“The viral video shows President Droupadi Murmu saying she was blackmailed by Prime Minister Modi and the government to sit in the Rafale jet.”
What FACTLY found
The video is digitally altered. The original visuals are from an India Today livestream of the 10th International Women’s Conference held on 14 February 2025, long before President Murmu’s Rafale jet sortie on 29 October 2025, where she made no such remarks. PIB Fact Check has confirmed the clip as fake, and an AI detection tool identified it as a deepfake.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 November 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 November 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/1526655752000825
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.