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“Viral video shows Congress party workers tearing down a poster with the image of Lord Ram and trampling it under their feet.”
“BBC Telugu published a report that Andhra Pradesh BJP chief Purandeswari has called party members to reject their alliance partners' manifesto.”
“Congress workers got injured while burning PM Modi's effigy in Karnataka”
“Platform number 4: Kozhikode (Kerala) Railway Station! A picture of the Indian Prime Minister is not allowed here!! The shop owner has blocked PM’s picture by pasting or covering it with paper. Please circulate this message until it reaches the concerned railway ministry.”
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accompanied by President Droupadi Murmu and other politicians while filling his Lok Sabha candidate form.”
“This video shows a recent incident in which the clothes of five Congress members caught fire while burning an effigy of Prime Minister Modi in Karnataka.”
FACTLY says: This video shows an incident that happened in 2012 when some students belonging to the Kerala Students Union (KSU) in Pathanamthitta, Kerala, torched an effigy of MG University’s Vice-Chancellor on fire. It has nothing …
“U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was heckled while jogging”
“Incredible scenes as people flee London after Khan's victory. Families with whatever possessions they had time to pack. Desperate people hanging onto the back of lorries. Some abandon their cars to escape before sharia law is installed. Notice no cars heading INTO the city.”
“President Droupadi Murmu accompanied PM Narendra Modi to file his nomination”
“U.S. Congress will be voting on a bill that will criminalize questioning the events around 9/11 attack.”
“Video showing Mallikarjun Kharge admitting to a Congress party scheme to plunder homes and share that wealth with Muslims.”
FACTLY says: Mallikarjun Kharge made these remarks to contextualize Modi’s assertions regarding the ‘हिस्सेदारी न्याय’ or Equity initiative outlined in the Congress manifesto. This segment of his speech was digitally clipped to falsel…
“Video shows a Chhattisgarh government official visiting the mosque.”
“India Today’s Mood of the Nation survey predicts 17 seats for the Samajwadi Party and five for the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections”
FACTLY says: The viral graphic is an edited screenshot of the India Today Mood of the Nation Survey News broadcast that was shared on YouTube on 20 March 2024 by India Today. In the original survey, the Samajwadi Party was predicted…
“Video shows Kerala Congress leader making controversial remarks about Muslims.”
“Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.”
PolitiFact says: Donald Trump is the first president in almost a century to see employment decline nationally between his first and last days in office. But Herbert Hoover's record was worse, and the pandemic was the main reason why.
“The video shows a Muslim man saying that he would convert Hindus to Islam if the Congress party comes to power”
FACTLY says: This is an old video from Bangladesh; it has nothing to do with the ongoing 2024 general elections. The person in the video is a muslim scholar named ‘Syed Irshad Ahmed Al Bhukari.’ He said this in Dinajpur, Bangladesh,…
“People are withdrawing money from the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) due to the government’s Digital Wallet project.”
“Sri Lankan Government Distributing Free Solar Panels To The General Public !!”
“Time magazine "gave President Trump devil horns" on the cover.”
PolitiFact says: This is an altered image.