Facts of India: Protest Record is a sourced record of India's protests from September 2025 to October 2026, covering the voter-roll revision, the Cockroach Janta Party, Ladakh, labour, farmers and more. It reports what happened, who said what, and what evidence exists. It does not take sides.
Who this site is for
This site is for anyone who wants to know what actually happened, without having to trust one side's account. That includes students and voters trying to make sense of competing claims on social media, journalists and researchers who need a sourced starting point, and readers outside India following the story.
It is also for people who already hold a view. Supporters of the government will find its case set out in its own words. Supporters of the protesters will find their accounts recorded too. Both will find the evidence, or the lack of it, stated plainly.
Editorial policy
- Facts only. Pages record events, official figures, court orders and statements. Where we add analysis, it is labelled as analysis.
- Every claim is sourced. Each fact links to the report, document or record it comes from, placed directly after the sentence it supports. Each page ends with a full source list.
- Every claim is attributed. Allegations are credited to the person or body that made them, whether a minister, a police officer, an opposition leader or a protest group.
- Both accounts are given. Where protesters and police tell different stories, both are set out side by side. The government's and police's stated reasons are given fully and fairly.
- No labels without evidence. We do not call anyone a propagandist, a foreign agent or a paid protester unless credible evidence supports it. The same rule applies to every side.
- Documented facts stay in. We do not drop a documented fact because it is inconvenient to one side.
The five evidence tags
Where a statement is contested, it carries one of five tags so readers can see at a glance how much weight it bears.
- Documented An event, an official figure or a court order, reported by credible outlets.
- Claim An assertion, credited to whoever made it. A claim may be true or false; the tag means it has not been independently established.
- False Rated false or misleading by a named fact-checker, such as Alt News, BOOM, Factly, Newschecker or Rumor Scanner. We name the fact-checker each time.
- No evidence We searched for support and found no credible evidence. This does not prove a claim untrue: officials may hold evidence they have not released.
- Government's position The government's stated position, in its own words.
The tags apply equally to all sides. Misleading videos shared by protest supporters are marked false just as claims made by ministers are.
The Government's case
The site includes a dedicated page, The government's case, which sets out the reasons the government, the Election Commission and the police have given for their actions. It is labelled as such. It presents their position as they state it, with sources, so readers can weigh it against the rest of the record.
Corrections
We correct errors promptly and openly. When a fact is corrected, the page carries a dated note at the foot saying what was changed and when. We do not silently rewrite pages. When a story develops, for example a court rules or a fact-checker issues a verdict, the page's "updated" date changes and the new fact is added with its source.
If you believe something on this site is wrong, missing or unfairly put, please write to us with a link to the source that shows it. We consider every request, including from people and organisations named on the site.
How we work
We prefer primary records (court orders, official releases, government data) and established news outlets, including wire services. Where a source is partisan, we say so. Where a figure varies between reports, we give the range. Where we could not verify something, we leave it out.
Contact
Email contact@protestrecord.com, or see the contact page for corrections, tips and press.