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“Video of Narendra Modi waving at an empty crowd”
Social media posts Claim dated 7 Dec 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The video shared in the post is a clipped one. The post shared a short video clip from the inauguration ceremony of the Bogibeel rail-road bridge in Assam, in 2018. The extended version of the video shows Narendra Modi waving to both the passengers inside a train moving alongside the bridge and the crowd gathered beneath the rail-road bridge

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 7 December 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 December 2023, 13 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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