A post has gone viral on social media claiming that Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav has promised multiple benefits to Muslims ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
The post reads: “पश्चिमी यूपी और पूर्वांचल में 2000 नई मस्जिद बनाई जायेगी, अयोध्या में बाबरी मस्जिद के लिए 1000 करोड़ रुपये दिए जायेंगे, अयोध्या का नाम परिवर्तन किया जायेगा, दलितों और पिछड़ों का आरक्षण कम कर के
मुसलमानों को 30% आरक्षण दिया जायेगा, लव जेहाद कानून को खत्म किया जायेगा, यह वादा है मेरा मुसलमानों से,
अखिलेश यादव”
(English translation: 2000 new mosques will be built in western UP and Purvanchal, Rs 1000 crore will be given for Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Ayodhya’s name will be changed. The reservation of Dalits and backwards will be reduced and Muslims will be given 30% reservation, love jihad law will be abolished, this is my promise to Muslims, Akhilesh Yadav)
The link to the post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact-check and found the claim to be fake.
We searched with different keywords but found no report to suggest that Akhilesh Yadav has made any such comment.
We instead found articles published by Scroll, The Economic Times, which belied the viral claim. The title of one of the posts read, “Samajwadi Party now trying to get rid of pro-Muslim image.”
The report said, “On a trip to Chitrakoot last week, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav visited the Kamdhenu temple, did a circumambulation of the Kamadgiri and met saints and sought their blessings. Addressing a press conference, Yadav announced that if elected to power, the party’s government would beautify Chitrakoot, develop the Lakshman Pahadi on an international level and give pension to artists involved in Ramlila, without any discrimination on the basis of religion or caste.”
We further found that Samajwadi Party had promised free electricity up to 300 units and free laptops for youths in its manifesto.
We also found that Samajwadi Party’s Fact-Checking Twitter handle had also refuted the viral claim. They tweeted, “भाजपा और उसके ट्रोल आर्मी द्वारा समाजवादी पार्टी के खिलाफ विभिन्न प्रकार से फेक स्क्रीनशॉट बनाकर फेसबुक/ट्विटर/व्हाट्सएप्प के माध्यम से अफवाहें फैलाई जा रही हैं जो कि पूर्णतः गलत हैं, सपा सरकार बनने पर सभी अफवाह फैलाने वाले लोगों के खिलाफ सख्त से सख्त कार्यवाही की जाएगी!”
(English translation: Rumors are being spread by BJP and its troll army against Samajwadi Party through Facebook/Twitter/Whatsapp by making different types of fake screenshots which is completely wrong, strict action will be taken against all those spreading rumours when SP government is formed.)
Hence, we can ascertain that the viral claim is fake and Akhilesh Yadav has not made any such pre-poll promises.
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