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Fact Check: Image of anti-BJP campaign not from Tamil Nadu, from a 2021 pre-poll rally in Kolkata

The image, which shows people holding 'no vote to BJP' posters, is from a protest carried out ahead of West Bengal assembly elections in 2021. It has no links with 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Fact Check: No BJP leaders ‘beaten up’ in TN, viral video of scuffle between BJP workers from 2023

Original video of the incident from last yr shows that during a rally in Odisha, a fight broke out after a BJP leader was stopped from approaching party state president's jeep.

Fact Check: Viral video makes false claims of ECI undermining AAP’s poll campaign ahead of LS polls

Video shows man removing posters, seemingly of AAP, and leaving BJP flags untouched. Original video is of NSUI's posters being removed in Jaipur, way before model code of conduct kicked in.

Fact Check: CBI hasn’t named Chandrababu Naidu, Nara Lokesh in Vizag drug bust case

The drug haul triggered a political fight between the YSRCP and Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP, just weeks ahead of the Assembly elections. Each party has accused its rival.

Fact Check: Rahul didn’t credit BJP with ‘uniting’ India, a speech he made in MP’s Morena was altered

In original video uploaded on Congress's YouTube channel, which has been edited to make it appear as if Rahul Gandhi is praising BJP, he says, 'BJP's dividing one religion from another'.

Fact Check: Kejriwal didn’t talk about exploiting the poor. Social media video lacks context

In the original video, Arvind Kejriwal advocates changing the system by empowering people instead of helping them through charity.

Fact Check: Mamata Banerjee’s Garden Reach video is morphed. Nobody raised Jai Shri Ram slogans

Mamata Banerjee visited the Paharpur area in West Bengal to address the bereaved families of the 12 people killed in a building collapse.

Fact Check: Newspaper image claiming ECI will use ballot paper instead of EVMs for LS polls false

The image posted on social media claimed Election Commission released new guidelines. However, in the official schedule released for 2024 polls, ECI said elections will be held using EVMs.

Fact Check: Mohan Bhagwat-led RSS isn’t supporting INDIA bloc, its namesake is

The RSS namesake holding a press conference to extend support to the INDIA alliance is not affiliated with the Mohan Bhagwat-led organisation, as claimed in social media posts.

Fact Check: Congress didn’t wave Pakistan flags in Kerala rally. It’s 2019 video with IUML flags

The video popular on social media is from K Muraleedharan's rally in Vatakara, Kerala, where he contested the Lok Sabha election in 2019.

On Camera

Modi’s speech rightly questions politics of appeasement. Wrongly targets all Muslims

The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.