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Fact Check: Old Video Of PM Modi Addressing Indian-American Community In The US Shared With False Claim

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A video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi making an appearance on stage while audience cheers for him is going viral on social media. It is being claimed that PM Modi has been appointed as the ‘chairperson of 153 countries’.

The text embedded in the video translates to, “Haters of PM Modi won’t be able to watch this video, and lovers of Modi won’t scroll down without liking and sharing the video.” 

(Original Text: मोदीजी के विरोधक ये विडियो देख नहीं पाएंगे और मोदीजी के समर्थक इस विडियो को लाइक और शेयर किये बिना निचे नहीं जा पाएँगे) 

The post is shared on Facebook with a caption in Hindi that translates to, “I am proud that Modi Ji has been elected the president of 153 countries. The lion of my country. No one in foreign countries knew India. Today Modi is the head of there.”

(Original Text: मोदी जी को 153देशो का अध्यक्ष चुना गया मुझे गर्व है. मेरे देश के शेर पर. विदेशो मे कोई भारत को जानता नही था.आज मोदी वहा का मुख्या है)

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FACT CHECK

NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be false. 

We took a keyframe of the video and performed a Reverse Image Search. This led us to the same video uploaded on YouTube in 2018 with a description that read, “Narendra Modi’s in SAP Center California among 18,000 INDIANS.”

Searching further we found that the same clip was also uploaded on the official YouTube account of Narendra Modi in 2015. At 1:53:35, one can see the viral clip in this video. The video description read, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Indian Community reception at SAP Centre in San Jose, California.” Thus, it is evident that the viral video is not recent and in fact, dates back to 2015.

The event was streamed live in September 2015 when PM Modi addressed the Indian American community at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. According to the media reports, it was the second day of PM Modi’s trip to the West Coast. Nowhere in the report, anything related to ‘Modi appointed chairperson of 153 countries’ is mentioned. 

We also searched the web if any such position exists but could not find any credible report corroborating the claim. Earlier, the claim that PM Modi was made the chairman of WHO was debunked by NewsMobile in 2020. 

https://newsmobile.in/articles/2020/05/27/fact-check-has-pm-modi-been-appointed-the-chairman-of-who-heres-the-truth/

Thus, it is evident from the above information that an old video of PM Modi addressing the Indian American community in 2015 was shared with the false claim that he was made the chairperson of 153 countries.

 

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