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By BOOM FACT Check Team Election campaigns, speeches, promises made by politicians—your social media feeds would have it all. But, how well do you know the candidate you're voting for? Here's how you can source official information about all the nominated candidates in 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Go to the affidavit portal on the Election Commission's (EC) website.You can search by name of the candidate or use filters and choose the state and constituency they're representing.You will see a 'download' button and the affidavit will contain details of movable and immovable assets, liabilities and ...
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By Hera Rizwan The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Wednesday, rejected comedian Shyam Rangeela's nomination for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, which he had submitted as an independent candidate from the Varanasi constituency. In a video posted on X, Rangeela said that the Varanasi district magistrate informed him his nomination was rejected due to "not having taken the oath," a requirement he was "unaware" of. Post his rejection, the comedian said on X, "It was decided that I will not be allowed to contest from Varanasi, now it is clear. The heart is definitely broken, but the spirit is ...
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By Hera Rizwan Over the past few weeks, videos posted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on its social media platforms, such as Instagram and X, illustrate the Congress allegedly favouring India's minority Muslim community over certain disadvantaged tribal and Hindu caste groups. One such animated video, which has now been removed from Instagram, showed Rahul Gandhi holding a Congress manifesto, which then transformed its cover into the logo of the Muslim League, emphasising the need for support from every "Bharatiya" for Modi, because “if the Congress Party comes to power, it will snatch all...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team As the country voted in the second phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, social media users complained about the confusion over the voting process. We explain the process in 5 simple steps: First polling officer will check your name in the voter list and check your ID proof.Second polling officer will ink your finger and take your signature on a register.Third polling officer will check the ink on your finger and turn on the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).Record your vote by pressing the ballot button opposite the symbol of the candidate of your choice on the EVM. You ...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A WhatsApp forward claiming to raise awareness among voters by explaining concepts such as 'challenge vote' and 'tender vote', is viral on several social media platforms. Fact: BOOM found that two out of three claims in the viral WhatsApp forward are false. We had previously fact-checked the same message in 2019 when it was being shared on WhatsApp with false claims. We had then reached out to V Citizens Action Network (VCAN), a civil society organisation partnered with the Election Commission of India (ECI) through the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Maharashtr...
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By Hazel Gandhi Several old photos of prosthetic fingers from Japan are viral online with the false claim that they show "fake fingers" being used for voting fraud during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the claims are false, the photos date back to 2013 and show how former and current members of the Yakuza, a Japanese crime syndicate, make use of prosthetic fingers to hide their severed digits. One of the posts on X shows two photos of fake fingers with a text in Telugu that can be translated to English as, "Fake fingers are ready for elections. I think polling officers should...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court on Friday rejected a batch of pleas seeking 100 per cent tally of votes cast on EVMs, votes by paper ballots and physically dropping VVPAT paper slips in ballot boxes. The top court’s verdict comes on the day 88 constituencies across 13 states go to polls in phase 2 of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. This means, the current system where VVPAT verification is done at five random polling stations in each constituency selected by a Returning Officer by drawing lots, is in force. If there is any dispute, the vote recorded on VVPAT slip will take precedence. Justices Sanj...
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By Ritika Jain Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been accused of demagoguery, and dog-whistling by invoking religious symbols and anti-Muslim rhetoric to secure votes. Opposition parties have accused the prime minister of violating the Model Code of Conduct and raised questions against the Election Commission of India (ECI) for failing to enforce its own rules. Addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of appeasement and vote bank politics while repeating the mislea...
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By Nidhi Jacob A viral WhatsApp forward, claiming to raise awareness among voters by explaining concepts such as 'challenge vote' and 'tender vote', is being falsely circulated across various social media platforms. BOOM found that two out of three claims in the viral WhatsApp forward are false. The first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 took place on Friday, April 19, covering 102 parliamentary seats across 21 states and Union Territories. The second phase is scheduled for April 26, followed by the third on May 7, the fourth on May 13, the fifth on May 20, the sixth on May 25,...
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By Hera Rizwan The Election Commission of India has directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to cease the delivery of Viksit Bharat messages via WhatsApp on immediate effect. The ECI's directive also requires MeitY to promptly provide a compliance report on the issue. The Commission stated that despite the announcement of the General Elections 2024 and the implementation of the MCC, it had received numerous complaints regarding the continued delivery of such messages to citizens' phones. In reply, MeitY notified the commission that while the letters were dispatch...
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