'Misleading': MEA fact-checks viral claim on spokesperson Jaiswal's CJP protest remarks
The Ministry of External Affairs has clarified that spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal did not claim there was no foreign funding behind the CJP-led youth protests. The ministry labeled the viral social media post attributing this statement to Jaiswal as misleading.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing challenge of misinformation in Indian political discourse and the government's efforts to use official fact-checking channels to counter false narratives.
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday termed as "misleading" a social media post claiming that ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said there was no foreign funding behind the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led youth protest in Delhi.The CJP stir, followed by demonstrations in other parts of the country, led to the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged NEET (UG) question paper leak and other related issues."The post is misleading and misrepresents the statement of the spokesperson," the MEA's fact-check unit wrote on X, referring to the statement attributed to Jaiswal.It also shared Jaiswal's actual response to a query on allegations of foreign funding behind the CJP-led demonstrations."Madhu, regarding the point you raised about allegations of foreign funding and other such claims in connection with the ongoing protests, I would like to say that I do not have any information on this matter to…
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