Political Fact-Check

Politicians often prey on the people’s naivety and the only solution to naivety is being armed with the facts.

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Days after Rahul Gandhi foul mouths Modi govt over increased dose gap for Covishield, AstraZeneca chief investigator backs the decision

OpIndia Staff - 19 June, 2021

AstraZeneca scientist says level of protection provided by one dose of vaccine increases in second and third month after the jab

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Digvijaya Singh lies to Pakistani journalists that Kashmiri Pandits benefited from reservation policies historically: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021

Kashmiri Pandits slam Digvijaya Singh for telling Pakistani journos that they enjoyed reservation benefits before scrapping Article 370

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Chidambaram spreads lies over vaccine procurement, when caught, says ‘I was wrong, I stand corrected’

OpIndia Staff - 8 June, 2021

P Chidambaram had to eat his own words as he was provided with the proofs he demanded over chief ministers of states as well as his own party leader Rahul Gandhi demanding freedom to procure vaccines on their own.

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Fact Check: Was CM Yogi Adityanath stopped from entering a village by the residents?

OpIndia Staff - 17 May, 2021

Meerut Police stated that the CM did not enter the lane as it was a containment zone. He only spoke to family members of patients and asked about their recovery and healthcare provisions.

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Karnataka Congress shares morphed image to allege BJP MP Tejasvi Surya’s link with BBMP bed scam after Congress supporter arrested in the case

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2021

Karnataka Congress morphed a photo to claimed that BBMP bed scam accused Congress supporter is actually BJP supporter

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Fact-check: Did BJP spokesperson praise AAP for not politicising the COVID-19 crisis? Aam Aadmi Party shares manipulated media

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2021

AAP shared manipulated video to claim that BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi praised them for not politicising the oxygen crisis in the National Capital.

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Congress party continues propaganda against Indian vaccine makers, invents another fake scam to allege they will earn more profit than Reliance Industries

OpIndia Staff - 25 April, 2021

Congress claimed that Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech will earn ₹1,11,100 crore from vaccine sale, almost 4 times of Reliance profit

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Mamata Banerjee skips third Covid-19 meeting called by PM, claims ‘not invited’ after sending chief secretary to represent her

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2021

Mamata Banerjee also said that 2 lakh central forces brought into the state from 'outside' are spreading Covid-19 in West Bengal

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Congress’ attack against Covishield continues, now spreads fake news of ‘one vaccine, 3 rates’ from official Twitter handle

Sanghamitra - 22 April, 2021

The previous low price was a part of SII's commitment to GOI and some other countries for sharing the risk of production. After the current 'under contract' 110 million doses are delivered, SII will sell to GOI at Rs 400 per dose, same as states.

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