A viral claim alleged that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Bollywood actor Salman Khan jointly inaugurated a 'Gram Medical Assistance Fund' room at Mantralaya in Mumbai, offering financial aid of up to Rs. 25 lakh (2.5 million INR) for needy patients. The Maharashtra CMO directly denied this event took place, and fact-checks by The Hindu found no official photos, press releases, or contemporaneous records supporting it. The Press Information Bureau's own fact-check unit also found no confirmation of the inauguration.
The claim is a recycled distortion of a real 2016 event. In 2016, Fadnavis and Salman Khan did jointly launch a Rural Medical Aid Fund — but it offered up to Rs. 2 lakh (not Rs. 25 lakh), and it was not called the 'Gram Medical Assistance Fund.' The viral version fabricates the date, fund name, and aid amount, making all three core details false.
The sole online source appearing to support the 2026 version was flagged as contradicted by other PIB entries and likely fabricated or misattributed. With the highest-authority sources — the Maharashtra Government Official Portal, The Hindu, and PIB's fact-check unit — all denying the event, this claim is conclusively false misinformation.
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