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Did Modi Promise To Deposit Rs 15 Lakh In Every Account?

With the prime minister never revisiting the topic and party president Amit Shah calling it a ‘jumla’ in an interview; the opposition has weaponised the claim.<br>

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Did Modi Promise To Deposit Rs 15 Lakh In Every Account?

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  1. Did Narendra Modi Promise To Deposit Rs 15 Lakh In Every Account? With the prime minister never revisiting the topic and party president Amit Shah calling it a ‘jumla’ in an interview; the opposition has weaponised the claim. Did Modi Promise To Deposit Rs 15 Lakh In Every Account?: A FactCheck on BoomLive. With the prime minister never revisiting the topic and party president Amit Shah calling it a ‘jumla’ in an interview; the opposition has weaponised the claim.

  2. BoomLive News: It is a statement that has haunted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2013. No other election pitch from the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 has had such recall value for the average Indian than the supposed promise of crediting 15 lakh rupees to every account. With the prime minister never revisiting the topic and party president Amit Shah calling it a ‘jumla’ in an interview; the opposition has weaponised the claim. Also Read: Direct Bank Transfers Worth Rs 2.30 lakhs Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana? Did Modi Ever Make Such A Promise? The short answer is NO. The earliest mention of ’15 lakh’ finds place in Narendra Modi’s public rally on November 7, 2013 in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker. Then challenger for the PM’s post, Modi stuck to BJP’s electoral pitch of fighting corruption and black money, in his speech. There is also no mention of the ‘Rs 15 lakh-in-each-account’ promise in the BJP’s 2014 manifesto on their official website. A Right To Information (RTI) seeking to know the date when 15 lakh rupees would be deposited into each account, drew a reply from the PMO’s office which said it did not count as ‘information’ under the RTI Act 2005. The query was filed 18 days after demonetisation was announced in November 2016. Read more about it here.

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