“The new election commissioner of Andhra Pradesh, Justice V. Kanagaraj is a pastor”
Social media posts
Claim dated 12 Apr 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The person in the photo is not the new state election commissioner of Andhra Pradesh, Justice V. Kanagaraj. The name of the pastor seen in the photo is ‘Rt. Rev. S. Edwin Jayakumar’
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 April 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 April 2020. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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