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Politics & government fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about politics & government. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

12,749 published reviews in this topic

YouturnPolitics & government

முக்குலத்தோர் சாதிக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுக்கத் தேவையில்லை என அண்ணாமலை கூறியதால் தனது தேவர் ஜெயந்தி விழாவில் கலந்து கொள்ளும் பயணத்தை ரத்து செய்தார் பிரதமர் மோடி. ஏற்கனவே அந்த சாதியைச் சேர்ந்த நயினார் நாகேந்திரனை அவமானம் செய்திருந்தார் அண்ணாமலை என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

FACTLYPolitics & government

Government of India will stop issuing new Aadhaar cards for persons older than 5 years from 01 October 2022

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned an Instagram post saying that the Government of India would stop issuing new Aadhaar cards to people older than five from 1 October 2022. FACTLY reports that it found no order from UIDAI or the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) imposing such a stop, and no related notifications or circulars on those agencies’ websites. Its review also says it found no such news reported by media outlets. The review points to a February 2022 parliamentary response from Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajiv Chandra Sekhar. As described by FACTLY, he said that new Aadhaar enrolment remained necessary because children are born each year and people in other age groups had been left out. FACTLY concludes that enrolment was a continuous process and that the government had not decided to stop new enrolments after 1 October 2022.

FACTLYPolitics & government

Billboard displayed at an overbridge in Delhi states journalist Anjana Kashyap is an unofficial spokesperson of BJP

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns an image circulating as a photograph of a billboard at an overbridge in Delhi. The billboard appears to show journalist and news anchor Anjana Om Kashyap beside a message calling her an unofficial BJP spokesperson. FACTLY’s investigation says the wording in the shared image was altered, rather than the text displayed on the original billboard. To check the image, the review reports conducting a reverse image search and comparing the viral version with an earlier image. It says India Today shared a billboard image on Twitter on 01 May 2017, and that this original image showed the billboard advertising Anjana with the words “ANJANA, REACHED AND WAITING”. The review’s comparison of the two images found that the text had been changed in the version making the political claim. The review also places the altered image’s circulation in context: it says the image had been viral since 2019, when it circulated amid controversy over Anjana and Rahul Gandhi, and that parody accounts later shared it. This reported history helps explain why the altered wording appeared in circulation, but the key evidence for the claim is the comparison with the 2017 billboard image. The excerpt does not provide details about who altered the image or establish who placed any poster at a Delhi overbridge.

YouturnPolitics & government

மதுரை விமான நிலையத்திற்கு பசும்பொன் முத்துராமலிங்கதேவர் பெயர் ஆணை வெளியிடுகிறார் பிரதமர் மோடி !!! கமுதியில் உள்ள பசும்பொன் முத்துராமலிங்க தேவரின் 60வது குருபூஜை விழாவில் கலந்து கொண்டு மதுரை விமானநிலையத்திற்கு பசும்பொன் முத்துராமலிங்க தேவர் பெயர் வைக்கும் ஆணையை பசும்பொன்னில் வெளியிடுகிறார் பிரதமர் மோடி.

Publisher’s rating: Fake