Claim: Video of Prime Minister Modi saying that he doesn't like reservations.
Fact-check: A Clipped video is shared as visuals of Modi commenting against the reservation system. - FACTLY
Verdict: the video shared in the viral post shows an edited video clip of modi's full speech. on 7 february 2024, pm modi replied to the debate on the motion of thanks to the president of india's address in the rajya sabha. during his speech, he mentioned that congress is always against scs/sts and the reservation system. pm modi stated that jawaharlal nehru once wrote a letter to the chief ministers of the indian union expressing his dislike for reservation. then, pm modi read out nehru's quote, which said, "i dislike any kind of reservation, more particularly in services. i am strongly against anything which leads to inefficiency and second-rate standards" in the rajya sabha. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Akshay Kumar Appani
Date published: 2024-02-09T09:25:24