The Indian Lok Sabha elections, the world’s biggest democratic festival, started on April 19 and are being held across the country in seven phases. Four phases of polling have been completed till date. June 1 will be the final phase of voting and June 4 election results will be announced.
A lot of falsehoods are doing the rounds on the internet during election time. Seeing the sign of fake news spreading like this, it is forced to avoid it.
Spreading news
Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, was arrested in the liquor policy case. He is out on interim bail. In that way, he is participating in election campaign meetings and road shows. A video of a voter slapping Kejriwal on the cheek at a road show he visited is going viral. And the user who shared this posted the caption, “I will expose BJP corruption.. Kejriwal arrested in jail.. Potambaru Oru Bodu Namma Aalu”.
Verification method
This video of voter attack went viral on social media and News Meter media conducted an investigation to find out its authenticity. Accordingly, when some photos of this video were searched in the reverse image search method, it was revealed that the video was recorded in the month of May 2019. It was revealed when some news media shared its official YouTube site.
What is the truth?
It was revealed that this video was taken during the campaign for the 2019 parliamentary elections. At that time, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was on a road show, was attacked by Suresh, who got on the vehicle and hit him on the cheek. It is noteworthy that the Delhi Police has registered a case in this regard.
Netizens are now sharing an event that took place during the campaign in the last 2019 election.
Conclusion
It has been proven that an event that happened during the campaign for the 2019 parliamentary elections is now being misrepresented and shared.
(This news News Meter Fact Check has been done through the website. oneindias has translated it correctly without reprinting it and making necessary changes. (It is part of Google’s Shakti Collective initiative for fact-finding.)
