Fact-Check: Kareena Kapoor Khan Didn't Make Remark Over Increased Gas Prices

Kareena Kapoor Khan does not have a Twitter account, this is a fan account.

Rujuta Thete
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<div class="paragraphs"><p>Fact-check: Kareena Kapoor Khan did not tweet anything about cylinder prices.</p></div>
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Fact-check: Kareena Kapoor Khan did not tweet anything about cylinder prices.

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A screenshot of a tweet purportedly made by Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor Khan is going viral on social media.

The tweet says: Khan is criticising the price hike of the gas cylinders in India under the current ruling party while linking it to the low prices seen in the past.

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(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

Similar claims can be seen here and here.

The truth: This tweet was shared by a fan account and not by Kareena Kapoor Khan. In fact, she does not have an account on Twitter.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a keyword search and found no reports about Kareena Kapoor Khan making any statements about cylinder prices.

  • We looked for the '@Kareena_kpn1' username on Twitter and found that this is a fan account run for the actor and didn't have a verified badge.

The account can be found here.

(Source: Twitter/Screenshot)

  • We also found that the user had tweeted this on 23 December 2022.

  • We also looked for Khan's official account of Twitter but could not find any.

  • The actor has a verified account only on Instagram where we saw no such post.

Conclusion: Kareena Kapoor Khan did not tweet about a hike in cylinder prices.

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Published: 01 Jan 2023,01:40 PM IST

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