Claim: Rs. 350 would be deducted from the bank accounts of people who will not cast their votes – Election Commission of India.
Fact-check: Election Commission of India will not be deducting Rs. 350 from the bank accounts of people who do not cast their votes - FACTLY
Verdict: the article shared in the post was a prank article published by navbharat times on 21 march 2019. later, they issued a clarification about the same, clarifying that it was meant to be a joke on the occasion of holi. pib fact check and the election commission of india clarified that no such official decision had been made as the post claims. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Varun Borugadda
Date published: 2022-09-22T08:46:48