“Video of Digvijaya Singh saying there should be no issue with consuming beef”
What FACTLY found
In the original speech, Digvijaya Singh was referring to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, stating that Savarkar had written in his book that ‘Hinduism has no relation to Hindutva, and there should be no problem with consuming cow meat.’ However, the portion of the speech where Singh referred to Savarkar has been omitted, and only the part about beef is being shared with the comments falsely attributed to him
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 November 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 9 November 2023, 5 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.