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A viral reel says earlier generations did not choose the BJP for “70 years” and that 11 years of BJP rule explain why. The dissatisfaction is political opinion, but the literal history is inaccurate: the BJP was formed in 1980 and led Union governments before 2014. The evidence establishes party and election chronology, not why…

Open Post: Viral ‘70 years without BJP’ line turns political dissatisfaction into inaccurate electoral history

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…

Instagram’s ‘BJP unicorn’ comparison uses real finance figures but obscures a wider concentration in political funding
Open Post: 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…

The New India’s Bengal SIR graphic uses a real 91% restoration figure, but its BJP strategy claim is unproven
Open Post: The New India’s Bengal SIR graphic uses a real 91% restoration figure, but its BJP strategy claim is unproven

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…

Open Post: Modi’s ‘no Hindu-Muslim politics’ pledge conflicts with documented campaign rhetoric, though this reel misframes one clip

A 2024 Indian Express investigation found that 23 of 25 prominent opposition politicians under central-agency scrutiny who later moved to the BJP received some form of reprieve. The pattern raises a legitimate agency-impartiality question and sits in tension with Narendra Modi’s claim that enforcement agencies act independently, but timing alone does not prove that party…

Open Post: Reprieve followed BJP switches in 23 of 25 opposition cases reviewed; political causation remains unproven

The 2G record is not resolved by a single “scam” or “no scam” verdict. The 2017 criminal acquittals remain operative, while the Supreme Court separately held the 2008 licence-allocation process illegal and quashed it; the ₹1.76-lakh-crore figure was a presumptive audit estimate, not proven stolen cash. Keeping those findings distinct is essential to understanding what…

Open Post: The 2G record contains both criminal acquittals and a Supreme Court finding that the 2008 licences were illegal

The reel’s ₹76,000 crore government-advertising figure is unsupported; reporting based on government data puts central advertising at about ₹5,987.46 crore for 2014-15 to 2024-25. The broader issue is still real: government advertising, concentrated ownership and political alignment are documented media-independence concerns, but this record does not prove that advertising caused favourable coverage or that specific…

Open Post: Government advertising is a real media-independence concern; viral ₹76,000 crore figure is unsupported

The Technical Dost reel is right that Mahatma Gandhi died before Jeffrey Epstein was born, but that does not rule out Gandhi being mentioned in later documents. The stronger finding is evidentiary: a name hit in the vast Epstein archive can range from an incidental secondary reference to evidence of direct contact, so it cannot…

Open Post: A name in the Epstein files is not evidence of an Epstein relationship; viral rebuttal also overstates its case

A court-ordered FIR alleges that a dialysis patient’s illness and family circumstances were exploited to transfer about 70 biswa of Varanasi property valued by the complainant at roughly ₹50 crore; BJP district vice-president Suresh Kumar Singh is among ten named accused and denies wrongdoing. The case raises a wider registration-safeguard question because Uttar Pradesh rules…

Open Post: Varanasi ₹50-crore land case tests property-registration safeguards; FIR allegations remain unproven