“The official handle of BJP’s Karnataka wing on 16 April tweeted the letter dated on 10 July 2017 allegedly addressed to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi with claims of dividing Karnataka votes on religious lines. But it is a fake letter that was originally viral in 2018.”
BJP Karnataka
Claim dated 16 Apr 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
BJP Karnataka made this claim around 16 April 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 April 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
BJP Karnataka has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 0 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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