The central government described as social media posts claiming that New Delhi was planning the creation of a new Union Territory. The government described the social media posts as "fake". The social media posts claimed that the central government was planning to create a new Union Territory comprising a few districts of Bihar and West Bengal near the Siliguri corridor.
No such proposal is under consideration, the Press Information Bureau Fact Check said in a post on X on Saturday.
"Social media posts are claiming that the Government is planning to create a new Union Territory comprising districts from Bihar and West Bengal near the Siliguri corridor. This claim is #Fake," the Press Information Bureau Fact Check said in a post on 'X'.
The PIB said, "There is no such proposal under consideration by the Government of India".
The posts that were going viral claimed that the proposed areas include Bihar's Purnia, Araria, Kishanganj, Katiha and West Bengal's Malda and Dinajpur.
Some posts also claimed that the BJP-led NDA government has issued a whip to all its MPs for March 9-11, indicating that an important bill or constitutional move could be tabled in the Parliament.
Posts also cited home minister Amit Shah's three-day visit to the Seemanchal region in Bihar, stating that the discussions have intensified. Last month, Amit Shah embarked on a three-day visit to Bihar’s Seemanchal districts with a focus on concluding the fight against insurgency led by the Left Wing Extremism by making the region and the country “Naxal-Mukt”.
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