Lok Sabha elections are going on now. Five phases of polling have been completed. Two more phases of polling are going to happen. Results for the June 4 election are out. the
Ahead of the elections, all the political parties used to publish promises to the people as election manifestos. Election manifestos of many parties are attracting people.
Spreading news
In this case, in the election manifesto released by the Congress, there is a scheme called Mahalakshmi scheme. A video is circulating on social media as a promotional film for this. A user who shared this video said, “Wonderful video released by Congress..Actually respecting Nari Shakti means recognizing their work like Dravida model government and not doing ads like Bedi Bachao. Mahalakshmi project has created a storm even in Kadakodi villages.
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In this video a woman sees another woman and questions the two working. Regarding the Mahalakshmi Project during the campaign for the next election Rahul Gandhi Featuring a spoken video.
Mahalakshmi Project
The Congress party has announced the Mahalakshmi scheme in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections. Under this scheme, a bank account of one lakh per annum will be paid to the eldest female member of the family in poverty.
Verification method
After this video went viral on the website, News Checker media conducted an investigation on it. Accordingly, when the photos of this video were searched by reverse image search method, the actual video of this viral video was found. It was revealed to be a special Women’s Day video published by Praga News in 2022
What is the truth?
This video was posted by Praga News on its youtube channel in 2022. At 40 seconds into the full video, the now-viral footage was also seen. It was also revealed that this video has nothing to do with the Mahalakshmi scheme announced by the Congress. This ad is meant to convey the idea that women can still do their favorite job after pregnancy.
Conclusion
A video circulating on social media as a promotional video of Mahalakshmi project announced by Rahul Gandhi has been proved to be fake.
(This story was originally fact checked by News Checker and translated & edited by oneindias Tamil, as part of the Shakti Collective)
