“Former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s quote which shows he is against privatization of the government assets”
What FACTLY found
In July 2020, the Indian railways invited a ‘Request for Qualification’ (RFP)’ for private participation for passenger train operations on 109 pairs of routes. The private entity shall pay fixed haulage and energy charges to the Indian Railways and provide a share in the gross revenue. In May 2022, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw ruled out the privatization of railways. As far as the quote attributed to Atal Bihar Vajpayee in the post, we did not find any credible source to prove that he ma...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 November 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 9 November 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/satpal.bharti.50/posts/pfbid02HG5JAAhFtCJwhaACUmoPYinaiH5bXiZEBK…
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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.