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An Instagram graphic accurately cites BJP’s rise from about ₹464 crore in assets and ₹324 crore in income in FY2012-13 to ₹12,171 crore and ₹6,769 crore respectively in FY2024-25, but its “unicorn” and corporate balance-sheet analogy is not like-for-like. The more consequential finding is that BJP accounted for about 85% of the combined income declared…
No comments on Instagram’s ‘BJP unicorn’ comparison uses real finance figures but obscures a wider concentration in political funding
The New India’s graphic cites a real figure: 75,443 of 82,782 West Bengal SIR appeals with recorded outcomes had resulted in inclusion/restoration, about 91%. But only a small share of the wider appeals pool had been decided, and the evidence reviewed does not establish the graphic’s allegation that voter removals and later restorations were a…
A 2026 Instagram reel republishes Narendra Modi’s 2014 Mumbai speech citing Karna and Ganesha as evidence of ancient genetic science and plastic surgery; contemporary reports confirm he made those remarks. Mythological narratives do not establish those scientific claims, making the episode a documented example of the wider public-interest tension between cultural narratives and evidence-based scientific…
Narendra Modi’s 2024 pledge not to do “Hindu-Muslim” politics sits uneasily with his Banswara speech, where a reference to Muslims immediately preceded “more children” and “infiltrators”. The submitted reel captures that broader contradiction, but misleadingly strips context from a 2026 Bengal clip and wrongly says the Election Commission took no action; motive and electoral effect…
CHECKOUT : Narendra Modi
UPDATED : 13 Sep 26 / 11:33 am
The reel’s Australia-versus-India contrast is too broad: Australian elections commonly feature campaign signs, and federal parliamentarians can use official COMCAR transport. The stronger evidence-led issue is how democracies limit taxpayer-funded promotion and status symbols; both Australia and India have formal neutrality rules, while the reel’s specific mayor, convoy and ambulance claims remain unverified.
Prashant Bhushan’s reel points to a real public-interest issue: Adani and Reliance hold large positions in airports, ports and telecom, making competition and regulatory oversight legitimate concerns. But the reviewed evidence does not prove that this concentration resulted from unlawful political favour, and the 2021 Mundra heroin seizure does not by itself establish culpability by…
EVIDENCE : Partially Verified
UPDATED : 13 Sep 26 / 11:34 am
By July 2026, Jio and Airtel together held about 77% of India’s wireless subscribers, while IndiGo and the Air India Group accounted for about 91% of domestic passengers. The concentration is real and policy choices, spectrum economics, mergers and firm exits helped shape it; the 2025 IndiGo disruption also exposed resilience risks. But Sachin Pilot’s…
GEOGRPAHY : India
UPDATED : 13 Sep 26 / 11:33 am
Swatantra Bhardwaj publicly claimed that political connections helped him avoid jail after a June 2026 Jantar Mantar assault. Delhi Police disputed the injury severity and denied interference; he was later arrested and remanded to judicial custody through 21 September, while the self-defence and political-protection claims remain unresolved and no guilt finding has been made.
A viral excerpt is authentic, but the full 20 September 2025 NDTV interview shows Rekha Gupta was sarcastically rejecting an EVM-hacking allegation, not admitting that the BJP or ABVP manipulated voting machines. The case demonstrates a specific misinformation mechanism: a genuine political clip can become substantively false when its immediate continuation is removed; it does…
ENTITIES : Rekha Gupta, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Bharatiya Janata Party, Election Commission of India, Rahul Gandhi
GEOGRPAHY : Delhi
UPDATED : 13 Sep 26 / 11:34 am