“Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commented – “My family buys groceries and other things with Indian rupees, we do not use US dollars. Why should we be concerned about dollar value then?”
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Claim dated 21 May 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
No such comments have been made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The picture in the post was taken from her speech in Lok Sabha on 04 December 2019. She did not make such statements in Lok Sabha on that day
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 May 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 24 May 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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