“The BJP is proposing a law that allows individuals aged 15 and above to enter into relationships”
What FACTLY found
The recent Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill enacted by the Uttarakhand legislature mandates that girls and boys can marry at ages 18 and 21, respectively. The UCC imposes up to six months of imprisonment for individuals engaged in a marriage where either parties are below the legal marriage age. In 2021, the union government introduced The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021, to increase the minimum marital age for girls from 18 to 21 years. These developments suggest that contr...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 February 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 13 February 2024, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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