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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 Nivedita Niranjankumar Media outlets including news wire agency ANI misreported an opinion piece published in The Print as a quote by Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) Vice President and party candidate from Baramulla constituency Omar Abdullah. The media reports claimed that the former J&K chief minister said that Rashid Sheikh winning the Lok Sabha elections from the region, is a sign that "Kashmiri secessionism is far from spent." Abdullah lost by a margin of nearly 2 lakh votes to independent candidate Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid. Founder of the Ja...
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By Srijit Das An old video of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Navneet Rana crying and being consoled by her husband, is being shared online with a misleading claim that Rana was caught on camera weeping after losing to her Congress opponent, Balwant Wankhede, in the recently concludedLok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the video is from 2022, showing Rana meeting her husband in a hospital after being released on bail from prison, for the couple's stunt of threatening to recite the Hanuman Chalisa prayer outside then Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's private residence. In the 2...
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By Srijit Das A fake graphic claims that Hindi news channel News24 carried predictions from different satta bazaars (illegal betting markets) showing a close knit race between the Congress-led I.N.D.I.A bloc and the BJP-led NDA coalition, posing a challenge to the BJP's previous claims of winning over 400 seats in the election. BOOM found that the channel did not carry any such report. News24 executive editor Mayank Gupta also took to X to clarify that the graphic is fake. The viral graphic shows predictions from various satta bazaars in the country, putting the NDA's numbers below the crucial...
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By Srijit Das An old video of a polling agent illegally casting votes for two women has resurfaced with a false claim that the incident is recent and happened during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the video is at least five years old and unrelated to the current polls. The video has been circulating on the internet since May, 2019. In the 28 seconds long video, a woman can be seen entering into the area where electronic voting machines are kept. Another woman, who appears to be a polling agent, is also observed at the kiosk where only voters are allowed. The woman then direct...
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By Nivedita Niranjankumar An old video of Congress leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath, claiming he promised a mosque and the reinstatement of Article 370 to Muslims in a meeting, is a deepfake. BOOM found that the audio in the clip, claiming to be that of Kamal Nath, is an audio voice clone and not his own voice. In the viral video, Nath can be seen talking to a group of people most of them Muslims. The overlaid audio claims, "I have been thinking for a long time that I should talk to you. But please understand that this should not leave the room. We are very worried...
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By Anmol Alphonso A set of photos claiming to show an opinion poll survey conducted by the polling agency Axis My India on the Lok Sabha 2024 elections are fake, and have not been released by the agency. The photos falsely claim to show leaked documents of Axis My India projecting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be losing seats they had previously held to the I.N.D.I.A alliance and would fall short of the majority mark of 272 seats in parliament. BOOM spoke to Axis My India who denied the viral claim and stated that they haven't released any opinion poll survey as being claimed. Th...
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By Srijit Das An old video from Uttar Pradesh has resurfaced with a false claim that it shows locals in Gujarat attacking a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) convoy ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. BOOM debunked the same video in 2021 when it was viral with similar false claims. We had reached out to the Agra Police social media cell, who confirmed that the clash took place between supporters of two BJP leaders on December 7, 2021. In the video several people can be seen vandalising a convoy of cars with stones and sticks. A few of the vehicles carry BJP's party flag. The video is being peddled wi...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old photo of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Congress President Sonia Gandhi in a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being shared on social media with the false claim that Sonia Gandhi was heading the meeting despite Manmohan Singh being the Prime Minister of India. BOOM found that the viral photo is from October 2019, when Manmohan Singh wasn't the Prime Minister and the Bangladesh PM had met with a delegation of Congress leaders during her visit to India. The viral photo is being shared with the caption when translated reads, "Once th...
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