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Fact Check: Is Akhilesh Yadav Going To London Once Assembly Polls Results Are Out? Here’s The Truth

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Amid ongoing assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, a short video has surfaced on social media featuring Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav with a claim that he will go to London on March 11, 2022, a day after assembly elections results will be announced.

A Facebook user shared the video with a caption in Hindi that translates to, “Akhilesh also knows that Baba will come. That’s why #Akhilesh_Yadav will go to London on 11 March.”

(Original: अखिलेश को भी पता है कि आएंगे तो बाबा ही इसलिए 11 मार्च को #अखिलेश_यादव चले #लंदन)

The video shows a clip where the interviewer can be heard asking Yadav, “Are you going to London on the 11th?” To which Yadav responds by saying, “Why shouldn’t I go to London?”

FACT CHECK

NewsMobile fact-checked the viral video and found out that it has been manipulated.

On performing relevant keyword searches, we found the longer version of the interview uploaded on NDTV India YouTube channel on June 23, 2021. One can find that relevant part at 10 minutes 50 seconds mark in the video. During the interview questions about COVID-19 situation in UP and farmers’ agitation were asked, and NDTV anchor asked Yadav that “People are alleging, amid all this, you left for London?” This portion has been removed from the video and the other dubbed audio has been superimposed.

In the original video, in response to Jain’s question, Yadav first says “you should know when I had gone to London” and later clarifies that he had gone to London to get his daughter admitted to college. This portion has also been heavily edited to make it appear like Yadav is asking Jain “who is not going on a foreign trip?”

NewsMobile also found a rebuttal tweet by Sreenivasan Jain where he clarified that the viral video is morphed.

“Just got this on WA. My audio has been morphed, Akhilesh’s answer has been distorted. While one is always up for a laugh, it appears this clip has been used to spread misinfo during the elections, and hence am flagging here,” Jain wrote.

Therefore, with the above information, it can be concluded that the viral video is manipulated.

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