Fact Check: Video Of Nirmala Sitharaman Taking Metro During Election Campaign Shared With Misleading Claims

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A video of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the metro is doing the rounds on social media, claiming that she uses the metro to commute to her office every day.

Facebook users shared the video with a caption: “She is the current Finance Minister of 4-trillion dollars economy, 5 trillion stock capitalisation, 700 billion foreign reserves. She is the Indian Finance Minister Mrs Nirmala Sitaraman, who travels to office by Metro train every day.”

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FACT CHECK 

NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be misleading.

With a keyword search, the NM team found multiple media reports from May 2024, stating that Sitharaman travelled in Delhi Metro while campaigning for the 2024 general elections.

ANI shared the video on X on May 17, 2024, with a caption: “#WATCH | Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman travelled in Delhi Metro to Laxmi Nagar and interacted with fellow commuters.”

News 24 shared the video with on YouTube with a title: “Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman ने Delhi Metro में किया सफर, यात्रियों से भी की बातचीत.”

According to a report by ABP News, dated May 17, 2024, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar, where she interacted with CA, CS, CMA, and CUET aspirants. The report mentioned that Sitharaman took Delhi Metro to Laxmi Nagar, and engaged with passengers along the way.

Similar videos and images from her metro ride were also shared on the official X handle Nirmala Sitharaman Office.

Thus, from the above fact check, it is clear that the video of Nirmala Sitharaman taking a metro during the election campaign is being shared with misleading claims.

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