A video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being widely shared on social media, with users claiming that he said he would end poverty in India “in one go”.
However, the claim is false. The viral clip is taken from a longer speech where Modi was actually referring to and criticising a statement he attributed to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
The viral video shows PM Modi speaking at a public meeting. In the short clip, he appears to say that he will remove poverty from the country in one go.
The video has been shared on platforms like Facebook and X with users claiming that Modi himself made the promise.
Some users also questioned the statement and called it a false promise.
A check of the viral video shows that it does not contain the full context of Modi’s statement.
The original video was published on Narendra Modi’s official YouTube channel on April 14, 2024. It is from his public meeting in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh.
The full video is around 36 minutes long and the viral portion comes from this speech.
In the original speech, Modi was speaking about Congress and Rahul Gandhi.
At around the 27:34 minute mark, Modi talks about what he described as a statement by the “Congress prince” that poverty would be removed from the country in one go.
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