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.

Fact-check: Kareena Kapoor Khan did not tweet anything about cylinder prices.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

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.

An archive can be seen here. 

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.

• 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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