No, HM Amit Shah Didn’t Say West Bengal Would Ban Alcohol Sale From 30 September

The graphic is fake. There is no announcement about liquor sales being banned in West Bengal.

A fake graphic is being shared to falsely claim that Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced a ban on liquor sales in West Bengal starting 30 September.

(Source: Instagram/Altered by The Quint)

A graphic, purportedly made by India Today, carrying a photo of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has gone viral on social media.

The claim: It is being shared to claim that he declared that the sale of alcohol will be banned in West Bengal from 30 September 2026, turning it into a dry state.

An archived version of this post can be seen here.

(Source: Instagram/Screenshot)

(Archived versions of more posts sharing this claim can be seen here and here.)

Is it true?: No, the graphic is fabricated and the claim is false. There is no evidence of Shah making such an announcement.

How did we find out the truth?: We ran a keyword search for the term 'Amit Shah liquor West Bengal', which returned no credible results about any kind of a statement.

• We combed through India Today's website, Facebook, X, and Instagram accounts, but did not find this graphic or a related news report on any of them.

• There was no evidence of such a statement on Amit Shah's own account or the Home Ministry's official account either.

• Taking to X, the Press Information Bureau clarified that the claim made in the graphic was "fake and digitally edited."

Conclusion: A fake graphic is being shared to falsely claim that Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced a ban on liquor sales in West Bengal starting 30 September.

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