Ahead of upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, a post is being shared on social media with a claim that poll dates have been announced.
“West Bengal Election date,” the caption read.
Here’s the link to the above post.
More posts can be seen here, here, here, here, here and here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found the claim to be false.
We noticed that the graphic said the dates for “general election” has been announced.
We then checked the website of the Election Commission and found that the schedule is same as West Bengal’s 2019 Lok Sabha Election schedule.
Moreover, we also checked the Election Commission website for any notice regarding West Bengal Assembly Election dates but couldn’t find any information.
The official Twitter account of the Press Information Bureau also put out a post claiming the viral schedule is fake.
A document is doing rounds on social media claiming that the dates for 2021 #WestBengal Legislative Assembly elections have been declared by the Election Commission of #India.
#PIBFactCheck: This claim is #Fake. No such announcement has been made by the Election Commission. pic.twitter.com/hifx3dRqLL— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) February 16, 2021
Earlier NewsMobile debunked a similar post claiming that the dates for assembly elections in the states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and UT Puducherry have been announced.
https://newsmobile.in/articles/2021/02/13/fact-check-assembly-election-dates-for-these-5-states-have-not-been-announced-yet-viral-post-is-fake/
Hence, from the above post, it is clear that the viral post is fake and the dates were not announced at the time when this article was published.
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