September 13, 2022

Many common fakes and misleading forwards on social media fact checked in this compilation

How to make people suckers or webqoof?
BJP employs an army of digital warriors – running into millions. They have been taught to post lies and manufactured news from BJP studios on social media as they have seen tsunami of propaganda always creates the desired effect.. people believe most of the nonsense and mindlessly forward the messages, especially those which are either hateful or strain credulity and common sense. Testimony is the growing polarisation and tribalism – many Hindus have come to believe that Muslims will overrun them sonner than later.
#1
Nehru was slapped .. false narratives associated with a real photo from AP archives
https://www.altnews.in/photo-of-jawaharlal-nehru-shared-with-false-narrative-that-he-was-slapped-in-1962/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thequint.com/amp/story/news%252Fwebqoof%252Fphoto-of-unrelated-incident-viral-as-nehru-being-slapped-after-1962-sino-indian-war
There is a concerted campaign by BJP that the true history, particularly facts about Nehru, have been so far hidden from public. There are many fake narratives and incidents doing the round of social media. Here are some of them (there are dozens more)
So many canards about Nehru …
https://www.altnews.in/never-ending-propaganda-to-malign-jawaharlal-nehru-an-alt-news-compilation/
#2
Gehlot said electricity generation drains energy from water … This is a truncated clip in which Gehlot is quoting what Jansangh propaganda was ..
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thequint.com/amp/story/news%252Fwebqoof%252Fno-gehlot-didnt-say-creating-power-can-remove-energy-from-water
#3
Rahul said aisi machine lagaunga.. aloo dalo..Sona niklega .. this is a truncated clip in which Rahul is quoting what Modi had said..
https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/rahul-gandhi-potato-comment-gujarat-narendra-modi
#4
Sonia has no sense of protocol..Sonia Gandhi has ‘insulted’ Dr Singh by walking ahead of him and asking him – ‘the prime minister’ – to take just another seat next to her, while she takes the seat next to the Sri Lankan PM.. false narrative associated with a real photo/clip ..
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thequint.com/amp/story/news%252Fwebqoof%252Fsonial-gandhi-manmohan-singh-sri-lanka-pm-meeting-fact-check
#5
Rahul has no sense of protocol.. this is the Congress culture…senior Congress leader Motilal Vohra touched Rahul Gandhi’s feet before assuming charge as the new Congress president .. Singh Deo has a habit of touching the feet of senior leaders as he himself admits but the more important fact is that Rahul prevented him from touching his feet when he attempted to do so on the dias .. this can be seen in the video clip of the same event..
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiatoday.in/amp/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-senior-congress-leader-ts-singh-deo-touch-rahul-gandhi-feet-1413347-2018-12-20
28 sec clip that confirms what Singh Deo described – Rahul stood up and tried to stop Sing Deo touching his feet at the same event;
video101.mp4
#6
Priyanka wanted to stay in the Lutyns bungalow she was evicted from…
https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/priyanka-gandhi-vadra-denies-seeking-more-time-to-vacate-lutyens-bungalow/story-fI6vlWNkrMoFdezH3YCcfO_amp.html
#7 Pranab Mukherjee falsely quoted from his book before it was released. BFFs are busy pushing the false propaganda that Sonia has no sense of protocol.
https://www.altnews.in/postcard-news-shares-a-fake-extract-from-former-president-pranab-mukherjees-book/
About the editor of Postcard News and the support it enjoys from BJP leaders…
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiatoday.in/amp/fyi/story/postcard-news-editor-mahesh-hegde-booked-for-spreading-fake-news-arrested-in-bengaluru-1201009-2018-03-30
More photos of the same event at Vigyan Bhawan. Have you visited the Parliament, isn’t the photo not clear? The author of the fake news is a bit overenthusiastic or has Mukherjee really written about the incident with such a glaring error? Mukherjee’s office has already issued a clarification that the referred book does not cover the period in which the event took place (Nov’16).
