“Video of President Droupadi Murmu, supporting protesting wrestlers”
What FACTLY found
The viral excerpt is from President Murmu’s speech during the inauguration of Jharkhand’s new High Court on 24 May 2023. On this occation, she spoke about ensuring justice to the public. She urged the government and the Chief Justice of India to ensure implementation of court orders so that people get justice in the true sense. These comments of Murmu are falsely attributed to the wrestler’s protest. However, throughout her speech, she did not address the issue of the wrestlers’ protests
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 June 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 June 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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