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‘Disappointing’: Ashwini Vaishnaw reacts to Mark Zuckerberg’s incorrect claim on Lok Sabha elections


Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday rebuked Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg for spreading misinformation about the Lok Sabha elections held in 2024 when the billionaire entrepreneur incorrectly stated that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had lost.

“Mr. Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is factually incorrect,” Vaishnaw said in a post on X.

The Meta CEO made this comment during his appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast published on Friday.

“2024 was a big election year around the world and all these countries, India, had elections. The incumbents basically lost every single one. There is some sort of global phenomenon — whether it was because of inflation or the economic policies to deal with Covid-19 or just how the governments dealt with it,” he said during the three-hour-long podcast.

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“As the world’s largest democracy, India conducted the 2024 elections with over 640 million voters. People of India reaffirmed their trust in NDA led by PM @narendramodi Ji’s leadership,” the minister wrote. “@Meta, it’s disappointing to see misinformation from Mr. Zuckerberg himself. Let’s uphold facts and credibility,” he added.





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