Claim checker · 48 claims
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“49% of CJP followers are Pakistani”
Said by: Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar; BJYM's Tajinder Bagga
CJP's analytics show 94.7% Indian; third-party tools agree. Alt News Full fact check →
False
“Jaishankar seeks Dipke's extradition (video)”
Said by: Viral video
Deepfake. BOOM Full fact check →
False
“Video: CJP members catch a bribe-taking police officer”
Said by: Pro-CJP social posts
An old, unrelated video. Newschecker Full fact check →
False
“Photo links a NEET leak accused to Pradhan”
Said by: Pro-protest social posts
The photo does not show what is claimed. Newschecker Full fact check →
False
“Dhruv Rathee "exposes" CJP's fake followers”
Said by: Viral clip
Edited from an April video about Raghav Chadha. Newschecker Full fact check →
False
“Videos show nationwide "vote chori" protests”
Said by: Pro-opposition posts
Actually a 2025 MGNREGA protest and a 2024 BPSC march. Factly Full fact check →
Misleading
“Bangladeshis flee West Bengal after the SIR (video)”
Said by: Pro-SIR posts
A Kali idol immersion in Nadia; West Bengal Police also called it fake. Rumor Scanner Full fact check →
False
“Wangchuk told protesters to wear masks to hide identity”
Said by: Amit Malviya (BJP)
Clipped: the masks remark was a COVID precaution at a prayer meeting. Alt News Full fact check →
Out of context
“Video: Wangchuk supports a Chinese invasion”
Said by: Viral clip
Cut from a 2024 video in which he quoted a comedian. BOOM Full fact check →
False
“Ladakh DGP "admits" the arrest was ordered by the Defence Minister”
Said by: Viral video
AI voice-over. BOOM Full fact check →
False
“New violence in Ladakh after a fresh Wangchuk arrest”
Said by: Pakistan-linked handles
Old footage from Sept 2025. CyberPeace Full fact check →
Misleading
“Noida police fired and 14 workers died”
Said by: X handles later traced to Pakistan via VPN
No firing deaths. Decode Full fact check →
False
“Injured man in a photo was hurt by Bareilly police”
Said by: Social posts
The photo is from Uttarakhand in 2023. Factly Full fact check →
False
“Manipur video shows army bombing”
Said by: Social posts
A 2023 Churachandpur house-blast video. BOOM Full fact check →
False
“Video of a Save Aravalli protest”
Said by: Social posts
An unrelated Chhattisgarh cement-plant protest. Factly Full fact check →
False
“CSDS data shows Maharashtra voter drop”
Said by: Shared by Congress's Pawan Khera
Retracted by the pollster as "misread". Newslaundry Full fact check →
Retracted
“CJP was scripted at the Human Rights Foundation's Oslo forum, with Soros links”
Said by: PN Rai; Organiser
The only specifics are a grant from a different foundation to one spokesperson and his attendance. No funding record ties HRF or Soros to the CJP. Organiser Full fact check →
No evidence
“Dipke's Boston University records are not on record”
Said by: Social posts; RTI complaint
Nothing shows records missing. Dipke cites a scholarship and a loan; BU made no statement. ThePrint Full fact check →
No evidence
“Dhruv Rathee is linked to or funds the CJP”
Said by: Social posts
Public support only: a video and a rally appearance. He says he paid his own way. Oneindia Full fact check →
No evidence
“The CEC signed for the other commissioners, or their signatures were forged”
Said by: Social posts
Not alleged in any petition or credible report. The actual allegation is orders issued "without approval". LawBeat Full fact check →
No evidence
“The CJP is foreign-funded (Pakistan, Soros)”
Said by: Kiren Rijiju, R. Chandrasekhar, N. Ramchander Rao
No documents produced. Courts dismissed probe petitions, and MEA had "no information to share". The Federal Full fact check →
No evidence
“"Vote chori" PDFs were made in Myanmar, with Soros links”
Said by: BJP spokespersons
Based only on a file time-zone setting, which does not show where a file was made. IANS Full fact check →
No evidence
“Wangchuk has Pakistan links”
Said by: Ladakh DGP
Not produced in public or relied on in the Supreme Court. Tribune Full fact check →
No evidence
“A Congress councillor led the Leh mob”
Said by: Amit Malviya (BJP)
Leh SSP said the man in the video was not the councillor. ThePrint Full fact check →
Denied by police
“Musk: "oligarchs" are blocking Starlink in India”
Said by: Elon Musk
No evidence offered. The Ministry says Starlink and Jio-SES are at the same stage. Al Jazeera Full fact check →
No evidence
“Pellet guns were not used on 20 July”
Said by: Delhi Police
Amnesty verified pellet use, a hospital report confirmed pellet wounds, and a paramilitary inquiry reportedly found 7+ rounds fired. Al Jazeera Full fact check →
