Congress leader BL Mungekar spreads fake news about PM Modi's 'nomination'
Op IndiaCongress leader and Former Rajya Sabha MP BL Mungekar has landed himself in trouble for sharing fake news. Notably, in a post on X which has now been deleted, the Congress leader claimed that President Droupadi Murmu was present when Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination papers for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The Election Commission of India must take an appropriate action in the matter.” However, the claims that President Murmu joined PM Modi when he filed his nomination papers are false and fake news. On 24 June 2022, PM Modi shared several pictures from filing the nomination, one of which was part of the Congress leader’s post peddling fake news. pic.twitter.com/A83Z2Qh31F — Narendra Modi June 24, 2022 Hours after sharing the false claims, Congress leader Mungekar claimed that someone else made the post from his handle and also extended an apology.
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