The newschecker.in Fact Check: A day before, on 25 May, voting was held for the seven Lok Sabha seats of Delhi. BJP has fielded its candidates on all the seven seats. On behalf of India Alliance, Aam Aadmi Party has fielded its candidates on four seats and Congress on three seats. However, at present, all the seven seats are occupied by BJP.
The viral letter has been allegedly issued by the All India Publicity Chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Manmohan Vaidya. This viral letter, allegedly issued on 21 May 2024, states that “All the volunteers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh are informed that in view of the current circumstances in the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, all the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has decided to support Mahabal Mishra ji on the West Delhi Lok Sabha seat.”
newschecker.in The RSS investigated this letter. Further, it is written in the letter that “Mahabal Mishra ji has been serving Lord Ram in Ayodhya with body, mind and money for the last 42 years. Mahabal Mishra ji is at the forefront in all kinds of religious activities. His gentle behaviour and the work done in Ayodhya for the devotion of Lord Shri Ram ji is invaluable. We appeal to all the volunteers of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to personally create an atmosphere of mutual harmony and trust and give their full support to Shri Mahabal Mishra ji”.
this letter is posted on social media Platform XEdit But it is viral too.
Apart from this, this letter is also viral on threads, which you can can see here Are.
Fact Check/Verification
To investigate the viral letter, Newschecker first did a Google search using relevant keywords. During this time, we did not find any news report that mentioned the viral claim.
After this, when we looked carefully at the viral letter, we found that Dr. Manmohan Vaidya has been described as the publicity chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, while currently the responsibility of this post is Sunil Ambekar It is with him. Manmohan Vaidya was earlier the Joint Secretary of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Currently, he is the President of RSS. six co-secretaries Krishna Gopal, Mukund, Arun Kumar, Ramdutt Chakradhar, Atul Limaye and Alok Kumar.
on searching us ETV Bharat website But the report was published on 24 May 2024. In this report, a letter issued on 23 May by Anil Gupta, the Karyavah of Delhi province of RSS was present.
In the letter issued by Anil Gupta, it was written that “RSS always encourages voting in national interest and 100% voting. Voting is not only a right but also our duty. RSS does not issue any public letter or appeal to support or oppose any person or party in any election. At present, many types of fake news/ letters/ appeals etc. are going on on social media. If you receive any letter/ appeal related to RSS, please neither believe it nor forward that fake letter and appeal. Be careful and save yourself and others from such fake news”.
We also contacted RSS for more information on this claim. So RSS Akhil Bharatiya Saha Prachar Pramukh Narendra Kumar told us that the viral letter is fake.
Update: This story has been updated with a statement from the RSS on May 25, 2024.
Conclusion
Thus, from the evidence found in our investigation, it is clear that this letter that went viral in the name of RSS is fake.
Result: False
(This story was originally published by newschecker.inFact 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 26, 2024, 16:08 IST