https://www.prokerala.com/news/photos//indira-gandhi-centenary-lecture-198363.html
#8 Rahul Gandi’s speech at OBC sammelan at Delhi Talkotra Stadium 12-Jun-18 truncated and circulated on social media. In this video at 15 min:25 seconds, Rahul starts to describe his interaction with OBC BJP MPs belonging to BJP who complain that they have been fooled and sidelined – he is quoting what they told him!
https://youtu.be/TTW5G_WcY0o
#9 Shabana Azmi calls out a fake post attributed to her. Kangana Ranaut’s response also fake..
https://www.boomlive.in/shabana-azmi-calls-out-fake-communal-quote-regarding-navratri/
#10 Flag hoisting on 15-Aug- 2020 at Lal Chowk – a photo praising Modi and taking down previous “dynastic regimes” is morphed from an old photo
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiatoday.in/amp/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-image-showing-tricolour-unfurled-at-srinagar-s-lal-chowk-at-i-day-2020-is-morphed-1711574-2020-08-15
#11 The Crusades Have Finally Started Again, a forwarded email and forum post making the rounds online since 2016, makes a number of claims about foreign countries cracking down on Muslims
https://www.realityviews.in/2019/10/n-depth-fact-check-whatsapp-message.html?m=1
#12 When Mahatma Gandhi was murdered, Brahmin homes were torched in Bombay.
https://www.altnews.in/trueindology-truefraudology-debunking-goldmine-fictitious-historical-claims/
#13 Modi’s promise to get back black money stashed abroad and distribute certain % to salaried class was one; the second promise was that if we succeed in getting all the illicit money recovered from crooks then it would be sufficient for every individual to get 15 to 20 lacs rupees. So  Modi had made an implied conditional promise and not a straight promise to deposit 15 lacs in everyone’s account. But Amit Shah described his promise as a jumla.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DdqsDChcPxRU&ved=2ahUKEwiUtsTlko_tAhVVjeYKHWckD8YQjjgwAHoECAIQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2pHGpxCfUvTlXed2tWJsz-
#14 Modi did a superb job of controlling deaths due to Corona pandemic; he surpassed the performance of 87 PMs and Presidents put together! False meme viral on WhatsApp. GOI’s own estimate is 5.2 lac deaths, and not 2.46 lac as depicted in the meme, due to CoVid-19 upto 30th April 2022. WHO’S estimate of EXCESS DEATHS January 2020 through December 2021, is 4.7 MILLION!!

 Excess Deaths number?Vaccination delays – cost?  Vaccine development, production and procurement – investment Modi Govt. failed to make
#15 Nehru wrote to British PM that Subhash Chandra Bose was a war criminal. This is a claim made by his steno – there is no evidence of such a letter signed by Nehru.
https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-netaji-files-the-real-story-behind-nehru-s-letter-calling-subhash-chandra-bose-a-war-criminal-2169596
#16 Priyanka Gandhi’s tweet morphed and made viral .. about her favorite story of Nehru. This is in really cheap taste but consistent with BJP standards. What is interesting is Modi  the Prime Minister of India, retweeted this tweet. It shows the intelligence of the PM. Anyone should recognise this to be a fake tweet but not Mr.Modi who is fond of insulting Nehru and Gandhis. All bhakts are merrily circulating this tweet that insinuates Nehru slept with someone else’s wife!!
https://thelogicalindian.com/fact-check/priyanka-gandhis-tweet-24925
https://www.altnews.in/priyanka-gandhis-old-tweet-morphed-to-target-jawaharlal-nehru/
#17 Amartya Sen and web of untruths – debunking social media posts originating from the digital warriors of BJP
https://www.altnews.in/amartya-sen-and-nalanda-university-debunking-a-web-of-untruths/
#18 Joseph Hope, NYT editor, article praising Modi..
