BJP, PM Modi Offering Free Recharge On Returning To Power? A Fact Check
NDTV
Neither BJP nor PM Modi is offering any free recharge on the occasion of forming the government for the third term.
Multiple posts (here, here, here & here) containing links to unknown websites are being widely shared on social media, claiming that PM Modi and BJP are offering free mobile recharge for three months to every Indian as a reward for winning the 2024 elections and Modi becoming PM for the third time. In this article, let's fact-check the claim made in these posts. Claim: BJP and PM Modi are offering free recharge on the occasion of forming the government for a third term.
Fact: These viral posts are fake. Neither BJP nor PM Modi is offering any free recharge on the occasion of forming the government for the third term. The links provided in the posts direct to dubious websites. There are numerous news reports about cybercriminals committing cybercrimes through such fake messages and websites. Additionally, in a Facebook post, Chamoli Police (Uttarakhand) clarified the post as fake and advised people not to open such unknown links. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Clicking the URL link provided below the post led to a webpage featuring a photo of PM Modi's rally. The webpage prompts users to click on a ‘check now' button to avail the benefits of the offer. After clicking the button, users are asked to enter their mobile number. However, after entering the mobile number, the webpage does not lead to any other page.
We then checked the official social media handles of PM Modi and BJP to see if they had announced any such scheme (here, here, here, here. here, here, here & here). However, we found that neither PM Narendra Modi nor BJP had announced any such scheme.
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