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By Hazel Gandhi A video showing the national anthem playing during a session of the Lok Sabha is circulating with the false claim that Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi missed the anthem and joined the session only after it was over. BOOM found that the claims are false, Rahul Gandhi is seen in the video from the beginning of the national anthem. The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha took place on June 24, 2024 at the new Parliament House in New Delhi. After two days of oath-taking ceremonies of elected MPs, Om Birla was re-elected as Speaker and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi assumed charge a...
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By Nidhi Jacob An old social media post, which claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is asking people to show their support for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) by giving a missed call to a specific number, has recently gone viral again. The claim further states that 4 crore Muslims and 2 crore Christians have voted against the UCC and specifically urges Hindus to support the UCC by giving a missed call. BOOM found that the claim is false and it has been circulating since 2023. The post, which is viral on Facebook says, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi to all of India. U.C.C. Uniform Civil Code. W...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Madhavi Latha saying that Indian Muslims cannot be terrorists is viral online with the false claim that she changed her views about the community that she had previously insulted, following her defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the claims are false, Latha made the statement while campaigning for the elections and not after losing them. Madhavi Latha contested the Lok Sabha elections from Hyderabad against AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, losing out to him by a large margin of 3,38,087 votes. Latha has drawn criticism for ...
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By Hazel Gandhi A viral image purporting to show Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra posing with former CISF Officer Kulwinder Kaur, who recently slapped Kangana Ranaut, is viral online. BOOM found that the photo shows former Congress MLA from Rajasthan Divya Maderna who is being misidentified as Kulwinder Kaur. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Mandi, Kangana Ranaut, was slapped by now-suspended CISF officer Kulwinder Kaur during a security check at the Chandigarh airport on June 6, 2024. A video of Kaur explaining why she hit Ranaut then went viral on so...
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By Nidhi Jacob In May, BOOM published 128 fact-checks in English, Hindi and Bangla. We observed the highest occurrence of AI-generated fake news this year in May. From news channels predicting exit poll wins for political parties to celebrities promoting diabetes pills, we published 12 fact-checks involving deepfakes, artificial intelligence-generated images, and voice clones. Out of the 128 fact-checks published by BOOM, the Lok Sabha elections 2024, held between April 19 and June 1, were the leading topic of misinformation last month, resulting in 101 fact-checks. Additionally, the Muslim co...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: Social media posts claiming that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), won 165 seats in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election with a victory margin fewer than 2,000 votes, are viral online. Fact: BOOM found that the claims made in the viral message are false. The same post was viral in 2022 after the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections which BOOM had debunked back then. Tools used: As per the Election Commission of India's website, the lowest victory margin for the BJP is not below 1,587 votes in the 2024 elections. Even for the 2022 UP elections, BJP won 11 seats w...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: A video of Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai struggling to hold back tears during a speech is being shared online claiming that it shows him crying after losing in the Coimbatore constituency and witnessing the party's poor results in the southern state. Fact: BOOM found that the video is unrelated to the Lok Sabha results announced on June 4, 2024. The footage is from April 2024, when Annamalai became emotional during a speech at an old age home. Tools used: BOOM ran a related keyword search on X and found the same footage was uploaded on News 18 Tamil Nadu's...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: Social media posts claiming the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 30 seats with a margin of less than 500 votes and won more than 100 seats with a margin of less than 1000 votes, are viral online. Fact: BOOM analysed data published by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and found that the lowest victory margin for a seat won by the BJP is 1587 votes, thus rendering the claim false. Tools used: BOOM found that the lowest victory margin was not below 1587 votes. The three Lok Sabha seats where the BJP secured the narrowest victory margins were - 1) Jajpur (Odisha)...
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By Srijit Das A video of Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai struggling to hold back tears during a speech is being shared online with a misleading claim that it shows him crying after losing in the Coimbatore constituency and witnessing the party's poor results in the southern state. BOOM found that the video is unrelated to the Lok Sabha results announced on June 4, 2024. The footage is from April 2024, when Annamalai became emotional during a speech at an old age home. The 33-second clip is going viral following the BJP's failure to win a single Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu and amid critic...
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By Hazel Gandhi A provocative and communal WhatsApp forward demonising Muslims in India and admonishing Hindus for not supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi enough is being falsely attributed to author and motivational speaker Shiv Khera. BOOM reached out to Khera's office, who refuted the viral claim and stated that he has not issued any such statement as claimed in viral message. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 240 out of the 543 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, falling short of 32 seats to form a complete majority. While Modi is set to continue as the Prime Minister for the ...
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