The vishvasnews.com Fact Check: Amidst the ongoing election campaign for Lok Sabha, a fake video clip of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge is being shared on social media claiming that during an election rally, he had earlier mentioned PM Nehru and said that He wanted to see ‘the poor becoming poorer’ and ‘the rich becoming richer’ in the country.
vishvasnews.com In the investigation it was found to be wrong. It is being shared with the intention of election propaganda. In the original video, Kharge had said this while targeting the Narendra Modi government, but this context was removed from the viral clip, due to which its meaning has changed. Referring to Nehru in the context of promoting policies of economic equality, Kharge had accused the Narendra Modi government of promoting economic inequality.
What is viral?
Social media user ‘politics_solitics’ went viral Video (archive Link), on which it is written, “Nehru ji’s dream was that the poor should become very poor.”
Till the time of investigation, this video has been liked by more than two lakh people. Many other users (archive link) on other social media platforms have shared this video clip with similar claims.
“It was Nehru ji’s dream that the rich became rich and the poor became poorer.”
-Mallikarjun Kharge
…that’s why India’s poor kept getting poorer in the last 70 years https://t.co/qoyZVhlN3e— Triloki Nath Chaudhary Modi’s family (@TrilokiNathCha8) May 8, 2024
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FIRST PUBLISHED: May 16, 2024, 18:55 IST