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When a political talking point depends on a selective reading of a document, data set or clip, we show the underlying record.

demography2025-10-22

Population Change = Infiltration?

Amit Shah, Union Home Minister

Claim

Amit Shah's office presented Census data showing a rise in India's Muslim population share and attributed the disparity in growth rates to large-scale infiltration.

Record

Alt News found that the population data were being presented selectively: both Hindu and Muslim population growth rates have been falling, with the decline sharper among Muslims. The available Census data do not establish that infiltration caused the observed demographic change.

Misleading

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clipped-video2025-09-28

'Nepal-Like Violence' Said What Exactly?

Amit Malviya and pro-BJP social-media accounts

Claim

A clipped video was circulated as evidence that Sonam Wangchuk urged people in Ladakh to bring change through Nepal-, Bangladesh- or Sri Lanka-style mass violence.

Record

Alt News found that the circulated clip was presented out of context and that the viral framing did not accurately represent what Wangchuk said. The report also documented amplification by BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya and other pro-BJP accounts.

Misleading

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election-data2024-05-02

Congress Contesting Fewer Than 272 Seats? Check the List.

Narendra Modi

Claim

Modi claimed that Congress was not contesting 272 Lok Sabha seats and framed that as an unprecedentedly low contesting tally.

Record

Alt News found that Congress had named candidates in more than 272 constituencies by that point, with 327 candidates announced according to the cited election data. The claim confused a campaign talking point with the party's actual candidate list.

False

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election-narrative2024-04-22

The Manifesto Said 'Wealth Distribution to Muslims' — Did It?

Narendra Modi and BJP campaign speakers

Claim

Modi's 2024 campaign speeches said the Congress manifesto proposed collecting people's gold, land and other wealth and distributing it to Muslims, and linked this to a claim that Manmohan Singh had said Muslims had the first right to the country's resources.

Record

Alt News compared the manifesto text with the claims. The manifesto did not contain a pledge to seize private wealth and redistribute it to Muslims. The report also examined the repeated 'first right' claim and the way the manifesto's minority provisions were being reframed during the campaign.

False

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political-history2023-09-26

First OBC Prime Minister? History Says Otherwise.

J P Nadda and Amit Shah

Claim

BJP leaders claimed that Narendra Modi was India's first OBC prime minister and that the BJP/NDA gave the country its first OBC PM.

Record

Alt News documented that H D Deve Gowda, who served as prime minister from 1996 to 1997, had identified himself as India's first OBC prime minister and is widely recognised as belonging to an OBC community. The BJP claim therefore depends on redefining the historical record around party affiliation.

False

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