Contradicted
“2,000+ protesters had criminal records”
Said by: Delhi Police sources
Facial-recognition claim, not independently verified. Statesman Full fact check →
Unverified
“Pradhan called the CJP a "B team of terrorists"”
Said by: Reports; Rahul Gandhi
NDTV renders the phrase as "B Team of Disruptive Elements". Exact wording disputed. NDTV Full fact check →
Disputed
“100,250 votes were "stolen" in Mahadevapura”
Said by: Rahul Gandhi
The ECI calls it false and asked for a sworn declaration. No independent fact-check found. Scroll Full fact check →
Disputed
“SIR deletions decided the 2025–26 elections”
Said by: Opposition leaders
ISAS and The Quint find no proof the deletions changed outcomes. ISAS Full fact check →
Not shown
“Two election commissioners objected 14 times”
Said by: Indian Express investigation
The ECI does not deny the notes exist but says decisions were unanimous. ThePrint Full fact check →
Reported
“Dipke worked for AAP”
Said by: Critics; BJP
He acknowledges AAP social media work from 2020 to 2023. The Wire Full fact check →
Confirmed
“The government blocked the CJP's X account”
Said by: CJP
MeitY order under Section 69A; reversed after the Delhi High Court order on 7 July. LiveLaw Full fact check →
Confirmed
“Diaspora groups rallied in the US for Indian protesters”
Said by: Social posts
Hindus for Human Rights held small rallies around 20 July. They were not government-backed. India West Full fact check →
Confirmed
“Seven protesters died in the 20 July clashes”
Said by: @zarb_e.zulfiqar and at least 28 other posts
No deaths were recorded on 20 July. Soch Full fact check →
False
“Video: Piyush Goyal says "hang cockroaches"”
Said by: Pro-protest posts
AI deepfake. Similar fakes showed Rajnath Singh and the CDS. Newschecker Full fact check →
False
“The nail-studded baton video from 20 July is fake”
Said by: Delhi Police
Verified as filmed at the protest. Who used the baton is not established. BOOM Full fact check →
Contradicted
“Video: an ACP groping a woman journalist”
Said by: Nadeem Ahmed's page (per police)
Police say it is AI-generated and arrested him. The underlying complaint against the officer is uninvestigated. ThePrint Full fact check →
Police: AI fake
“Bangladeshi nationals got Indian voter IDs in West Bengal”
Said by: BJP; police; migrants at the border
Named cases exist (e.g. Shanta Paul, July 2025). The scale claimed by the BJP (1.25 crore) has no support in ECI data. PTI Full fact check →
Cases confirmed
“1–1.25 crore infiltrators are on West Bengal's rolls”
Said by: Suvendu Adhikari (BJP)
The ECI publishes no foreigner category. The largest BSF figure for people crossing back is about 25,000. Reporters' Collective Full fact check →
No evidence
“"Ghar wapsi" river queue shows Bangladeshis leaving Bengal”
Said by: Social posts
Garment workers commuting at Mongla Ghat, in Bangladesh. BOOM Full fact check →
False
“Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng, who called out a question to Modi in Oslo, is a Human Rights Foundation speaker”
Said by: PN Rai video; Organiser (Oct 2026)
She is not on the Oslo Freedom Forum speaker lists. Her question (18 May) came before the forum (1–3 June). No HRF grant or fellowship is on record. OFF speakers Nieman Full fact check →
No evidence
“Helle Lyng is linked to the CJP”
Said by: PN Rai; Organiser
Only a timeline coincidence. The CJP was founded two days before her question. Organiser Full fact check →
No evidence
“Helle Lyng asked Modi about jets lost in Operation Sindoor”
Said by: Pakistani accounts
Her question was about press freedom. BOOM Full fact check →
False
“Rahul Gandhi pushed a woman police officer on 7 Oct”
Said by: BJP's Pradeep Bhandari
An FIR was filed. The video is not yet independently verified for completeness or context. ThePrint Full fact check →
FIR filed
“Priyanka Gandhi elbowed a woman constable on 7 Oct”
Said by: BJP's Arun Yadav
PTI: "unclear whether the contact was deliberate". An FIR was filed. FPJ/PTI Full fact check →
FIR filed
“Protesters attacked reporters at CJP protests”
Said by: Reporters; Times Now, ABP, Republic, NDTV
Multiple assaults documented. The Editors Guild condemned them, and CJP apologised to one reporter. Newslaundry Full fact check →
Confirmed
“Rahul Gandhi thanked Musk for his Ambani posts”
Said by: Social posts
Rahul replied "Welcome to India, Elon. Wait till you discover the other guy", and Musk thanked Rahul, not the reverse. Rahul: "I am not anti-business; I am anti-monopoly." Business Standard Full fact check →
Partly true