India TV Fact Check: In the era of the internet and social media, the scope of fake news has been expanding. Every day, false news about a certain issue goes viral on social media. These news pieces are shared with images in a way that people blindly accept them and start sharing them further. We have come across one such viral post in which bearing the name of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. However, upon fact-checking, it was found to be misleading.
What is the claim?
A tweet is going viral on social media in the name of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Facebook user Ajit Chaudhary has shared the screenshot of this tweet. It says, "Indians wanted temples, and for 70 years, Congress kept building institutions like IIT, IIM, colleges, hospitals, airports, railways, dams, ISRO, etc., which are being sold today." Similarly, on the social media platform X, a user named NK Biloniya has also shared the same screenshot, making similar remarks.
India TV investigated
As this was a political issue and a former Prime Minister, we decided to thoroughly investigate the matter. We first resorted to Google Open Search and searched for keywords related to the issue. However, we did not find any news or statement where former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said anything like that. After that, we searched for keywords related to this issue on social media, and we found several posts making similar claims.
When we couldn't find the source of this viral claim, we searched for the X handle provided in the viral screenshot. Here we found that the X handle being circulated in the screenshot does not exist. Further investigation revealed that former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh does not have an official ID on X (formerly known as Twitter). It became clear to us that the claim made in the name of the former PM is entirely fake.
What was found in fact check?
India TV Fact Check has revealed that the tweet mocking the temple, viral in the name of former PM Manmohan Singh, is false. Former PM Manmohan Singh does not have any official X (Twitter) ID. People are advised to be cautious of this fake claim.
