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By Srijit Das An old video featuring Allu Arjun at a New York event is being shared with a false claim that it shows the Telugu actor endorsing the Congress party during the current Lok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the video shows Arjun's presence at the India Day Parade in New York, organised by the Indian diaspora, where he was honoured with the Grand Marshal title in 2022. Similar visuals of Arjun where he can be seen waving at a crowd from the same event, were shared earlier with the false claim that he campaigned for Congress. Read BOOM's fact check here. In the viral video, Arjun can...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A video of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra talking about late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is viral, claiming that she said that voters in Amethi criticised him for not building a road in his parliamentary constituency. Fact: BOOM found that in the original speech, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was giving an example of how voters used to hold leaders accountable in the past and made a comparison to present day and alleged that leaders provoke people in the name of religion and ask for votes instead of talking on issues. Tools used: BOOM found that the full speech de...
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Washington (AFP) - Federal prosecutors indicted a US congressman Friday on bribery and money laundering charges connected to a bank in Mexico and an energy company owned by Azerbaijan. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas, accepted around $600,000 in exchange for advancing the interests of the bank and the former Soviet Republic over seven years through at least November 2021, according to the indictment. "In exchange for the bribes paid by the Azerbaijani oil and gas company, Congressman Cuellar allegedly agreed to use his office to influence US foreign policy in favor of Azerbaijan" the Depa...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video purporting to show Communist Party of India-Marxist's (CPI-M) leader Subhashini Ali praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and calling him a "beacon of peace" while criticising Rahul Gandhi is viral online. BOOM found that the video misidentifies the elderly lady in the viral video as Subhashini Ali. Ali has clarified on her X handle that she did not make any such comments. In the video, the lady is seen in an interview by local news channel 99 Khabar. She talks about how Rahul Gandhi does not have any knowledge about politics and that if one wants to save India, they sh...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A photo purporting to show a press release by the Congress party officially declaring the names of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the party's Lok Sabha candidates for Raebareli and Amethi is viral. Fact: BOOM found that no such press release was put out by the party on April 30, 2024, declaring the candidates for these two seats. We reviewed the Congress Party's official X handle and found one press release released on May 3, 2024. It mentioned that Rahul Gandhi will be contesting from Raebareli. However, there is no mention of Priyanka Gandhi. Instead...
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Washington (AFP) - An extreme right-wing US lawmaker said Wednesday that she plans to introduce a motion next week to oust Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, for backing new aid for Ukraine. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a firebrand Republican congresswoman from Georgia and supporter of former president Donald Trump, accused Johnson of "betrayal." "Mike Johnson fully joined the disgusting business model of Washington DC to fund forever wars," Greene told reporters. "So next week, I am going to be calling this motion to vacate." Johnson, in a statement, dismissed he...
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By Srijit Das A cropped video of West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is circulating with a misleading claim that it shows him asking people to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and not the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the Lok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the video has been cropped and in the longer version of the video Chowdhury can be seen urging people to vote for the Congress candidate of Jangipur constituency of Bengal, Mortaza Hossain Bakul. In the 8-second-long video, Chowdhury can be heard saying, "It is better to vote for the BJP than the Trinamool... you a...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A video of Rahul Gandhi is viral online claiming that the Congress leader spoke of a census specifically for minorities. Fact: BOOM found that the viral video has been doctored to make the false claim. Rahul Gandhi in his speech stated that the Congress party would implement a Socio-Economic and Caste Census, following which backward classes, Dalits, Adivasis, economically backward general castes, and minorities would be able to ascertain their respective contribution in the country. Tools used: We checked the full version of the speech uploaded on Congress's off...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A video of Rahul Gandhi is being shared on social media with a claim that the Congress leader promised to credit an annual sum of Rs 1 lakh to accounts of youngsters who spent time browsing social media platforms. Fact: BOOM found that the video has been cropped and Gandhi was referring to the Congress party's 'Right to Apprenticeship' programme where unemployed graduates and diploma holders of India would get the opportunity to work as apprentices in private and public sector companies for a year and get a salary of Rs 8,500 per month, if the Congress was voted ...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: An old photo of the former Indian men’s cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is being circulated online with a claim that it shows him urging people to vote for the Congress. Fact: BOOM found that the picture dates back to 2020, when Dhoni and his other team members celebrated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) reaching six million followers on erstwhile Twitter (now X). Tools used: BOOM performed a reverse image search on the photo that led to several news reports carrying the same photo. These reports were published in October 2020. Also, CSK's official social medi...
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