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“Video showing BJP MP Anurag Thakur asking Rahul Gandhi, ‘how many pages are there in the Constitution,’ to which Rahul Gandhi had no answer.”
Social media posts Claim dated 2 Jul 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

This viral video is edited. On 01 July 2024, BJP MP Anurag Thakur while speaking on president address, targeted opposition MPs, saying “I want to ask you something, how many pages are there in the Constitution? Don’t say these many, these many, say how many pages are there? You carry it (copy of the constitution) around every day, do you ever open it and read it? You don’t read it, you just keep waving it. Take it out of your pocket.”. However, Rahul Gandhi was not present in the Lok Sabha wh...

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 2 July 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 July 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

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