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Half the storyIt is true that the IIM Jammu Students Council issued notices threatening a ₹500 fine to students who missed a mandatory lamp-lighting event for PM Modi's birthday. However, the Reel leaves out that the institute later withdrew the notices and clarified that no fines were actually imposed, and uses this single incident to make a sweeping claim about the whole country.
The post we checked
The situation in India is worse than North Korea
🚩 What's concerning
The IIM Jammu Students' Council issued disciplinary notices threatening a ₹500 fine for students who failed to attend a mandatory ceremony celebrating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday.
"The students’ council of the IIM Jammu had slapped a disciplinary notice and fine of ₹500 on students, who missed the event" Hindustan Times, 2026-09-20
IIM Jammu Students' Council response: "No student has been fined Rs 500 so far,” he said, adding that the “notices were issued as per the rules”" The Tribune
What we checked
What the Reel doesn't tell you
- The IIM Jammu Students' Council president confirmed that the notices were withdrawn and no student was actually fined.
How it plays you
It wants you to think: "India is a totalitarian dictatorship where citizens are forced to show loyalty to the Prime Minister."
A single administrative notice issued by a university student council, which was subsequently withdrawn, does not represent national governance or institutional coercion across the entire country.
- Exaggeration: "The situation in India is worse than North Korea". It compares a localized university student council notice to a brutal, totalitarian regime to heighten outrage and make a sweeping generalization about the entire country.
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