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 March 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 March 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02HkCVrR6MNtewiYajiPTxduRes4VtN8KJ…
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