A claim circulating on social media suggests that actor Prakash Raj stated that in Indonesia, where 90% of the population is Muslim and 2% Hindu, there are 11,000 temples, yet he hasn’t heard of any riots there, because there is no RSS.
A Facebook user posted the claim with a caption: (See below.👇)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the claim, and found it to be misleading.
Searching with keywords on Google regarding the actor’s comments on ‘Indonesia-RSS’, the NM team could not find any report indicating that Prakash made such remarks
Furthermore, on August 26, 2024, the actor addressed the viral claim in a post on his X account. Responding to a post by Megh Updates that repeated the same viral claim, Prakash clarified that the statement was not made by him.
“If it’s you @MeghUpdates.. or whoever has created this.. own it up. THIS IS NOT MY STATEMENT don’t put your statements in my name #justasking,” Prakash wrote in his X post.
If it’s you @MeghUpdates .. or Who ever has created this.. own it up. THIS IS NOT MY STATEMENT don’t put your statements in my name #justasking https://t.co/uD9e3agRxm
— Prakash Raj (@prakashraaj) August 26, 2024
Thus, it can be concluded saying that as Prakash Raj has not made any such statement, the viral claim is completely baseless.
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