A graphic is viral with the false claim that Delhi Metro fares have been hiked after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the recently held assembly election.
The BJP won 48 out of the 70 assembly seats by defeating the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
A handle on X, @bansaldeepak19, posted the graphic claiming that the Delhi metro fares have been hiked with the caption in Hindi, which roughly translates to, “Trouble has started in Delhi, BJP has increased the metro fare. New gift from New Delhi Government.”
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Fact check
BOOM found that the claim is false and there has been no fare hike by the Delhi metro post the Delhi assembly election results.
We found several reports on Bengaluru Metro hiking fares, but did not find any news reports on a fare hike or a proposed one by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
DMRC posted a clarification on X that the fares have not been revised.
This is in reference to some social media posts claiming that Delhi Metro fares have been revised. Delhi Metro's fares can only be revised by an independent Fare Fixation Committee which is nominated by the Government. Presently there is no such proposal for the constitution of…
— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (@OfficialDMRC) February 12, 2025
Additionally, we found that the viral graphic showing a 50 per cent hike in metro fare dates back to 2017.
We ran a reverse image search on the graphic and search results showed that it had been taken from an NBT Hindi news report from October 10, 2017.
We can see the same graphic in the 2017 article below:
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This story was originally published by BOOM as part of the Shakti Collective. Apart from the headline, excerpt and introduction, this story has not been edited by ThePrint staff.