“RTI reveals that Modi’s visit to Morbi for a few hours cost ₹30 cr. Of this, ₹ 5.5cr was purely for “welcome, event management, & photography”. 135 victims who died got ₹4 lac ex-gratia each i.e. ₹5 cr. Just Modi’s event management & PR costs more than life of 135 people.”
Saket Gokhale
Claim dated 1 Dec 2022.
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In short
Saket Gokhale made this claim around 1 December 2022. Youturn (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 December 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “Fake”.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/SaketGokhale/status/1598149744307511296?s=20&t=s0UsdchpPa6onUsRYvQkLg
- deccanherald.comhttps://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/row-amid-modis-visit-to-morbi-1158614.html
- timesofindia.indiatimes.comhttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/morbi-hospital-gets-makeover-ahead-of-pm-modis-…
- hindustantimes.comhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/morbi-hospital-painted-ahead-of-pm-modi-visit-c…
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