New Delhi: Condemning vested interests, the Ministry of Defence on Thursday issued a fact check against “fake” videos and messages on social media about an alleged “oil leakage” in the Indian LCA Tejas during the just-concluded Dubai Air Show 2025.

The Ministry said, “The false narrative is being deliberately pushed by these accounts to undermine the fighter’s proven technical reliability with baseless propaganda.”

In a strongly-worded rebuttal, the Ministry, on X, said, “Several propaganda accounts are circulating videos claiming that at the #DubaiAirshow 2025, the Indian LCA #Tejas Mk1 suffered an oil leakage… These claims are #Fake.”

“The videos show routine, intentional draining of condensed water from the aircraft’s Environmental Control System (ECS) and On-Board Oxygen Generating

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