“PM Modi’s speech claiming God is omnipresent in Uttar Pradesh – Modi predicting God in Gyanvapi”
What FACTLY found
Modi made this speech during the assembly election campaign in Varanasi in 2017. In the viral excerpt, Modi was actually paraphrasing a state MP’s satirical dig at the condition of roads, using the word ‘Khuda’ as a wordplay for ‘खुदाई’( Khudaee, which in Hindi is digging). And Modi made these comments in the context of highlighting the negligence of previous governments regarding the development of Varanasi and pitching his vision for the development of the city. The transcript of his speech...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 May 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 May 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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.