“Video of Prime Minister Modi announcing a free bike scheme for Chhath Puja 2025.”
What FACTLY found
This viral video showing Prime Minister Modi announcing a free bike scheme for Chhath Puja 2025 is fake and digitally altered. It was created by modifying the audio of the original video. The original footage shows a speech delivered by Prime Minister Modi at the launch of the PM-KISAN scheme in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, on 24 February 2019. In the speech, Modi talks about farmers, the PM-KISAN scheme, and other initiatives related to agriculture. Nowhere in that speech does he mention any fr...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 October 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 October 2025, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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.