The hindi.boomlive.in Fact Check: A video of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has gone viral on social media. Along with this it is being claimed that he has appealed to the people to vote for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But, BOOM in its investigation found that the claim made in the viral video is false. In the original video, Mayawati, quoting BJP-RSS workers, is saying that they ask for votes from people in exchange for free ration and ask them to repay the loan. In view of the Lok Sabha elections, supporters of a particular party are sharing such fake and misleading videos and pictures to woo the voters.
hindi.boomlive.in We have found that an excerpt from this incomplete speech of Mayawati is also being shared. In this video of about 15 seconds, Mayawati is seen saying, “Shri Narendra Modi ji has given you free ration, you have to pay this debt in the elections in the form of votes, by voting for BJP you will This debt of mine has to be paid.” Along with this, ‘Now even Mayawati has appealed to vote for BJP’ can also be seen written on the video.
Sharing the video on Facebook user Wrote, ‘Mayawati appeals to Hindus to vote for BJP.’
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To know the truth of the viral claim, we searched about Mayawati’s recent speeches. On searching keywords related to the claim, we got ‘May 4, 2024’Punjab Kesari‘ Found a report published in. In this report, there was a statement related to the viral video, according to which, while targeting the BJP, Mayawati said that ‘the poor are getting the ration they get from their tax money. Therefore, when people from BJP and RSS come and remind you of the debt of salt, do not get misled by them. This made us suspect that the viral claim is false.
Next we went to the official YouTube channel of Bahujan Samaj Party for the original video of this public meeting held in Agra. There we found a live video of this meeting held on 4 May 2024.
In this video of about 36 minutes, after 25 minutes 45 seconds, Mayawati is speaking on BJP’s scheme of giving free ration to the people. She says, “…to whom they have given some free ration etc., food items etc., in return for that… they have used this to mislead people in the assembly elections and now in the Lok Sabha general elections too… BJP And the RSS people are wandering from village to village with bags hanging on their shoulders and what they are saying is that look, Shri Narendra Modi ji has given you free ration, so you owe a lot to Modi ji, so what is this? There is a debt, you have to pay it in the form of votes. You have to repay this debt by voting for BJP.”
It is clear from this that an incomplete line from Mayawati’s speech has been shared with a false claim. Throughout the speech, Mayawati can also be heard saying, “The free ration that the BJP government has given to the poor people has not been given by the BJP from its own pocket, Shri Narendra Modi ji has not given it from his own pocket, but you people. Whatever tax is paid to the UP government or the central government, it is paid with that money.” Mayawati has also made two posts related to this on her official X handle. In these posts, he has refuted the viral video targeting BJP and has also demanded action.
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(This story was originally published by hindi.boomlive.in, Fact Check Desk, as part of the Shakti Collective. Except for the headline/excerpt/opening introduction para this story has not been edited by News18india.com staff)
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FIRST PUBLISHED: May 8, 2024, 18:08 IST