The claim
Video of Prime Minister Modi announcing a free bike scheme for Chhath Puja 2025.
Original review summary
FACTLY reports that the viral video is digitally altered: its audio was modified to make it appear that Modi announced a free bike scheme. The footage comes from Modi’s speech at the PM-KISAN launch in Gorakhpur on 24 February 2019, where he did not mention a bike scheme.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026
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