"It is important to know who is a fact-checker and who is committing other offences. If someone uses fact checking as a fig leaf to spread communal disharmony, and if someone complains against him for it, the law takes it course and the I&B ministry does not interfere directly. The law of the concerned state takes its course."
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Anurag Thakur
Anurag Thakur (born 24 October 1974) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was appointed the Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting in July 2021. He was the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from May 2015 to February 2017. He served as a Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs from May 2019 to July 2021.
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