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By Srijit Das A cropped video of West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is circulating with a misleading claim that it shows him asking people to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and not the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the Lok Sabha elections. BOOM found that the video has been cropped and in the longer version of the video Chowdhury can be seen urging people to vote for the Congress candidate of Jangipur constituency of Bengal, Mortaza Hossain Bakul. In the 8-second-long video, Chowdhury can be heard saying, "It is better to vote for the BJP than the Trinamool... you a...
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By BOOM FACT Check Team Claim: Several social media users claimed that Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra said 'sex' was the source of her energy. Fact: BOOM found that a careful hearing of the full video shows that Moitra spoke about how 'eggs' were the source of her energy, not sex. Tools used: BOOM noticed a watermark in the viral video that led us to the original video uploaded on YouTube. Also, we reached out to Mahua Moitra who shared a clearer version of the video without the background noise and music. The interviewer also called out the viral claim. Read the full fact-check ...
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By Hazel Gandhi Social media posts claiming Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra said 'sex' was the source of her energy, are false and misleading. BOOM found that a careful hearing of the full video shows that Moitra spoke about how 'eggs' were the source of her energy, not sex. The 12-second viral clip shows a reporter asking Mahua, "What's your source of energy", to which Moitra says "Eggs, Eggs." The reporter laughs at this, to which Moitra says, "It's true." This clip has been shared with the false claim that Moitra said 'sex' instead of 'eggs'. A caption on X reads, "Dear Bengali Vot...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old video of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sujata Mondal being chased with lathis by a group of people in the middle of a field is being shared with the misleading claim that it is a recent incident of people chasing her away in Arambagh, West Bengal. BOOM found that the viral video is from April 2021 when Mondal was chased out of a polling booth in the third phase of the assembly election in the state. Mondal had then alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was creating chaos and threatening TMC supporters in Arambagh amid the voting, which the BJP had denied. In ...
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By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya Sandeshkhali, West Bengal — A remote, impoverished area in West Bengal in the Sundarban region along Bangladesh border has been on the boil since the second week of February. Hundreds of women hit the streets at Sandeshkhali, staging agitations demanding action against local leaders of the state’s ruling party, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC). They have alleged widespread economic exploitation and sexual harassment. Over the past three weeks, properties of several TMC leaders have come under attack and several parts of Sandeshkhali witnessed...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra being manhandled by the Delhi Police is viral online as a recent video and is being connected to her recent expulsion from the Lok Sabha. BOOM found that the claims are false and the video is from October 2023 when Moitra, along with other senior party leaders was dragged out of New Delhi's Krishi Bhawan following a sit-in protest. Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha on December 8 over cash-for-query allegations, after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi accused her of taking bribes from businessman Darshan Hi...
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By Ritika Jain Lok Sabha today expelled TMC MP Mahua Moitra, amid a walkout from Opposition MPs, based on the recommendation of the report tabled by the Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha in connection with the ‘cash for query’ scandal. Moitra remains expelled from the 17th Lok Sabha. With general elections slated for 2024, this parliament has just a few months left. However, Moitra can challenge the expulsion order by way of a writ petition in the Delhi High Court or the Supreme Court. The report which was scheduled to be tabled on December 4 – the first day of the parliament’s Winter Session,...
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By Hera Rizwan Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has been in the headlines this week, after the BJP MP Nishikant Dubey demanded immediate suspension of Moitra, alleging that she "took bribes to ask questions" in parliament from businessman Darshan Hiranandani in order to target the Adani group and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The to-and-fro has been intensifying since, with senior BJP leaders terming it as a "severe blow to the dignity of Parliament" and Moitra asserting that the charges were based on a “jilted ex’s lies”. BOOM elaborates on the developments that have occurred since the alle...
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By Ritika Jain Two different benches of the Supreme Court today passed adverse orders against Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay over his tussle with the West Bengal government and orders issued in the West Bengal school jobs scam. Earlier today, the Supreme Court the recruitment scam case was reassigned to another Calcutta High Court judge because of a TV interview with a Bengali news channel where Justice Gangopadhyay discussed pending matters and criticised the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the state government. Hours later, Justice Gangopadhyay suo motu passed an order directing...
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