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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 trueAbhijeet Dipkechecked 1 Oct 2026
“"Pradhan lost his chair. The Uttar Pradesh government allocated a budget of thousands of crores to repair schools. The Rajasthan govt also allocated a budget to repair schools after the Ashutosh (Ranka) issue. The Maharashtra government has started working on Ashram and government schools, but it is not that effective yet," he claimed.”
thousands of crores
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Abhijeet Dipke claimed that after student agitation forced Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign, the Uttar Pradesh government allocated a budget of thousands of crores to repair schools, Rajasthan also allocated a school-repair budget after the Ashutosh Ranka issue, and Maharashtra's work on ashram and government schools is not yet effective.
freepressjournal.in, checked 1 Oct 2026
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A Rajya Sabha answer of 26 March 2025 lists central Samagra Shiksha releases to Uttar Pradesh of ₹4,571.85 crore, ₹2,044.97 crore, ₹3,819.75 crore, ₹4,276.45 crore and ₹4,487.40 crore across 2020-21 to 2024-25, and describes Operation Kayakalp, but records no state budget of thousands of crores for school repairs [2]. India Today reported on 25 August 2026 that the Uttar Pradesh government approved ₹604 crore to rebuild and repair 3,126 council schools [1]. Rajasthan's ₹503 crore fund was sanctioned after a roof collapse at a government school in Piplodi, Jhalawar killed seven children [7][8].
A Rajya Sabha answer of 26 March 2025 records central Samagra Shiksha releases to Uttar Pradesh of ₹4,571.85 crore, ₹2,044.97 crore, ₹3,819.75 crore, ₹4,276.45 crore and ₹4,487.40 crore from 2020-21 to 2024-25, and mentions Operation Kayakalp, but no state budget of thousands of crores for school repairs [2]. [2]
India Today reported on 25 August 2026 that the Uttar Pradesh government approved ₹604 crore to rebuild and repair 3,126 council-run primary and upper primary schools [1]. [1]
Rajasthan's ₹503 crore school repair fund was sanctioned after a roof collapse at a government school in Piplodi, Jhalawar killed seven children, not after an 'Ashutosh Ranka issue' [7][8]. [7][8]
No source in the record shows Dharmendra Pradhan resigned or lost his chair; a 2023 PIB release refers to him as Union Education Minister [4]. [4]
The claim is false on its load-bearing specifics. The Uttar Pradesh figure is ₹604 crore, not thousands of crores, and the Rajasthan fund followed the Piplodi roof collapse, not an Ashutosh Ranka issue. No source shows Pradhan resigned, and the record contains no evidence on Maharashtra's effectiveness.
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Not trueAbhijeet Dipkechecked 30 Sept 2026
“If we look at the unemployment data, India currently has the highest unemployment rate in the last 40 years”
5.2%
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Abhijeet Dipke said that India currently has the highest unemployment rate in the last 40 years.
bbc.co.uk, checked 30 Sept 2026
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5.2%
overall unemployment rate, persons 15+, PLFS April 2026
static.pib.gov.in
The National Statistics Office's Periodic Labour Force Survey monthly bulletin for April 2026 put the all-India unemployment rate for persons aged 15 and above at 5.2% using the current weekly status measure. The Ministry of Labour and Employment told Parliament that the annual usual-status unemployment rate fell from 6.0% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 2023-24. A 2017-18 PLFS figure of 6.1% was described in one analysis as the highest in 45 years.
The National Statistics Office's monthly Periodic Labour Force Survey bulletin for April 2026 says the overall unemployment rate for people aged 15 and above remained broadly stable at 5.2%. [3][4]
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has stated in Parliament that the annual usual-status unemployment rate decreased from 6.0% in 2017-18 to 3.2% in 2023-24. [8]
The Hindu reported that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi made a similar claim on 24 August 2026 that unemployment is the highest in 40 years, but that is a political assertion, not an official data finding. [1]
The claim that unemployment is currently the highest in 40 years is contradicted by official labour force data. The most recent monthly bulletin shows a rate of 5.2%, while the government's parliamentary answer says the usual-status rate was 6.0% in 2017-18 and 3.2% in 2023-24. Since a higher rate was recorded several years ago, India is not at a 40-year peak now.
Not trueCockroach Janata Party (Abhijeet Dipke's outfit) (Abhijeet Dipke)checked 30 Sept 2026
“But there was always one option left - to vote against the regime. Now even that’s being taken away! Resist this, Save Democracy!”
The post asserts that the Special Intensive Revision removes the last way to vote against the ruling side, but the official record shows no such removal. The exercise includes a statutory claims-and-objections window and appeal rights, the Supreme Court has upheld it as legal and consistent with free and fair elections, and the Election Commission's stated rule is that no eligible voter should be left out. The claim is therefore contradicted by the record, not merely unproven.
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The Cockroach Janata Party, founded by Abhijeet Dipke, alleged in a post that the option of voting against the regime is now being taken away, framing the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls as an attack on democracy.
freepressjournal.in, checked 30 Sept 2026
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The Ministry of Law and Justice, citing the Election Commission, which runs elections, said on 25 July 2026 that the Special Intensive Revision aims to make rolls accurate and free of ineligible or duplicate entries while ensuring no eligible elector is left out. The Supreme Court, in its judgment dated 27 May 2026, held the SIR exercise is within the Election Commission's statutory mandate under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and consistent with its constitutional duty under Article 324 to ensure free and fair elections.
