The first budget of Modi government 3.0 will be presented on July 23. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget and will become the first finance minister of the country to continously present the budget for the 7th time. A video is going viral on social media. It is being claimed that through this video, the Finance Minister has explained the reason behind keeping GST secret. A user has shared a 2-minute video on a social media platform stating, “GST ko gopneye rkhne ka karan swayam Vritt Mantri se suneye.”
By the time of writing this tweet, it had received 3200 likes and 1200 reports. A similar tweet was shared by another user on social media platform 'X'.
Another verified user posted and wrote that now the public will not be told how much GST the government has earned. The reason comes from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman herself.
What is the truth about this viral video?
This video clip of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is fake. The original video was made by digital creator Garima, in which she satirically expressed her views on GST by mimicking Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Digital creator Garima is also seen in the original video. However, in the video that is viral on social media, the face of Vriddhi Mantra Nirmala Sitharaman is super impressed with Garima's face. Garima has also shared a short clip of this video on her Instagram account.
What is said in the video?
Digital creater Garima uploaded this video on July 8th. The video is 6 minutes, 17 seconds long. In this video, a clip of 2 minutes and 17 seconds has been edited, and the face of the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has been superimposed and shared on social media. In the video, Garima talks about GST and says that "GST means Gupta, or Gopi Information Tax. It is our confidential information about how much tax we have earned. This time, we cannot release the information because Jio has become expensive. I would like to make one more request to all of you: please respect the confidentiality of this government and do not ask further. It’s a saying that you should not ask the income of the person. Hence, please do not ask about the income of the government either."
"On the seventh anniversary of GST, I declare that the government will not release the tax because Jio has made data expensive. This government will not show any accountability, and during the election campaign, the Prime Minister said that if you have two buffaloes, then Congress will take one. I want to tell you that we will take both the buffaloes in the name of GST because the country progresses with GST. So if you give one buffalo to Congress, You can also donate two buffaloes to progress as well."
Fact Check-
It is clear that the video being shared on the social media platform is actually a deep fake video. This video has been shared by digital creator Garima on her social media account, in which she is seen talking about GST while parodying Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This video was later edited, and the face of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was superimposed.