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FACTLYPolitics & government

Former Madhya Pradesh former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan broke down after he was not appointed as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The post presents footage of Shivraj Singh Chouhan crying as a reaction to not being chosen as Madhya Pradesh chief minister after the BJP’s victory in the 2023 assembly elections. The review’s central finding is that the video does show Chouhan breaking down, but not in the political circumstances claimed: it records his grief over the death of his adopted daughter, Bharti Verma, in 2019. The review says she died while being treated for body weakness. To investigate the footage, FACTLY reports performing reverse image searches on key frames from the viral video. It says this led to the same video being posted by multiple news channels on YouTube, and that news reports described Verma’s death. The account therefore connects the circulated visuals to a different, earlier event rather than to the chief-ministerial selection following the 2023 election. The review also distinguishes the viral footage from a separate, more recent moment: it says Chouhan became emotional after beneficiaries of the Laadli Behna scheme cried over his resignation following Mohan Yadav’s appointment as chief minister. That separate episode does not change the review’s identification of the viral video as footage from 2019.

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

Claim: rk suresh not met nirmala sitharaman recently

Publisher’s rating: ஃபேக்ட் கிரஸண்டோ ரேட்டிங்: Misleading

Fact Crescendo examined a social-media photo presented as evidence that actor R.K. Suresh had recently met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while seeking help over the Aurothra gold-jewellery case. The accompanying posts linked the alleged meeting to Suresh’s return to Chennai for police questioning and suggested that Sitharaman or the BJP was trying to protect him. The review says it investigated whether the photo really showed a recent meeting.

FACTLYPolitics & government

PM Narendra Modi disregarded the greetings from President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at an event

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerns a viral image that appears to show President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with folded hands while Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks away. The review places the scene at the New Parliament House in New Delhi on 6 December 2023, where Modi and other leaders had gathered to pay tribute to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on his death anniversary. The review says the image’s framing gives the impression that Modi disregarded the three leaders’ greeting. To investigate, the review reports conducting a reverse image search, which led to a full video livestreamed on Modi’s official YouTube channel. It says the footage shows the leaders posing for media before leaving. In that sequence, Modi first gestures “namaste” to the media, then the other leaders do so; the review says the viral still captures Modi beginning to walk away, rather than showing the complete exchange. The review also says the three leaders greeted the media before departing and notes that Modi can be seen waiting for the other leaders and greeting them before the event began. Its account therefore presents the viral image as a misleadingly selected moment, not as evidence that Modi refused to greet the leaders.

FACTLYPolitics & government

BJP’s official letter announcing Baba Balaknath as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a BJP letterhead dated 6 December 2023, circulated on social media, that purported to announce Baba Balaknath as Rajasthan’s Chief Minister. FACTLY’s review directly examined that letter and reports that Rajasthan BJP’s official X account condemned it, saying the letter was fake. The review does not describe an independent forensic examination of the document; its stated evidence is the party’s public response and the status of the Chief Minister announcement at the time. [S1: “A post accompanying a BJP letter head dated 06 December 2023, which shows the announcement of Baba Balaknath as the new Chief Minister candidate of Rajasthan circulating widely across social media platforms.”; “According to tweet, the letter which shows Baba Balaknath as Rajasthan Chief minister is fake.”] The review distinguishes Balaknath being discussed as a possible contender from an actual BJP announcement. It says news reports placed him in the Chief Minister race alongside other prominent leaders, but that BJP had not announced anyone as Chief Minister by the time the fact-check was published. Thus, the reports about his candidacy did not establish that the purported letter was an official announcement. [S1: “As per news reports, Baba Balaknath is also in the Chief Minister race along with other prominent leaders in Rajasthan.”; “However, as of publishing this fact check, BJP didn’t announce anyone as Chief Minister of Rajasthan.”] On that basis, FACTLY concludes that the circulating letter was not an official announcement. The evidence presented in the excerpt supports that conclusion through the Rajasthan BJP account’s reported denial and the absence, at that point, of an announcement by the party; it does not provide further document-authentication details. [S1: “Rajasthan BJP through its official X handle rated the viral letter as fake.”; “To sum it up, this letter announcing BJP’s Baba Balaknath as the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan is fake.”]

FACTLYPolitics & government

రేవంత్ రెడ్డీ ఎల్బీ స్టేడియంలో ప్రమాణ స్వీకారం చేయగా, టీడీపీ నాయకులు పచ్చ జెండాలు పట్టుకొని హల్చల్ చేయగా, కాంగ్రెస్ కార్యకర్తలు వారిని కొట్టారు అంటూ ‘Way2News’ ప్రచురించింది

Publisher’s rating: FALSE