Politics and government

“This video of two women fighting among themselves is from a recent incident in a government school in Rajasthan.”

Fact Crescendo says: The video of women fighting is not from Rajasthan but from UP. In 2022, in a school in Kasganj, the principal and Shikshamitra clashed with each other over mid-day meal.

“President Joe Biden “bans TikTok for government employees but creates an account for his own campaign.”

PolitiFact says: In 2022, President Joe Biden banned the use of TikTok by federal government employees on devices owned by agencies. His campaign said it uses a separate device for using the app.

“Video that shows President Joe Biden hesitating during a speech shows his "weakness.”

FactCheck.org says: Biden appears to pausing for effect to express incredulousness at a comment Trump made about Russia and NATO.

“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. encouraged other countries to attack China.”

“Rahul Gandhi said BJP is trying to bring everyone together, while the Congress party is dividing one religion from another, one caste from another, one state from another”

“Since becoming a member of Congress, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become “a verified multi-millionaire.”

FactCheck.org says: Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York reported having $60,000 at most in bank accounts and other savings and as much as $50,000 in student loan debt in her 2023 financial disclosure report.

“Video of Rahul Gandhi saying, “the BJP is trying to unite the people, on the other hand, the Congress party is dividing the people on the basis of religion and region”.”

FACTLY says: This video is from Rahul Gandhi’s address during a public meeting in Morena, Madhya Pradesh, during the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra’ flag handover ceremony held on 02 March 2024. The original video of Rahul Gandhi’s speech…

“The government is giving Rs. 500 for sending photographs of wrongly parked vehicles”

FACTLY says: There are no reports about the government offering Rs. 500 for submitting photographs of wrongly parked vehicles. This viral video shows comments made by Gadkari in jest during the inauguration ceremony of the Industria…

“BJP Minister Nitin Gadkari criticised the Modi governement”

“Claim: altered video shared as congress mp jothimani supported annamalai pada yatra”

“Nitin Gadkari has admitted that, under the rule of the BJP government, the poor, labourers, and farmers in the villages are unhappy”

FACTLY says: The clip shows Nitin Gadkari’s interview to a media outlet named ‘The Lallantop”, which was published on 29 February 2024. This interview video of Gadkari has been edited between the timestamps 18:20 and 18:40 and share…

“Today the villages, poor, laborers, and farmers are unhappy. There are no good roads, no pure water to drink, no good hospitals, no good schools in the villages. – Modi government minister Nitin Gadkari”

“One of my responsibilities as Secretary of State is to countersign acts passed by the legislature & signed into law by Gov. Evers.”

“President Joe Biden’s comments about Texas homes are evidence that homes of a certain color are spared from wildfires.”

PolitiFact says: The clip takes President Joe Biden’s remarks about the Texas wildfires out of context. Biden was talking about homes being up to code. The conspiracy theory that fires spare structures colored blue is unfounded.

“Comparison of income limits of different social groups to avail government facilities shows governments apathy towards SC/ST’s”

FACTLY says: The income limits pertaining to SCs/STs are applicable for accessing government facilities such as scholarships whereas the income levels pertaining to OBCs/EWS are applicable for accessing reservations in general, i.e.…

“Former president Rodrigo Duterte says he does not want the Philippine republic dismembered, noting that his earlier call for the secession of Mindanao is just a joke and a tactic to scare and draw attention to the long-neglected southern Philippines.”

Vera Files says: A month prior, Duterte raised the idea of Mindanao breaking away from the Philippines. A few days later, he said political forces in Mindanao were planning to regroup, with Davao Del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez leading…

“Lawyer Harry Roque said he was '"scammed" into believing that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would use his “second chance” at Malacanang to redeem his family's reputation.”

Vera Files says: Roque, who ran for senator under Marcos' UniTeam ticket with Sara Duterte, supported and endorsed his presidential bid in 2022 in multiple speeches and interviews.

“Pastor Apollo Quiboloy claims to have received reliable information that the US government and the Marcos administration have connived to eliminate him by rendition and that a $2-million bounty is on his head.”

Vera Files says: The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police have denied Quiboloy’s claims about a $2-million bounty on his head and alleged plans for his rendition or assassination.

“Taylor Swift said she “will leave the United States if Donald Trump becomes President in 2024.”

PolitiFact says: There is no proof she made such a statement.

“The CID Arrested The President Of The Kelaniya Student Union At the Airport !”