BJP Planning To Distribute Sindoor On Modi Govt's Anniversary? PIB Fact-Checks Viral Claim

Last Updated:May 30, 2025, 22:18 IST

Before the PIB’s fact-check, the BJP had already dismissed as fake news a report claiming that the party plans to distribute vermilion to women to mark government’s anniversary.

BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul participates in Tiranga Yatra in Kolkata | PTI Image

The Press Information Bureau’s fact-check unit on Friday dismissed reports claiming that the BJP planned to distribute vermilion (sindoor) to women as part of a nationwide campaign to mark the Modi government’s anniversary.

The false report emerged after the BJP announced an outreach campaign—scheduled to start on June 9, the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath for his third term—to highlight the party’s achievements over the past 11 years.

“Some social media posts and media reports are claiming various decisions to mark the anniversary of Modi 3.0. The claim is fake," the PIB said in an X post.

While the party has not officially disclosed its full plans, it has indicated that the month-long campaign will feature BJP leaders, including Union ministers and MPs, undertaking “padyatras" to showcase achievements such as Operation Sindoor and the government’s stance on the caste census, among others.

BJP Trashes Claim

Ahead of PIB’s fact-check, the BJP itself rejected as fake news a media report that claimed the ruling party planned to distribute vermilion among women to mark the government’s anniversary.

Sambit Patra, the BJP MP from Puri, rejected media reports as “fake news" that the ruling BJP planned to distribute vermilion (sindoor) among women to mark the Narendra Modi government’s anniversary.

He accused opposition parties, which had cited the report to slam the BJP for politicising Operation Sindoor, of spreading this propaganda to belittle India’s military action against Pakistan and terror sites there.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had slammed the Modi government on Thursday after the prime minister launched a sharp political attack on her government.

Referring to the fake report, she said, “Please remember, every woman has respect, they accept sindoor only from her husband… The way you are talking… you are not the husband of everybody; why are you not giving sindoor to your Mrs first?"

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