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Last discovery run: 15 Oct 2026, 13:26 IST, via rss+tavily, 27 official series retrieved
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Not trueSanjay Singh, Aam Aadmi Party (Aam Aadmi Party)checked 1 Oct 2026
“What Congress is doing with Akhilesh in Uttar Pradesh today is what they did with Tejashwi in Bihar. The first time, they contested 77 seats and lost many of them, and the government fell short of the majority by just five seats.”
77 seats and five seats short
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77 seats and five seats short
AAP MP Sanjay Singh alleged that Congress's actions prevented the Rashtriya Janata Dal from forming the government in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, saying Congress had earlier contested 77 seats, lost many of them, and the government fell short of a majority by just five seats.
thenewsmill.com, checked 1 Oct 2026
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The Election Commission of India published statistical reports on the 2025 Bihar election on 19 November 2025, though the excerpts do not give party tallies. Reporting of the final results says the NDA won 202 seats, above the 122-seat majority mark, while the Mahagathbandhan—including the RJD and Congress—won 34 seats (RJD 25, Congress 6).
The Election Commission of India published statistical reports for the 2025 Bihar Assembly election on 19 November 2025, within five days of the poll results. [7]
Final result reporting shows the NDA won 202 seats and the Mahagathbandhan won 34 seats, against a majority mark of 122. [6]
In that tally, the RJD won 25 seats and the Congress won six seats. [6]
The RJD contested 143 seats in the 2025 election, according to election result reporting. [1][2]
The claim's 'fell short by just five seats' conflicts with the final 2025 tally: the opposition alliance had 34 seats, leaving it 88 seats below the 122-seat majority, not five. No retrieved source shows the Congress contesting 77 seats in that election; reporting puts the Congress at six seats won. If the speaker was referring to an earlier Bihar election, the provided record does not cover it.
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Not trueSanjay Singh, Aam Aadmi Party (Aam Aadmi Party)checked 1 Oct 2026
“The second time, in the recent Assembly elections, Congress kept Tejashwi Yadav hanging until the last moment. They kept talking to contest an equal number of seats, took most of the seats, and did not announce Tejashwi as the chief ministerial candidate in time. We all know what the result was.”
The claim is partly accurate: Congress did delay endorsing Tejashwi, and the CM announcement came late. But the specific assertion that Congress took most of the seats is contradicted by the reported seat-sharing, which gave the RJD 130 seats and Congress 50. No source in the record supports the claim that Congress negotiated for an equal number of seats. Because a load-bearing specific is wrong, the claim is false.
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AAP MP Sanjay Singh said that in the recent 2025 Bihar Assembly elections Congress kept Tejashwi Yadav waiting until the last moment, negotiated for an equal number of seats, took most of the seats, and did not announce Tejashwi Yadav as chief ministerial candidate in time.
thenewsmill.com, checked 1 Oct 2026
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Reporting on the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections shows the Mahagathbandhan announced Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate on 23 October 2025, after days of negotiations. The Indian Express reported that Congress's refusal to endorse Tejashwi as the CM face before the polls was among the issues holding up the seat-sharing deal. News18 reported the seat-sharing arrangement as 130 seats for the RJD and 50 for Congress.
The Mahagathbandhan announced Tejashwi Yadav as its chief ministerial candidate on 23 October 2025. [1][3][4][7]
News18 reported the seat-sharing arrangement as 130 seats for the RJD and 50 for Congress. [2]
The Indian Express reported that Congress's refusal to endorse Tejashwi as the CM face before the polls was among the issues holding up the seat-sharing deal, and the announcement came after days of negotiations. [4]
Moneycontrol reported that the alliance fielded 253 candidates for 243 seats amid seat-sharing disputes that forced parties to file unilaterally before the nomination deadline. [7]
The claim is partly accurate: Congress did delay endorsing Tejashwi, and the CM announcement came late. But the specific assertion that Congress took most of the seats is contradicted by the reported seat-sharing, which gave the RJD 130 seats and Congress 50. No source in the record supports the claim that Congress negotiated for an equal number of seats. Because a load-bearing specific is wrong, the claim is false.
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Not trueGopal Rai (Aam Aadmi Party)checked 30 Sept 2026
“ओलांद के खुलासे से राफेल सौदे में घोटाले की बात सामने आई है. इससे दुनिया के सामने देश को शर्मनाक स्थिति का सामना करना पड़ रहा है.”
Hollande's statement concerned the choice of an offset partner, not a proven scam in the Rafale deal. The Supreme Court considered the allegations and did not order an investigation, while the Ministry of Defence denied any government role in that selection. The official record therefore contradicts the assertion that the disclosure revealed a scam, and the 'shameful situation before the world' is a political framing rather than a recorded finding.
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Gopal Rai said that Hollande's disclosure revealed a scam in the Rafale deal and that the country is facing a shameful situation before the world.
zeenews.india.com, checked 30 Sept 2026
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On 14 December 2018, the Supreme Court declined to order a court-monitored investigation into the purchase of 36 Rafale jets and recorded that Dassault, Reliance and the Indian government had all called former French President François Hollande's allegations false. The Ministry of Defence also said on 22 September 2018 that the government had no role in selecting Reliance Defence as offset partner, a commercial decision of the aircraft maker.
The Supreme Court, in its 14 December 2018 decision, declined a court-monitored investigation into the Rafale purchase. [6]
The Court recorded that Dassault, Reliance and the Indian government had all said Hollande's allegations were false. [6]
The Ministry of Defence said the government had no role in selecting Reliance Defence as offset partner and called the controversy unnecessary. [3]
Hollande's statement concerned the choice of an offset partner, not a proven scam in the Rafale deal. The Supreme Court considered the allegations and did not order an investigation, while the Ministry of Defence denied any government role in that selection. The official record therefore contradicts the assertion that the disclosure revealed a scam, and the 'shameful situation before the world' is a political framing rather than a recorded finding.
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