“Global terrorist Syed Salahuddin contested assembly election from Kashmir on the congress party ticket in 1987”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Jul 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
As per Election Commission of India (ECI), Mohammed Yusuf Shah (also known as Syed Salahuddin) had contested from Srinagar’s Amirakadal constituency as an independent candidate in 1987 and lost. Also, the Congress party did not contest in this constituency
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 July 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 September 2020, 74 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/SanatanSainik/photos/a.1625164971057617/2638996253007812/?type=3…
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