A provocative and communal WhatsApp forward demonising Muslims in India and admonishing Hindus for not supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi enough is being falsely attributed to author and motivational speaker Shiv Khera. BOOM reached out to Khera's office, who refuted the viral claim and stated that he has not issued any such statement as claimed in viral message. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, falling short of 32 seats to form a complete majority.
While Modi is set to continue as the Prime Minister for the third term, this victory for the BJP is being considered its weakest yet as it would need to depend on its alliance partners. Several BJP supporters have been criticising Hindu residents of Ayodhya, which falls under the Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency, for not voting for the BJP, as the seat was lost to Samajwadi Party's Awadhesh Prasad. The viral WhatsApp begins with 'Dear Non Muslims' and lists several achievements of his government and asking the Hindu community to support him.
The message ends on a communal note by asking Hindus to either support Modi or "start learning namaz and stitching burkhas for the female members of your family." The full message can be read below: FACT CHECK BOOM found that the viral WhatsApp message is fake, and Shiv Khera has not made the above mentioned communally charged remarks. We ran a search with keywords from the viral message on Facebook and found that it has been circulating since .
