“Girls studying in a school for tribals (indigenous people) in Tamil Nadu are throwing away their dupattas (scarves) in protest against school uniforms that they think North Indian and patriarchal!”
Ashok Swain
Claim dated 15 Mar 2023.
Youturn rated thisFake
In short
Ashok Swain made this claim around 15 March 2023. Youturn (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 March 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Fake”.
Ashok Swain has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/ashoswai/status/1635983684451835908?s=46&t=kIszbQH_arRSG8kPbuGeZw
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/HyderabadDeccanNEWS/videos/1236485816956550/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UN…
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/100065272553103/videos/948122086201697/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS…
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