Fact-Check of Narendra Modi’s speech at Taki

WHAT PM SAID

BJP National President was attacked. His road show was attacked, violence was spread

TRUTH

The violence was orchestrated by BJP workers who were brought from outside the State. Leaked videos show that WhatsApp messages were circulated asking people to come to Amit Shah’s roadshow with rods and arms to fight Trinamool workers and the police. Videos from the spot show people dressed in saffron throwing stones and then entering Vidyasagar College and going on a vandalism spree. A bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was broken

Source: NDTV, India Today
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WHAT PM SAID

People are not being allowed to vote

TRUTH

With an average of 81.79%, Bengal has consistently seen one of the highest voter turnout percentages in the last six phases of elections. Of the 42,000 booths that went to elections, only 6 booths were ordered to be repolled

Source: Election Commission of India, Scroll.in
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WHAT PM SAID

Didi’s goons are carrying guns and bombs and are indulging in destruction

TRUTH

In BJP ruled Tripura the Election Commission had to order re-polling at 168 polling stations due to large-scale booth capturing, intimidation and attacks. In April, 2018 during Panchayat polls, five Trinamool workers were killed. Trinamool had sent a letter to the President regarding this. In February this year Trinamool MLA Satyajit Biswas was shot dead by BJP workers, a senior BJP leader was named in FIR

Source: News18, Scroll.in
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WHAT PM SAID

For those whom India is the only hope, will be given citizenship

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Under Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, before a person gets citizenship, they will actually be declared a foreigner for six years. The final draft of the NRC in Assam did not include 22 lakh Bengali-speaking Hindus

Source: ANI News, Telegraph India
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WHAT PM SAID

Didi looted money of poor people through chit funds

TRUTH

Chit funds flourished during Left Front regime. Trinamool Government proactively curbed chit funds and even arrested one prime accused from Kashmir. A BJP leader from Bengal is one of the prime accused in a chit fund case

Source: Livemint, India Today
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WHAT PM SAID

Few years ago when Didi was asked uncomfortable questions in an interview she left

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In a 2007 Karan Thapar interview, when Modi was asked to say that he regretted the 2002 killings, he refused to do so and walked off the interview. Since Modi became Prime Minister in 2014, he has not held a single press conference till date

Source: The Wire, The Asian Age
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WHAT PM SAID

Didi has sent a girl to jail over a picture

TRUTH

The comedy group AIB was charged with defamation for sharing a meme on Modi. A man from Assam was arrested for posting a cartoon of Modi. A 19 year old from Tamil Nadu was arrested for comments against Modi in a private Facebook message. A college principal, a lecturer, and students from Kerala were arrested for posting a negative picture of Modi in a magazine. A man from Uttar Pradesh was arrested for posters on Modi. Yesterday, (May 14, 2019) 12 college students were detained by police for selling "Modi pakodas" wearing their degree robes near the venue Modi’s rally in Chandigarh

Source: NDTV, The Hindu
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