Politics and government
4,511 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“The Telangana government distributed cars exclusively to Muslims for free”
FACTLY says: Telangana State Minorities Finance Corporation distributed cars to eligible minority drivers as a part of their Driver empowerment program under the Driver cum Owner scheme. Similar schemes are provided to people across…
“Former president Rodrigo Duterte says Filipino fishermen can still catch fish within the West Philippine Sea after he pleaded to Chinese President Xi Jinping to allow them to do so.”
Vera Files says: Filipino fishermen who have tried fishing on Scarborough Shoal 122 nautical miles off Zambales said they could not enter the shoal because Chinese coast guard vessels have taken control of the area. News reports have al…
“Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan advocated for alcohol distribution in the state”
“Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa says former president Rodrigo Duterte used figure of speech when he threatened to kill ACT Party-list Rep. France Castro, whom the former baselessly accused as one of the communists in Congress.”
Vera Files says: Dela Rosa’s statement runs counter to Duterte’s past pronouncements about his apparent “kill, kill, kill” policy involving alleged communists and drug suspects.
“Photo shows President Joe Biden lounging on the beach in October 2023 amid the Israel-Hamas war.”
“PM Modi is seen endorsing the Congress party in a viral video by saying, “If you want to secure your children’s future, vote for Congress.”
FACTLY says: This is an edited video. The original video, found on PM Modi’s official YouTube channel, clearly shows him supporting the BJP and not the Congress
“President Joe Biden declared a federal emergency and deployed the National Guard in October.”
“Since 1981, the state Senate has only rejected five executive appointments. The GOP today is more than doubling that number.”
“There is no record of bomb blasts in India under Modi government”
FACTLY says: Even after Narendra Modi assumed the role of Prime Minister in 2014, the country has witnessed several bomb blasts, such as the Pulwama attack in 2019, the Ukhrul blast, and the Chhattisgarh Maoist attack in 2023 as wel…
“Not even one Ph.D. thesis is found on Maruthu brothers – TN Governor Ravi”
“The Israeli government claims that a Palestinian child’s dead body, depicted in a widely-circulated video and an image, is actually a doll and not a real human.”
“Big wicket of Congress fell in Madhya Pradesh, Diggi Raja hit wicket out”
“An average full-time worker was $3,700 better off in the first year of the Albanese government.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Chalmers's claim is misleading. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, total average weekly earnings for full-time employees increased by 3.9 per cent — or $3,738.80 — over Labor's first year in office. Ho…
“Images of Jaivardhan Singh after his clothes were torn by Congress workers following the provocative remarks of Kamal Nath”
FACTLY says: The images were taken in 2021 when Jaivardhan Singh’s clothes were torn during the youth congress protest against the BJP government in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The images shared in the post are old and have nothing to d…
“Bongbong Marcos filed charges against Chiz Escudero and ordered that the senator be removed from his post”
“Claim: 2020 dated photo shared as minister udhayanidhi stalin met dharmapuram adheenam”
“Posted a chart showing a decline in poverty during his presidency and an increase in poverty during President Joe Biden’s.”
FactCheck.org says: The supplemental poverty rate went down in 2020 and 2021 mainly because of COVID-19 economic relief for individuals and families. Without that same financial assistance in 2022, the poverty rate went up significantly.