“Several social media posts have gone viral with claims that India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru did not play any role in setting up India’s space agency, Isro. We found that the claims are misleading.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 29 Mar 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisMisleading
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 March 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 30 April 2019, 32 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/TrueIndology/status/1111234903553654784
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/111845676024531/posts/321637491712014?sfns=mo
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/ThePresstitute/photos/a.961463137220591/2450415524992004/?type=3…
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.