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“Video showing people throwing shoes and slippers at Akhilesh Yadav, the national president of the Samajwadi Party and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, during an election rally in Kannauj.”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The viral video shows people hurling flowers and garlands at Akhilesh Yadav. Furthermore, there are no reports about people throwing shoes, slippers at Akhilesh Yadav recently during his 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign.

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“The 2024 Congress manifesto states that if they form the government, they will restore Article 370, repeal the CAA, the New Education Policy, anti-conversion laws, the NSA, and the UAPA, they will remove the death penalty, withdraw from QUAD and I2U2, and eliminate all nuclear weapons from the country.”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: The Congress manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections does not mention the repeal of the CAA, anti-conversion laws, the NSA, or the UAPA. However, senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister Chidambaram s…