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Politics & government fact checks

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

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Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

Central government rejected Delhi government's proposal to make Delhi metro rides free for women.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

Fact Crescendo investigated reports saying that the Centre had rejected Delhi’s plan to provide women free rides on the Metro. Its account identifies the reports’ context: a Times Now Facebook post on June 26, 2019, linked to a headline claiming the Centre had rejected the proposal. The review says it checked the issue by searching for the coverage and consulting questions and answers in the Lok Sabha; it reports that Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the Centre had not received a proposal from the Delhi government for free Metro rides for women. The review also reports a relevant qualification from Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal: he said the Delhi government did not legally need to send a proposal to the Centre, and that the Delhi government and Delhi Metro were ready to work on the plan. That distinction matters: the evidence described is that the Centre said it had received no proposal, not that it had rejected one. The review therefore characterizes the rejection claim as unfounded. Its account does not establish whether or when free Metro rides were ultimately implemented.

NewtralPolitics & government

Cuando Carmena aplicó Madrid Central también hubo un juez que dictó una medida cautelar, por tanto no se pudo poner inmediatamente

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim is that Madrid Central, the low-emissions zone introduced under Manuela Carmena, could not begin immediately because a judge had ordered a precautionary measure. The review says the zone’s start was delayed, but attributes the one-week postponement—from 23 to 30 November 2018—to the Black Friday shopping period, after the Madrid employers’ association warned of possible harm to businesses. It explicitly distinguishes that scheduling decision from a judicial suspension. [S1: “El Ayuntamiento de Manuela Carmena decidió retrasarlo del 23 de noviembre de 2018 al 30 de noviembre por el Black Friday, después de que la Confederación Empresarial de Madrid-CEOE (CEIM) expusiera que la medida podría influir de manera negativa a los comercios.”]

NewtralPolitics & government

Ni siquiera Ciudadanos en estos últimos cuatro años, que tenían muchos más escaños que Vox, ha entrado en los gobiernos

Publisher’s rating: Verdad a medias

The statement combines two points: that Ciudadanos did not enter regional governments after the 2015 elections, and that it had many more seats than Vox. Newtral reports that Ciudadanos joined no autonomous-community government after those elections. It did, however, make legislative agreements in places including Madrid with the PP and Andalusia with the PSOE, offering support in exchange for commitments on measures. Those agreements distinguish political support from holding government office. Newtral compared Ciudadanos’ 2015 regional-election results with Vox’s results in the nine communities that held elections on 26 May 2019. In total, Ciudadanos had 43 regional deputies and Vox had 27. But the comparison changes when made community by community: Vox had three seats in the Balearic Islands, compared with Ciudadanos’ two, and matched Ciudadanos in Murcia and Cantabria, with four and two seats respectively. Ciudadanos had more seats in six of the nine communities, but the difference was only one deputy in Extremadura and Asturias. Thus the aggregate totals support the broad comparison, while the regional figures show that “many more” was not true everywhere and that some local differences were small.

DUBAWAPolitics & government

A claim that President Akufo-Addo of Ghana said he will pay for the construction of the proposed Parliamentary Chamber from his own pocket.

Publisher’s rating: False

The claim concerned Ghana’s proposed Parliamentary Chamber, described in the review as a 450-capacity facility expected to cost $200 million. DUBAWA says it arose from a Newsmunews.com article that attributed to President Akufo-Addo the statement, “Yes! I will sponsor it all. We will not use the tax payers money.” The review places the claim amid public condemnation of the chamber proposal, particularly by Twitter users. [S1] DUBAWA’s stated check focused on the publisher of that claim: it examined Newsmunews.com’s “About Us” section. The site described itself as a satire web publication and said its articles were fiction, “presumably fake news.” DUBAWA treated that disclosure as decisive evidence that the purported presidential promise should not be relied on; the excerpt does not describe independent confirmation from the President or another source. [S1] The distinction is important: the review’s conclusion rests on the originating site’s own satire disclaimer, not on evidence that the chamber proposal itself was fictional or that DUBAWA verified whether the quoted words were actually spoken. The review advises the public to be cautious about the source of the claim. [S1]

FACTLYPolitics & government

Amit Shah has said We politicians do great work than Indian Jawans, getting ‘Martyr’ status isn’t that great.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim is that Amit Shah said politicians do greater work than Indian Jawans and that receiving “Martyr” status is not very significant. FACTLY traced the allegation to a Hindi online newspaper article that described a speech at a BJP event marking the party’s 35th anniversary. That event was organized on April 6, 2015; the article reporting the allegation appeared the following day, according to the review. To check the attribution, the review says it examined a video-recorded version of Shah’s speech at the event and found that he did not make the alleged remarks. It also reports that major news channels covered the event but did not report such statements. The review says it found no credible source authenticating the quotation. These checks address the specific event and attributed words, rather than merely disputing the sentiment of the claim. The review describes Shah’s actual point as a contrast between dying for the country and living for it: he said living for the country was more difficult and was a responsibility of party workers. It concludes that the viral quotation was not supported by the speech and misrepresented what he said. The supplied excerpt does not identify the video’s host, provide a transcript, or name the news channels, so those details cannot be independently assessed from this material.