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A 29 August 2026 Instagram reel defends Congress by invoking the four dhams, 12 Jyotirlingas and other Hindu temples amid the current Ram-temple donation dispute. The sites and traditions long predate modern party politics; while later governments and patrons have funded restoration and infrastructure, the evidence does not support attributing their creation to Congress. The…
ENTITIES : Indian National Congress
GEOGRPAHY : India
TYPE : Fact Check
EVIDENCE : Misleading
PERIOD : 2026
UPDATED : 18 Sep 26 / 9:01 am
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A WhattsViral India graphic attributes to Ashneer Grover the claim that ₹22,000 crore linked to Subhash Chandra could have funded free UPI for 20 years. The comparison is misleading: the ₹22,006.57 crore figure concerns admitted claims in Chandra’s personal-guarantor insolvency process, not a demonstrated pot of government revenue, while UPI funding and MDR are separate…
An Instagram reel criticises Modi birthday diyas in Patna during Bihar’s floods and says huge quantities of edible oil were wasted. The mass lamp campaign and flood context are documented, as are Modi’s calls to cut edible-oil use, but available evidence supports about 25,000 planned diyas in Patna—not “lakhs”—and does not establish the reel’s oil-volume…
PERIOD : 2026
UPDATED : 18 Sep 26 / 8:51 am
An Instagram meme invokes the old “maun” label for Manmohan Singh to mock Narendra Modi’s press-conference record. Singh’s archival record includes numerous press interactions, while reporting through 2026 says Modi has not held a comparable open solo press conference in India—though he has appeared at joint press events, so a literal “no press conferences” reading…
The Satirical Society contrasts Umar Khalid’s six years of pre-trial custody with Swatantra Bhardwaj receiving three weeks of interim bail 10 days after arrest. The timing is substantially accurate, but the cases involve different allegations, statutes and bail standards: Khalid’s UAPA prosecution carries a restrictive statutory threshold, while Bhardwaj’s relief was temporary interim bail in…
A 15 September reel shows CJP co-convenor Saurav Das’s team being denied entry at a Noida government-school gate and records a reference to repeated calls. Das alleged official obstruction and separately claimed district schools were ordered closed, but Gautam Buddha Nagar education officials denied any closure order; the evidence raises a wider question about citizen…
PERIOD : 2026
UPDATED : 15 Sep 26 / 6:40 pm
Chetan Setia’s reel says Punjab jumped from 27th in 2020 to No. 1 in school education. The latest PGI does make Punjab the highest-scoring state and the national leader in its learning-outcomes domain, but official records show Punjab was already top by overall PGI score in 2019-20 and 9th among large states in NITI Aayog’s…
In a June 2026 reel, Sarthak Goswami calls it hypocrisy to revere the Ganga while polluting it, citing untreated sewage at Rishikesh and disposal of puja material and plastic. Official CAG and CPCB records independently document serious sewer-connectivity and treatment failures in Rishikesh, while the reel’s specific commenter anecdote and the prevalence of ritual dumping…
An Instagram post says journalist Divya Srivastava lost her job within hours of pressing Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for answers. The recorded exchange is real and Srivastava later alleged harassment, but contemporaneous reporting says she denied the viral firing claim; available evidence does not establish that she was dismissed or that any employment…
TAGS : BJP, Lucknow, Media Accountability, Misinformation, Press Conference, Press Freedom, Yogi Adityanath
PERIOD : 2026
UPDATED : 15 Sep 26 / 5:19 pm