“Several social media groups of South India have shared a pair of photographs claiming that Bharatiya Janata Party has set new records by cleaning the Ganges. Shared with # 5YearChallenge and # 10YearChallenge, the social media groups claim that the situation of the river was disgusting and BJP has made considerable improvements in its condition. We found the claims to be misleading”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Jan 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisMisleading
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 January 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 6 February 2019, 20 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/FrustIndian/status/1085867188899201024
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/officialrightlog/photos/a.1223905991033913/2018647048226466/?typ…
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/ModiMattomme/photos/a.138857123381880/349399215661002/?type=1&th…
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.