The Election Commission's press note, reproduced by the Ministry of Law and Justice on 25 July 2026, says the Special Intensive Revision aims to make electoral rolls accurate and up-to-date while ensuring that no eligible elector is left out. [7]
The Supreme Court, in a judgment dated 27 May 2026, examined the legality of the Special Intensive Revision and held that it is within the Election Commission's statutory mandate under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and consistent with Article 324's requirement of free and fair elections. [7]
The revision process requires publication of a draft roll, a period for filing claims and objections, and provides appeals to the District Magistrate and Chief Electoral Officer before the roll is finalised. [7][2]
After Bihar's Special Intensive Revision, the Election Commission said any eligible person left out could still apply for inclusion up to ten days before the last date for filing nominations, and could appeal against an Electoral Registration Officer's decision. [9]
In the 2026 assembly elections in Assam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala and Puducherry, voting was conducted on the revised rolls and results were declared on 4 May 2026. [6]
The post asserts that the Special Intensive Revision removes the last way to vote against the ruling side, but the official record shows no such removal. The exercise includes a statutory claims-and-objections window and appeal rights, the Supreme Court has upheld it as legal and consistent with free and fair elections, and the Election Commission's stated rule is that no eligible voter should be left out. The claim is therefore contradicted by the record, not merely unproven.
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Not trueAbhijeet Dipkechecked 30 Sept 2026
“every year there’s not been one single government examination where the paper isn’t leaked, or the paper or the exam isn’t cancelled”
The claim is built on an absolute: that in every year, not one single government exam escaped either a paper leak or a cancellation. The sources show many serious leaks and cancellations, but they also identify a major central examination body with no comparable systemic leak crisis and classify some exams as not cancelled. Because even one exam that was neither leaked nor cancelled would make the claim false, the available record contradicts the absolutist wording.
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Abhijeet Dipke said that every year there has not been a single government examination in India where the paper was not leaked, or the paper or exam was not cancelled.
bbc.co.uk, checked 30 Sept 2026
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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which runs civil-services and other central government exams, has 'not had a comparable systemic paper leak crisis,' according to India Today. A 2005–2026 review of exam fraud cases classifies some exams as 'Cancelled' and others as 'Not cancelled,' so not every listed exam was cancelled. The Press Information Bureau's material on the anti-leak laws treats leaks as a significant problem the laws aim to reduce, not as a feature of every exam.
India Today reports that the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which conducts civil-services and other central government exams, has 'not had a comparable systemic paper leak crisis.' [2]
A 2005–2026 review of exam fraud cases contains separate 'Cancelled' and 'Not cancelled' categories for both pre-2015 and post-2015 cases, so the record does not show that all government exams were cancelled. [1]
The Hindu says India relives the same paper-leak headline 'every few months' — a recurring problem, not proof that every exam every year is leaked or cancelled. [7]
The Press Information Bureau's official document on strengthening anti-leak law says the aim is to give exam candidates 'greater confidence' that papers will not leak, and it does not state that every government exam is compromised. [4]
The claim is built on an absolute: that in every year, not one single government exam escaped either a paper leak or a cancellation. The sources show many serious leaks and cancellations, but they also identify a major central examination body with no comparable systemic leak crisis and classify some exams as not cancelled. Because even one exam that was neither leaked nor cancelled would make the claim false, the available record contradicts the absolutist wording.
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Not trueAbhijeet Dipke24 Sept 2026
“Dipke alleged that more than 130 million names have been struck off draft electoral rolls across 30 states and union territories during the SIR process.”
The claim's two load-bearing specifics are the deletion figure of 130 million and the count of 30 states/UTs. The record contradicts the state/UT count: BBC says only 13 states/UTs had undergone SIR so far, and the EC's phased schedule shows the exercise was not complete across 30 states/UTs. No source provides a 130 million figure; West Bengal, one reported case, had 9 million deletions. Because at least the 30-state element is wrong on the record, the claim is false.
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Abhijeet Dipke alleged that more than 130 million names were struck off draft electoral rolls across 30 states and union territories during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.
dw.com, 24 Sept 2026
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The Election Commission's 25 July 2026 press note describes SIR in phases, with Phase II covering nine states and three union territories and Phase III underway or proposed in the remaining states/UTs; it provides no all-India deletion total. A BBC report on the 2026 rolls says nine million voters were removed in West Bengal and that thirteen states and federally administered territories had undergone SIR so far. The Supreme Court order in 2026 INSC 564 discusses SIR deletions but gives no 130 million or 30-state figure.
The ECI press note says SIR is being carried out in phases, with Phase II covering nine states and three union territories, and Phase III underway or proposed in remaining states/UTs; it does not state any total deletion figure. [1]
BBC reporting on the 2026 rolls says nine million voters were removed in West Bengal and that thirteen states and federally administered territories have undergone the SIR process so far. [6]
The Supreme Court order examines deletions under the SIR but does not mention 130 million names or 30 states/UTs. [5]
The claim's two load-bearing specifics are the deletion figure of 130 million and the count of 30 states/UTs. The record contradicts the state/UT count: BBC says only 13 states/UTs had undergone SIR so far, and the EC's phased schedule shows the exercise was not complete across 30 states/UTs. No source provides a 130 million figure; West Bengal, one reported case, had 9 million deletions. Because at least the 30-state element is wrong on the record, the claim is false.
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