False Statistic · High confidence
FactChecker listed at least ten major attacks since 2014 (e.g. Church Street Bengaluru, Uri, Pathankot, Pulwama) and SATP recorded 942 bombings between January 2014 and April 2019.
Test case in Suite A · score 0.00
English · ParaphrasedDid any major blast take place in the last five years of your chowkidaar's chowkidaari? (as quoted by FactChecker)
Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.
- Speaker
- Narendra Modi
- Party
- BJP
- Office
- Prime Minister
- Venue
- BJP election rally, Bengaluru
- Date
- 2019-04-13
- Topics
- security, terrorism
- Researched by
- claude-sonnet
Video
Evidence
| Type | Publisher | Title | Date | Key figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fact-check | FactChecker.in (IndiaSpend) | No major bomb blasts/terror attacks since 2014: Modi. Claim is false | 2019-04-15 | Rated false |
| Index | South Asia Terrorism Portal | Explosions in India datasheet | 942 bombings, 451 deaths, 1,589 injuries, 1 Jan 2014 - 11 Apr 2019 (as cited by FactChecker) | |
| Parliament | Lok Sabha | Written reply, 5 Feb 2019 (as cited by FactChecker) | 2019-02-05 | Six terror attacks nationwide 2014-2018 outside J&K, Northeast and Maoist-affected areas, per FactChecker's reading |
Analysis
Modi asked at the Bengaluru rally whether any major blast had occurred in five years. FactChecker rated the implied claim false.
It listed attacks including Church Street Bengaluru (28 Dec 2014), Pathankot (Jan 2016), Uri (Sep 2016, 17 soldiers), Nagrota (Nov 2016), Sukma (2017, 2018) and Pulwama (14 Feb 2019, 40 CRPF personnel). The government has no official definition of 'major'.
It is a rhetorical question; the check evaluates the implication that there were none.
Confidence in verdict & review
- Confidence in verdict
- High
- Review status
- draft
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-17
Notes
The SATP datasheet link is live-updated so figures now differ; the cited figures are from the FactChecker article. The Lok Sabha PDF's content was not opened directly. Video ID taken from FactChecker's article, not independently verified to be the full rally.
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