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-article-praising-pm-modi-was-not-published-by-the-new-york-times-1765308-2021-02-03
#19 Old 2017 clip of Dilip Ghosh and Gorkhas being circulated as Muslim Rohingyas heckling in elections in 2021
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/ahead-delhi-polls-old-video-dilip-ghosh-heckled-viral-misleading-1644027-2020-02-06
#20 Viral on WhatsApp- a photo of Sonia Gandhi with a book “How to convert India into a Christian Nation” and a statue of Jesus is fake.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.boomlive.in/amp/fact-check/fact-check-sonia-gandhi-bible-christian-conversion-bible-book-morphed-image-13357
#21 Viral on Social Media: A.K. Antony, ex-Defence Minister got his Ministry to buy a painting for Rs.28 crores from his wife Elizabeth.
http://toi.in/E-FqCZ0/a31ga9
#22 Viral on social media- Then and now photos of Indira Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi purporting to show supplicant Congress Ministers
Congress “slaves photos” juxtaposed to serve BJP’s propaganda
#23 Viral – Rahul suggested Army can be replaced by Labourers and Farmers! Truncated from a longer video and presented out of context..
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/fact-check/story/fact-check-rahul-gandhi-did-not-suggest-replacing-indian-army-with-labourers-at-china-border-1762983-2021-01-26
#24 Nehru said that he is Hindu by accident. This quote is a fake being circulated by Bhakts ..
https://www.altnews.in/did-jawaharlal-nehru-ever-say-i-am-english-by-education-muslim-by-culture-and-hindu-by-accident/
#25 Nehru called Subhash Chandra Bose a war criminal in letter he wrote PM Atlee in 1945!!
https://www.firstpost.com/politics/netaji-letter-jwaharlal-nehrus-message-to-attle-shows-how-media-falls-for-lies-and-half-truths-2597634.html/amp
#26 Nehru’s photos with women along with snide remarks viral on social media through BJP news factory
https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/jawaharlal-nehru-coercing-women-old-photo-fact-check
#27 Bhakts circulating a photo claiming Aamir Khan met with terrorist..
https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/aamir-khan-shahid-afridi-with-terrorist-viral-photo-fact-check#read-more
#28 Viral truncated video of Rahul Gandhi (the “Pappu”) saying, “Mahatma Gandhi picked up the idea of non-violence from Islam.”
#29 A statement which is attributed to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has circulated online for the past few years. According to this quote, Nehru had said, “I am English by education, Muslim by culture and Hindu merely by accident”. Among those who claimed that Nehru had said this include BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya who had tweeted this in 2015.
This is an old fake being recirculated and quoted by ignorant Press. It is actually a quote by Khare, a right winger. Nehru was an atheist. His writings are intellectually many levels above the average right winger (aka Bhakt)! 😃
#30 Social media users are claiming Mahatma Gandhi had defended Abdul Rashid, who killed freedom fighter and Arya Samaj sanyasi saint Swami Shraddhanand.
#31 Bhakts are mocking the Bharat Jodo Yatra which is drawing big crowds and also eminent people; Viral on Social Media – Clip shows Rahul Gandhi watching vulgar “Bhojpuri dance” upon completion of 100 days of BJY – edited clip – the song-dance was actually performed by Sunidhi Chauhan
#32 Viral video claims RG and Sam Pitroda met with a BBC executive when the documentary, “India: Question of Modi” was being made. Sam Pitroda tweets the photo and identifies the Brit as Jeremy Corbyn who is a British politician (he was the Leader of Opposition 2015-2020) and not a BBC executive.
#33 Rahul Gandhi was detained in 2001 for possession of drugs in USA is fake.
#34 Sonia in the lap of former President of Maldives
#35 Gandhi in dhoti dancing with a westerner is an actor
#36 Rahul did not physically tear up the ordinance papers in 2013 when he had actually opposed it.
#37 Nehru didn’t even attend Sardar Patel’s funeral:  Modi had tweeted this. Later, after Congrwss provided the evidence to the contrary, Modi corrected himself.
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