“Several official pages of Congress party shared a set of two photos of the Ganges river on Twitter and Facebook with claims that the Bharatiya Janata Party failed to deliver its promise to clean the river. But we found that the pictures are real but have been shared out of context.”
Congress Party
Claim dated 25 Apr 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisMisleading
In short
Congress Party made this claim around 25 April 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 April 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/INCGujarat/status/1121321424222916608
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/SevadalGA/status/1121309608675614721
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/GujaratPradeshYouthCongressOfficial/photos/a.1676838642589675/22…
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by BBC Hindi, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.