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Politics & government fact checks

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

12,754 published reviews in this topic

FACTLYPolitics & government

Narendra Modi said I am the son of a Pathan. I speak and do truthful things.

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerns a clipped Facebook video in which Narendra Modi appears to say, “I am the son of a Pathan. I speak and do truthful things.” FACTLY reports that the clip came from Modi’s speech at a public meeting in Tonk, Rajasthan, on 23 February 2019. It says the clip’s attribution is misleading: Modi was recounting what Imran Khan had told him, not describing himself.

FACTLYPolitics & government

Akhilesh Yadav’s photo frame was hung on a wall in Modi’s house.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns an image said to show Akhilesh Yadav’s photo frame hanging in Narendra Modi’s house. FACTLY examined that specific image and reported that the frame in the shared post had been altered: the actual frame shown in Modi’s house was of Lord Sri Krishna and Rukmini, not Yadav. To investigate the image’s origin, FACTLY says it used Google Reverse Image search. It traced the photograph to Modi’s visit to his home to seek his mother’s blessings before voting in the 2019 general elections. The review points to a News18 article about that event, published on April 23, 2019, as showing the original photograph. Comparing the frame in the original photograph with the image circulating in the post, FACTLY concluded that Yadav’s photo had been inserted through image editing. Its conclusion is that the image does not show Yadav’s frame on the wall in Modi’s house; the frame visible there depicts Krishna and Rukmini.

FACTLYPolitics & government

A TMC leader during a debate on a news channel, pulled out a gun and pointed it at the BJP speaker in the show.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a video said to show a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader pulling out a gun and pointing it at a BJP speaker during a news-channel debate. FACTLY’s review identifies the people in the clip as TMC leader Rabindranath Ghosh and BJP leader Nishith Pramanik, and says the allegation arose from a video shared on Facebook. The review’s conclusion is that the object was a microphone, not a gun. [S1]

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

Claim: DMK and Congress sponsored Ayyakannu protest

Publisher’s rating: Fact Crescendo Rating: False

The review examined a social-media post attributed to News7 that claimed farmer-union leader Ayyakkannu had said DMK and Congress had prompted the farmers’ protest in Delhi against Narendra Modi. The article places the allegation amid the 2019 election-period discussion of Ayyakkannu’s political position and his announcement that farmers would contest against Modi in Varanasi. It says the post did not identify when the supposed interview took place.

FACTLYPolitics & government

Amit Shah disrespected LK Advani at the BJP National Council Meet

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerned a photo and a video circulated together on Facebook, presented as evidence that Amit Shah mistreated L.K. Advani at the BJP National Council Meet. FACTLY examined the video in the post and identified it as an excerpt from footage of the 2014 meeting. Its review says the viral clip had been cut off at a point that could mislead viewers about the interaction. (The review describes the photo’s presence but does not separately assess it.)

FACTLYPolitics & government

WikiLeaks disclosed that Rahul Gandhi was married to a Columbian and they even have two children

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The post claimed that WikiLeaks had disclosed Rahul Gandhi was married to a Colombian woman and had two children. FACTLY reports that it searched WikiLeaks for information about Gandhi’s marriage and found no relevant information; it concludes that WikiLeaks had made no such disclosure. The review also checked the image circulated with the claim. FACTLY says a reverse-image search found the photo in a tweet by Spanish actress, writer and political scientist Nathalia Ramos. The review reports that Ramos had tweeted about meeting Gandhi on September 14, 2017, and identifies her—not the alleged Colombian wife—as the woman shown with him. It concludes that the photo was being shared with a false narrative.