Original video of the rally was shared on Modi's X account on 3 April, 2019. Same video was also circulated in 2022 with X users claiming it showed visuals of a rally in Mangaluru & Kutch.
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.
While politicians hold rallies in states like West Bengal, TV news is flooded with visuals of angry patients, crowded liquor queues and cries for oxygen supply.
Aggressive publicity on social media sites, short speeches and LED screens have been the hallmark of the virtual rallies that the BJP has been conducting since 7 June.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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