Elections
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“KPCC spokesperson Sudhir Kumar Murolli said that Lok Sabha election is Allah Vs Ram election”
“ncp (sharad chandra pawar) Party's Leader Devadatta Nikam Supported NCP (Ajit Pawar) Party Candidate Shivaji Adhalrao Patil In Shirur Loksabha Constituency 2024”
“Polling agent made two female voters cast their vote on an EVM”
“This viral screenshot of a newspaper cutting shows HDFC ex-chairman Deepak Parekh's comments on the BJP manifesto for the 2024 general elections.”
“Actor Raveena Tandon said she supports Congress in the ongoing Indian elections”
“BJP leader said if BJP wins elections, PM Modi will end the reservation and change the constitution”
“Visuals of a polling agent forcing two voters to vote for BJP in 2024 General elections.”
FACTLY says: The video, dating back to at least May 2019, predates the 2024 General elections and is therefore unrelated
“Visuals of police catching fake voters who came in burqa to vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.”
FACTLY says: This is an old video from 2022 of an incident that took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur during the 2022 assembly elections
“Former President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said that the world’s most foolish voters live in India, according to the ‘European Times’.”
FACTLY says: There are no reports about the former President of the European Commission or the ‘European Times’ stating that Indian voters are the most foolish in the world. Moreover, there is no media outlet named ‘European Times’.…
“In Nagpur, this man threw ink on EVM machines and raised slogans against EVM machines during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.”
FACTLY says: This video is old and is from an incident that occured during the Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2019. Five years ago, during the Thane voting, BSP leader Sunil Khambe threw ink on the EVM and protested against the m…
“The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Gujarat conducted a live demonstration illustrating the malfunctioning of EVMs.”
FACTLY says: There are no reports indicating that the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Gujarat has conducted a live demonstration illustrating the malfunctioning of EVMs. Moreover, the current CEO of Gujarat is P. Bharathi, IAS
“TMC leader Dev congratulated BJP leader on ‘upcoming win’ in Lok Sabha election”
“Video shows BJP workers changing slips from EVM and VVPAT machines during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections”
“A BJP leader was given a garland of shoes by a man while campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.”
“A man pelting stones at PM Modi's poster amid the ongoing 2024 general elections”
“Very importantly, why didn’t the Federal Elections [Commission] do anything? Federal Elections took a total pass on it. They said essentially nothing was done wrong or they would have done something about it.”
Washington Post says: The FEC staff wanted to investigate but the commission deadlocked in a tie vote
“Video shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Rajasthan's Jalore during the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.”
“Allu Arjun is seen campaigning for the Indian National Congress during the 2024 general elections.”
FACTLY says: The video in question is actually from August 2022, when Allu Arjun served as Grand Marshal at the India Day Parade in New York.