Claim: A post written by 'Julio Ribeiro,' chiding PM Modi for repeatedly stating that the Congress party and the Gandhi family had done nothing for the country over the course of 60 years.
Fact-check: This viral message chiding PM Modi was not written by the former IPS officer Julio Ribeiro - FACTLY
Verdict: this viral message was not written by 'julio riberio', as confirmed by julio riberio himself in an article published by the indian express on 09 march 2019. in the article, he also mentioned that he became a victim of fake news, which was factually correct. julio ribeiro has also stated that he largely agrees with the contents of the post. he said, while it is true that modi's government has accelerated the development agenda in many spheres and has accomplished a lot of beneficial work that could have been done earlier, however, it is not true that earlier governments did nothing progressive for the country. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Akshay Kumar Appani
Date published: 2024-04-19T11:43:25