By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A photo of President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being shared on social media claiming that she accompanied PM Modi while he was filing his nomination for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Fact: BOOM found that the viral photo is from 2022, when Modi and other senior BJP leaders accompanied Murmu for the nomination process as NDA's presidential candidate. Also, as of May 8, 2024, PM Modi is yet to file his nomination. Tools used: We ran a Google reverse image search which led us to a post on X by PM Modi in 2022, wh...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A video purporting to show Congress workers in Karnataka burning an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and instead setting their lungis on fire is viral online. Fact: BOOM found that the claims are false, the video is from 2012 and shows members of the Kerala Students Union (KSU) burning an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi University's then Vice Chancellor. The video is being falsely linked to 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Tools used: We ran a reverse image search of some keyframes from the viral video on Google and found a Facebook post from September 1, 2012 that carri...
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By Rohit Kumar A cropped video of actor and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kangana Ranaut is circulating with a false claim that it shows her accepting her defeat in the Lok Sabha elections as the crowd gathered only to see her and not vote for her. BOOM found that in the original video, Ranaut was addressing a remark made by Himachal Pradesh Congress president and incumbent MP from Mandi, Pratibha Singh regarding her. In the viral video, Kangana can be heard saying, "The crowd that gathers to see Kangana will not vote. They just come to see what kind of an object she is... and what beautifu...
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By Jagriti Trisha An old photo of President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being shared on social media falsely claiming that she accompanied Modi while he was filing his nomination for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. BOOM found that the viral photo is from 2022, when Modi and other senior BJP leaders accompanied Murmu for the nomination process as NDA's presidential candidate. Several posts have shared the photo targeting Modi, questioning how can Murmu being the president be present for his nomination process. The photo was shared on Facebook wi...
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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 Nivedita Niranjankumar In a reel posted on Paltu Paltan, an Instagram account mocking opposition parties with 1 lakh 64 thousand followers, two Muslim men tell a Hindu man that if Congress comes to power, they will get half of his assets. One of the actors, playing a Muslim man, is 15-year-old Ashish Pandey from Bihar. Created in June 2022, Paltu Paltan has over 3000 posts, only following right wing and official Bharatiya Janata Party accounts with each reel garnering a little less than 10,000 likes. Pandey, who just appeared for his 10th standard exams, is part of a group called MVS Films,...
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By Anmol Alphonso Claims of rigging electronic voting machines (EVMs), claims of scrapping reservations, old videos and communal claims, were the dominant themes of misinformation in the second phase of polling. BOOM fact-checked around 20 pieces of misinformation from April 26, 2024 to May 5. False claims surrounding videos of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), old and cropped videos including Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah's video was shared claiming his party would scrap reservations, and communal allegations aimed at the Muslim community were among the debunked c...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: An ad apparently for CEAT tyres with an anti-Modi tagline asking people to oust the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the centre is viral. Fact: BOOM found that the viral ad is an edited version and the original ad by CEAT tyres dates back to June 2017. It is unrelated to the ongoing Lok Sabha polls and does not carry any anti-Modi tagline as suggested in the viral claim. Tools used: Taking a clue from the 'Paise Bachane Hai? (Want to save money?)' tagline, we ran a search for the advertisement on Google. This led us to a YouTube video ...
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By Srijit Das A cropped video of Mallikarjun Kharge, president of the Indian National Congress, is circulating with a false claim that it shows him revealing plans of the party to distribute people's wealth among Muslims once Congress is elected to power. BOOM found that in the original video, Kharge addressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's accusation regarding the Congress manifesto and called him out for spreading misinformation about the party. Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that the Congress manifesto proposes a comprehensive survey of all assets in the country, including gold owned ...
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