A post has been shared on social media extensively which claims that UNESCO has declared PM Modi as the best Prime Minister in the world.
The text on the picture read: “Congratulation to all of us Our PM Narendra D Modi is now declared as the BEST PM OF THE WORLD by UNESCO. Kindly share this. Very proud to be an INDIAN.”
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At the time of filing this report, the above post was shared by over 16,000 Facebook users.
FACT CHECK
When NewsMobile fact-checked the above post, we found it to be FAKE.
UNESCO confirmed to NewsMobile that the above claim is FAKE and the organisation does not release any such list.
“We would like to confirm that this news is wrongly attributed to UNESCO and not true,” UNESCO Spokesperson told NewsMobile.
Hence, it confirms that the viral post is FAKE.
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