“Is government giving solar panels for free”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
Politics and government
4,522 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Indian Youth Congress’s online magazine Yuva Desh recently tweeted that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi made two of her MPs resign to make way for Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not win a single seat in the parliament. We found the claims to be false.”
BBC Hindi rated this: Misleading
“Claim: TN Minister Rajendra Balaji speech in a TV show”
Fact Crescendo rated this: TRUE
“JNU student activist Shehla Rashid said she'll commit suicide if Rahul Gandhi doesn't become Prime Minister.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“A video allegedly showing Congress President Rahul Gandhi getting confused with the names of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh CM has gone viral on social media. BBC fact check team found that the video is incomplete and misleading.”
BBC Hindi rated this: Misleading
“Claim: Vijay Sethupathi accused Central Government and rejected National award”
Fact Crescendo rated this: MIXTURE
“Congress government hiked electricity price by two rupees per unit in Rajasthan”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“In a press conference on 15 May, Wednesday, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati said that her tenure as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh was “free of riots and anarchy”. We found her claims to be misleading. There have been several instances of riots in Uttar Pradesh during her tenure as well.”
BBC Hindi rated this: Misleading
“Labor treasury spokesman Chris Bowen claims a report from property investment analysts SQM research shows rents will rise under a coalition government as well.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claim is true.
“Claim did CM Mamta Banerjee stopped her cabinet colleagues from chanting Vande Mataram”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating FALSE
“Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton claims Paul Keating mismanaged the Australian economy around 1988 when he joined the Liberal Party.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: False - The checkable claims are all false.
“People who worked between 1990 and 2019 “have a right to withdraw R30,000” from South Africa’s government”
Africa Check rated this: Fake
“President Kenyatta to deport those without Huduma Namba”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“President Kenyatta to deport those without Huduma Namba”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Claim: Kalraj Mishra is a Union Minister”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating: False Headline
“In 2012, when the ‘Time’ magazine called Manmohan Singh as “The Underachiever”, BJP has condemned it. But, in 2019, when the same magazine called PM Modi as “India’s Divider in Chief”. Congress party is backing the foreign media.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
“Independent NSW MP for Wentworth Kerryn Phelps claims that around nine million tonnes of plastic rubbish ends up in the ocean every year.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: True - The checkable claim is true.
“Mayawati said there were no riots during her tenure as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Time's Journalist Aatish Taseer is PR manger of Congress party”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“While the Liberals have been in government, there's been a 28 per cent increase in the cost of childcare fees.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: In the ballpark
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Rishworth's claim is in the ballpark. The increase in childcare costs can be measured by comparing average hourly childcare fees or by examining childcare costs as part of the Consumer Price Index. Using either of th…