Fact Check: Former HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh's Remarks On 2014 BJP Poll Manifesto Shared As Recent

Fact Check: In 2014, Deepak Parekh praised the BJP's election manifesto, but the quote shared on social media is taken out of context and refers to the 2014 election, not the current one.

Screenshots of a social media post sharing an old newspaper clipping with a misleading claim.

Source : Canva (modified)

Fact Check: A newspaper clipping is being shared widely on social media in which Deepak Parekh, the former HDFC chairman, praised the BJP manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections. The viral clipping is, however, old and not about the ongoing Parliamentary elections. Let’s verify the claim made in the posts being shared with the banker's remarks, with the help of reverse image search and keyword verification.

Claim

Deepak Parekh, former HDFC chairman, speaks glowingly about the BJP manifesto for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

The archived version of the tweet can be seen here.

Fact

Newschecker first ran a keyword search for “Deepak Parekh HDFC BJP manifesto”, which did not yield any recent news reports about the veteran banker talking about the BJP manifesto, “Sankalp Patra”, which was released on April 14.

We then ran a reverse image search of the newspaper clipping, which led us to this tweet by BJP’s IT Cell head Amit Malviya, dated April 8, 2014, indicating that this quote was made amid the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Similar posts, featuring the viral newspaper clipping, can be seen here and here, confirming that the quote is from 2014, while mentioning the source to be Times of India.

Big thumbs up to #BJP's manifesto.. RT @Ringside_Seat So does Deepak Parekh. He likes the #BJPManifesto too. pic.twitter.com/wMte9GQFuE

— Amit Malviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@amitmalviya) April 8, 2014

A relevant keyword search led us to this TOI column by Parekh, dated April 10, 2014, where you can clearly see that the viral quote summarises the column, further confirming that the newspaper clipping was about the BJP manifesto released ahead of the 2014 elections.

Result: Missing Context

This story was originally published by Newschecker.in, as part of the Shakti Collective. Except for the headline, excerpt, and the opening introduction para, this story has not been edited by ABPLIVE staff.