An interview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going viral on the X platform (previously known as Twitter) with the claim that he remarked that Hindutva is a deck of cards for his party to secure electoral gains.
The Congress supporters are sharing this video with the claim that PM Modi views Hindutva as a deck of cards to be used in the political game. (Archived links 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5)
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We began our research by conducting a reverse image search of a frame extracted from the video. This led us to a report by Zee News titled, “Deshhit: Watch PM Modi’s 24-year-old interview.” The video was posted in 2022 when the Prime Minister turned 72. Zee News aired the 24-year-old interview with Narendra Modi, originally given to the channel on its show “Aapki Adalat, Aapka Faisla.” The report also includes the full interview clip, which runs for 19 minutes and 31 seconds.
We found the same interview video shared by Zee News on their YouTube channel.
After watching the complete 19-minute interview clip it was found that the claim misleading. The audio in the viral YouTube clip has been digitally manipulated. At 10:4 minutes into the video, the interviewer asks Modi if his party is using religion as a gimmick, adding, “Your slogan of Hindutva was the reason why you got two seats in the Lok Sabha in 1984, and from there you rose to the position of forming the government in 1998. Now your Hindutva slogan has also failed. In this election, you used Vande Mataram and Saraswati Vandana again in the name of your election gimmick, but people have realised that you raise sentimental subjects at election time merely to win votes.”
When asked about exploiting Hindutva as an election gimmick, Narendra responds, “Hindutva has never been the BJP party’s electoral slogan. For us, Hindutva is an article of faith. This is not a deck of cards for a political game.” He makes no mention of his party leveraging Hindutva politics as a deck of cards to secure electoral gains.
In conclusion, a video clip of PM Modi is being shared with the claim that he admitted the BJP uses Hindutva as a deck of cards to win elections. However, the claim is misleading. In the full interview with Zee News, Modi actually said that Hindutva is not an election slogan or a tool for electoral gains, but an article of faith for the party.
| Claim | PM Modi has said that the BJP is using Hindutva as a deck of cards to win election |
| Claimed by | Congress supporters |
| Fact Check | Misleading |
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