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Last discovery run: 15 Oct 2026, 13:26 IST, via rss+tavily, 27 official series retrieved

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All speakersRahul Gandhi155Akhilesh Yadav54Arvind Kejriwal17Dhruv Rathee22Cockroach Janta Party12Abhijeet Dipke23Saurav Das9Indian National Congress18Aam Aadmi Party12Samajwadi Party20
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All topicsEducation15repolls in Bihar Assembly election 2025, PIB6lithium ore inferred resource, GSI, J&K5terror camps targeted in Operation Sindoor, MEA5students in central university hostels, Lok Sabha answer, 27 July 20264attached from main accused in UP paper-leak case, ED, June 20243Employment3Ministry of Education budget 2026-27, Press Information Bureau3net reduction in Bihar electoral roll after SIR, ECI PIB, 30 Sep 20253Air travel2
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All placesUttarakhand13Uttar Pradesh12Maharashtra11Rajasthan4

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  • Not trueRahul Gandhi22 Aug 2026Pune

    Six out of every 100 women in India are raped.

    Off by three orders of magnitude from the official crime rate.

    What the evidence shows

    What they said

    6 in 100 women (6%)

    Pune rally · 22 August 2026, 22 Aug 2026

    What is actually true

    NCRB Crime in India records rape on the order of about 4 per lakh women, not 6,000 per lakh.

    • NCRB Crime in India records rape as a counted offence. Recent all-India rates are on the order of about 4 recorded rapes per lakh women, not 6,000 per lakh.
    • Six in 100 women would be 6%. That is three orders of magnitude above the official recorded rate.
    • Under-reporting is real. NFHS and NCRB both say so in different ways. Under-reporting does not turn 4 per lakh into 6 per 100 as an official fact.

    NCRB, Crime in India

    Off by three orders of magnitude from the official crime rate.

    How this was checked: Editorial — hand-checked
  • Not trueRahul Gandhi22 Aug 2026Pune

    45% drop out because of marriage or housework.

    One reason-code anecdote is stated as the dropout rate.

    What the evidence shows

    What they said

    45% drop out over marriage or housework

    Pune rally · 22 August 2026, 22 Aug 2026

    What is actually true

    UDISE+ girls’ secondary dropout is far below 45% — about 8% in the latest published year, not 45%.

    • UDISE+ girls’ secondary dropout in the latest published year used in this file is about 8%, not 45%.
    • Marriage and housework appear among reasons in some education studies and household questions. A reason-code is not the dropout rate.
    • The Ministry of Education’s official dropout series is UDISE+. It does not print 45% of girls leaving because of marriage or housework.

    UDISE+Ministry of Education

    One reason-code anecdote is stated as the dropout rate.

    How this was checked: Editorial — hand-checked
  • Not trueRahul Gandhi22 Aug 2026Pune

    99% of sexual violence, rape, and molestation cases go unreported.

    Under-reporting is real. 99% is not the official dark figure.

    What the evidence shows

    What they said

    99% of sexual violence unreported

    Pune rally · 22 August 2026, 22 Aug 2026

    What is actually true

    NCRB publishes reported cases. NFHS publishes some disclosure questions. Neither series is a 99% official unreported rate.

    • NCRB publishes recorded sexual offences. By definition those are the reported cases, not the unreported share.
    • NFHS publishes some questions on whether violence was told to anyone. Those disclosure items are not a 99% official dark figure for rape, molestation and sexual violence together.
    • Research on under-reporting exists. It does not become a 99% official rate.

    NCRB, Crime in IndiaNFHS-5, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

    Under-reporting is real. 99% is not the official dark figure.

    How this was checked: Editorial — hand-checked
  • Not trueRahul Gandhi22 Aug 2026Pune

    Boys can take examinations multiple times after the age limit, but the marriage age is 23 for women.

    Two different systems are fused into one official rule that does not exist.

    What the evidence shows

    What they said

    Exam age limits for boys vs marriage age 23 for women

    Pune rally · 22 August 2026, 22 Aug 2026

    What is actually true

    Legal marriage age is not 23. Exam age limits vary by paper and are not a marriage-age rule of 23.

    • The legal minimum age of marriage is not 23. Under current law it is 18 for women and 21 for men.
    • Exam age limits are set paper by paper in NTA, UPSC and SSC notifications. They are not a marriage-age rule, and they are not “boys may repeat after the limit, women must marry at 23”.
    • PIB and the statute book are the official sources for marriage age. Exam information bulletins are the official sources for attempt limits.

    National Testing AgencyPress Information Bureau

    Two different systems are fused into one official rule that does not exist.

    How this was checked: Editorial — hand-checked