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“Former US President Barack Obama said India will go bankrupt if Narendra Modi regains power in the country”
Social media posts Claim dated 6 Dec 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

Barack Obama did not make any such statement against Narendra Modi’s governance or predicted about Indian economy going bankrupt. In his book ‘A Promised Land’, Barack Obama expressed his concerns saying that BJP is touting divisive nationalism in India. Although Obama praised Manmohan Singh multiple times for his contribution to the modernisation of the Indian economy, he did not make any statement about the Indian economy going bankrupt under the Narendra Modi’s governance

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 6 December 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 December 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

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