CLAIMThe official Twitter handle of Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) accused the Youth Congress of “spreading fake news” by showing parts of Jammu and
Kashmir (J&K) in
Pakistan’s map.
In a tweet targeting Prime Minister Modi’s Pakistan’s policy, the Twitter account of Youth Congress shared a map of Pakistan and claimed that the neighbouring nation was silently increasing its warheads, which currently stands at 150, 40 more than India.
VIRALITYMany Twitter users followed suit and accused the Youth Congress of showing Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a part of Pakistan.
VERIFICATIONThe original tweet of the Youth Congress, as shared above, has not been taken down yet.
To make it easier for the readers to understand what exactly went wrong in the tweet made by the Youth Congress, see this -
METHODOLOGYWe used the actual maps of both India and Pakistan, and added PoK territory to Pakistan’s map. The map we got after adding PoK to Pakistan’s map turned out to be the Youth Congress’ version of the Pakistan map.
VERDICTThe claim made by BJP's youth wing that the Youth Congress tweeted a map showing PoK in Pakistan’s map, is true.