Rishabh Kumar on Instagram: "Unfortunately India in today’s situation is slowly moving towards a civil war."
Verdict: Mostly misleading: it blends some real Ladakh/Sonam Wangchuk facts with several unsupported conspiracy claims.
Credibility score: 34/100 · 11 claims checked · 7 accurate, 1 misleading, 1 false, 2 unsupported.
Instagram · rishabh.gujjar.38 · Unknown · Jul 23, 2026
The video contains a few accurate timeline details about Sonam Wangchuk and Ladakh, but it also makes broad claims about NGOs, China, and funding that are not supported by credible evidence in the transcript.
Claim-by-claim breakdown
- Accurate (95% confidence): Sonam Wangchuk began a major hunger strike in March 2024 to demand constitutional safeguards and statehood for Ladakh. Reuters and other reporting described Wangchuk as on a hunger strike in March 2024 for constitutional safeguards and statehood in Ladakh, including Sixth Schedule demands.
- Accurate (98% confidence): Ladakh became a Union Territory in August 2019 after India revoked Article 370 and split Jammu and Kashmir. India revoked Article 370 on August 5, 2019, and created the Union Territory of Ladakh.
- Accurate (86% confidence): Sonam Wangchuk initially welcomed the 2019 revocation of Article 370 and the creation of the Ladakh Union Territory. News coverage quoted his 2019 'thank you' reaction, but later reporting shows he became a critic of Ladakh’s post-2019 setup.
- Accurate (93% confidence): Sonam Wangchuk's wife is Gitanjali J Angmo, and he was previously married to Rebecca Norman. Biographical sources list Rebecca Norman as his former spouse and Gitanjali J Angmo as his current wife/co-founder.
- False (99% confidence): The claim that Gitanjali Angmo's name is not mentioned on Wikipedia is false. Wangchuk’s page lists Gitanjali J Angmo as his spouse, and separate entries identify her directly.
- Accurate (96% confidence): India's ALMM is an official government approved list for solar PV modules, and by 2024 government-linked projects had to source modules from that list. MNRE says only ALMM-listed modules are eligible for many government and government-assisted projects; IEA summarizes the same policy and notes its expansion.
- Misleading (84% confidence): The claim that Chinese companies were 'removed' from the approved list is misleading. Official MNRE/IEA descriptions frame ALMM as a domestic approval and sourcing rule; Reuters-linked reporting says the rule was designed to curb imports from China, not that Chinese firms were uniquely 'removed' from a preexisting approved…
- Accurate (81% confidence): India imports a very large share of its solar-cell demand from China, and China dominates Indian solar supply chains. Recent Reuters-linked reporting says imports from China account for more than 90% of India's solar cell demand; IEA also says new Indian solar manufacturing still needs Chinese cells and components.
- Unsupported (92% confidence): The claim that 30% to 40% of environmental NGOs or activist groups have been hijacked by China is unsupported. The transcript offers no concrete proof, and the broad allegation is not established by authoritative reporting or official records.
- Unsupported (94% confidence): The claim that China's influence causes these groups to decide where climate action happens based on where China loses money is unsupported speculation. The statement is an inference about hidden coordination and funding control, not a verifiable fact from the transcript.
- Accurate (89% confidence): The major hunger strike was in 2024, not 2023. Reporting shows a January 2023 fast and a separate March 2024 hunger strike. Saying the main hunger strike started in 2023 collapses two different events.
More fact-checks
- Αρκουδέηδες on Instagram: "Σας αξίζει Μητσοτάκης μέχρι να σβήσει ο ήλιος ☀️" — Score 100/100
- Voice Of Nation by Himanshu Jangid on Instagram: "A Hindu girl living in a Muslim-majority area of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, reportedly faced an attack after a dispute involving her friend. According to reports, her friend parked his bike near a madrasa, where locals allegedly demanded ₹1,000. He said he was a student and couldn't afford to pay, after which he was reportedly assaulted. The incident drew members of Hindu organizations to the scene, and police later intervened. Reports say the girl was subsequently provided assistance by the police." — Score 68/100
- Meenakshi Sehrawat on Instagram: "Minorities पूरी दुनिया में क्या कर रही है ये जाने की ज़रूरत है भारत में तो हम देख ही रहे हैं लेकिन आज कोई देश से नहीं बच रहा इन minorities से! लेकिन वो लोग इसे इनसे अच्छे से डील कर रहे हैं!" — Score 48/100
- 2.7M views · 91K reactions | हिंदू विरोधी कांग्रेस के वो पाप जिन्हें माफ नहीं किया जा सकता? | Mahathugbandhan - महाठगबंधन — Score 34/100
- CJP || DELHI 🪳 on Instagram: "Tonight, @thv took a turn in the audience as he watched @gracieabrams and @dojacat perform at #Vogue World: Hollywood. No stranger to a fashion show either, the @bts.bighitofficial star dressed in a look that could have easily appeared on the runway" — Score 20/100
- Yash Juneja on Instagram: "Anti Paper Leak Bill Not passed in Parliament😵😱🫢😣 . @yashjunejavines @yashjunejavlogs . #bjp #cjp #congress #aap #politics" — Score 45/100
- Pakistan electricity bills and the 200-unit protected category — Score 64/100
- Four Layers of Color Theory for Product Design — Score 68/100
