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Claim: Allu Arjun is seen campaigning for the Indian National Congress during the 2024 general elections. Fact: The video in question is actually from August 2022, when Allu Arjun served as Grand Marshal at the India Day Parade in New York. Hence, the claim in the post is False .
A video of Rajasthan minister and BJP leader Kirodi Lal Meena allegedly stating that “if BJP wins 400 seats, then Modi ji will end the reservation and change the Constitution” doing the rounds on social media is fake
All the datasets related to the Lok Sabha Elections (from the 1 st to the 17 th Lok Sabha Elections – 1951 to 2019) are available on Dataful .
Claim: Recent video from 2024 depicting BJP supporters tampering with VVPAT slips in EVM machines. Fact: The video is from 2022. At that time, officials verified that the footage does not show any misconduct. Instead, it captures workers adhering to the standard protocol of removing VVPAT slips from their respective machines and placing them into a black envelope for storage. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Claim: Video showing a massive crowd at PM Narendra Modi’s recent rally in Jalore on 21 April 2024. Fact: This viral video dates back to 2019 and shows visuals of a Congress rally held in Jalore, Rajasthan, in April 2019. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Claim: Former President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said that the world’s most foolish voters live in India, according to the ‘European Times’. Fact: There are no reports about the former President of the European Commission or the ‘European Times’ stating that Indian voters are the most foolish in the world. Moreover, there is no media outlet named ‘European Times’. Media outlets with a similar name, ‘The European Times’ have also not reported anything as mentione...
The data on the election petitions filed across the general elections does not show any uniform trend. However, 2019 elections saw 130 election petitions filed, the highest ever among all general elections. This is followed by 110 election petitions in 2009 elections. On average, more than 60 election petitions were filed in each of the general elections to the Lok Sabha.
Claim : Raveena Tandon has publicly endorsed the Congress Party for the 2024 General Elections. Fact : The viral video is actually from 2012, when Raveena Tandon campaigned for the Congress party in Vadodara, Gujarat. Hence, the claim made in the post is False .
In this edition of court judgements, we look at the Madras High Court’s judgement that smelling of alcohol per se does not constitute an offence, Supreme Court’s ruling that misuse of state machinery with ulterior motives by the woman police officer is an abuse of Power, that Writ Petitions cannot be allowed if they are not filed within reasonable time limitation, among others.
Claim: The video shows Shah Rukh Khan campaigning for the Congress Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Fact: The person seen in the video is Shah Rukh Khan’s lookalike, Ibrahim Qadri. He campaigned for Congress candidate Praniti Shinde in Solapur, Maharashtra. Hence, the claim made in the post is False .
Claim: Visuals of police catching fake voters who came in burqa to vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Fact: This is an old video from 2022 of an incident that took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur during the 2022 assembly elections. Hence, the claim made in the post is False .
Claim: In Nagpur, this man threw ink on EVM machines and raised slogans against EVM machines during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Fact: This video is old and is from an incident that occured during the Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2019. Five years ago, during the Thane voting, BSP leader Sunil Khambe threw ink on the EVM and protested against the machines. This has no connection with the 2024 polls. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
Claim: Republic TV exit poll pertaining to the first phase of the 2024 general elections. Fact: In accordance with the existing legal provisions, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has prohibited the dissemination of the exit poll results from 7 am on 19 April 2024, until 6:30 pm on 01 June 2024. It is highly improbable that any news agency would release an exit poll in violation of the law. The supposed exit poll attributed to Republic TV appears to be fabricated, as we found no r...
Claim: The video shows camels getting washed away in the 2024 Dubai floods. Fact: The footage is from the flash floods in Saudi Arabia in the year 2018. These visuals are not related to the 2024 Dubai floods. Hence, the claim made in the post is False .
Claim: MS Dhoni has voted for the Congress party, and encourages everyone to vote for the INDI Alliance Fact: The viral photo of MS Dhoni dates back to 2020 when Dhoni celebrated the Chennai Super Kings ‘X’ handle reaching six million followers on a social media platform. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
