Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her seventh straight Budget on July 23 for the fiscal year 2024-25, surpassing the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Now, an image from the pre-budget Halwa ceremony is being circulated on social media platforms with the claim that no Dalit, Adivasi, OBC, and minority people attended the event. However, D-Intent Data has discovered that these claims are not true, as people from different categories and communities were indeed present at the ceremony.
Sharing the image on X, Congress worker Gurdeep Singh Sappal (@gurdeepsappal) said,. There is no Dalit, Adivasi, backward or minority in the photo of the officers who distributed the budget halwa. This is the photo that @RahulGandhi wanted to show in the Lok Sabha, which the speaker and his cameras did not allow to be shown, Also, he was stopped from taking the names of Adani and Ambani. Now tell me, how should this be discussed in the House?
The truth about the claims on pre-budget halwa ceremony, Fact Check
To verify the claims made by the Congress workers, we researched and analyzed the viral image and found that these claims are incorrect.
Upon close observation, nameplates of the people attending the pre-budget Halwa ceremony can be seen placed on the table. There is a nameplate bearing the name “Minister of State (Finance) Pankaj Chaudhary.” According to reports, Pankaj Chaudhary belongs to the OBC Kurmi caste.
Apart from this, there is another nameplate on which Ali Raza Rizvi is written, he belongs to the minority community. According to reports, Ali Raza Rizvi was posted as secretary, of the Department of Public Enterprises.
Hence, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the claims made by Congress workers are not true.
Intent
Congress workers are circulating images from the pre-budget Halwa ceremony 2024. And making misleading claims to set their political narrative based on caste and religion.
Conclusion
Claim- No Dalit, Adivasi, OBC and minority attended the pre-budget halwa ceremony 2024.
Fact- People from different castes and communities attended the pre-budget Halwa ceremony.
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