2024-04-17 04:52:28
New Delhi: The bugle of Lok Sabha elections has been sounded. Meanwhile, a claim is being made on social media regarding the Congress Party that due to fear of China, Congress has not made anyone a candidate in Arunachal Pradesh. However, this claim made on social media is completely fake. A Facebook user named Mayur Vashi posted on Facebook (archive link) claiming that despite starting from the North-Eastern state, Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra did not pass through Arunachal Pradesh and this time Congress has won the Lok Sabha elections. No one has been made a candidate from Arunachal Pradesh. Many other users on social media have also shared this post with the same claim.
What was found in the investigation?
However, when Vishvas News investigated this matter, they got some information from the Election Commission. According to the Election Commission’s notification (archive link), voting for both the Lok Sabha seats of Arunachal Pradesh (Arunachal West, Arunachal East) will be held in the first phase on 19 April 2024.
Along with this, his team checked the names of two candidates. According to the Election Commission website, Congress has fielded two candidates. Which includes the names of Bosiram Siram from Arunachal Pradesh (East) and Nabam Tuki from Arunachal Pradesh (West).
Along with the Lok Sabha elections, assembly elections are also to be held in Arunachal Pradesh. For which Congress has announced candidates on some 34 seats. After which it was proved that the claim made on social media is completely fake. Congress is contesting both Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh. The party has also announced candidates for both the elections.
A claim is also being made in that viral post that despite starting from the North-East, Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra did not pass through Arunachal Pradesh. However, when Vishvas News team searched about this on Google, they found many news reports in which it was told that Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra passed through Arunachal Pradesh. According to the report of CNBC18.com, when Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra reached Arunachal Pradesh via Assam, Congress chief Nabam Tuki welcomed him there. When Vishvas News team talked to Nabam Tuki about this, he termed the viral claim as fake and said that Congress is contesting both Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh. The group in which the viral post has been shared has three thousand users.
conclusion: The claim made on social media about Congress that the party is not contesting elections in Arunachal Pradesh due to fear of China is completely fake. Congress is contesting both Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh. The claims being made on social media are election propaganda.
(This story was originally published by Vishvas News and republished by NBT as part of the Shakti Collective.)