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Former PM Manmohan Singh is necessary for economic reforms in India: Rishi Sunak! Read-Fact Check

A graphical poster is getting viral on social media sites. The poster has a photo of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on one side, while on the other side there is a picture of former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. The content on this graphical poster captioned – ” To give India the right direction and condition, a Prime Minister like Manmohan Singh is needed to improve the weakly declining economy – Rishi Sunak.”

By Sharing this graphical poster, a user named “Sneha” captioned – “Now the devotees are going to feel very hot chili”. The tweet has gained over 11,000 likes and more than2800 retweets.

Source: Twitter

Meanwhile, many other social media users are sharing this graphical  poster

Fact Check:

To analyze the originality of the graphical poster the DFRAC team first did a simple search on Google about Rishi Sunak’s statement. The team did not find any news published in the Indian media regarding this statement. We then searched English newspapers and websites in connection with this statement. Here too, we did not see any such statement from Rishi Sunak.

Conclusion:

It is clear from the verification of DFRAC that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has not made any statement regarding the need for Manmohan Singh to become prime minister for economic reforms in India. Therefore, the claim made by social media users is wrong.

Claim Reviewed: Former PM Manmohan Singh’s is necessary for economic reforms in India

Claimed By: Social Media Users

Fact check: Misleading

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