Centre denies studies of planning ‘new UT with Bihar, Bengal districts’, fact-checks X posts| India Information
The central authorities on Saturday referred to as out a ‘pretend’ social media submit claiming {that a} new Union Territory comprising districts from Bihar and West Bengal is being developed close to the Siliguri hall.
In an X submit, the Press Info Bureau mentioned that social media posts are claiming that planning is underway for a brand new UT. Calling the declare pretend, it mentioned that there isn’t a such proposal into account by the federal government of India.
It additionally urged customers to at all times confirm info from official sources earlier than sharing on social media.
The posts that have been going viral claimed that the proposed areas embody Bihar’s Purnia, Araria, Kishanganj, Katiha and West Bengal’s Malda and Dinajpur.
Some posts additionally claimed that the BJP-led NDA authorities has issued a whip to all its MPs for March Sep 11, indicating that an necessary invoice or constitutional transfer could possibly be tabled within the Parliament.
Posts additionally cited house minister Amit Shah’s three-day go to to the Seemanchal area in Bihar, stating that the discussions have intensified. Final month, Amit Shah launched into a three-day go to to Bihar’s Seemanchal districts with a concentrate on concluding the battle in opposition to insurgency led by the Left Wing Extremism by making the area and the nation “Naxal-Mukt”.
India’s “hen’s neck”, the Siliguri hall, is a slim strip of land measuring 22-35 km in width, that connects the northeast area with the remainder of India.
Earlier, the same “pretend” declare was circulated stating that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is selling an funding mission providing returns of ₹10 lakh monthly on an funding of ₹22,000. PIB declared the commercial as pretend, stating that the union minister has not endorsed any such scheme.