A video report is being circulated on social media where a man is alleging that a few BJP party workers bribed them and asked people not to cast their votes.
The video report is being shared with the Hindi caption, “हाय रे बीजेपी वाले लोकतंत्र नाम का कोई चीज ही नहीं बचा चंदौली में महेंद्र नाथ पांडे द्वारा यह सब किया जा रहा है.”
(English Translation: For BJP, there is no such thing as democracy. All this is being done by Mahendra Nath Pandey in Chandauli.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found that the video is old.
Since the video had the logo of News18, we ran a keyword search and found that the original report was published on their YouTube channel on May 18, 2019.
The title of the video read, “Lok Sabha 2019: Locals From UP’s Chandauli Village Accuse BJP Workers Of Bribing Them For Votes. ”
We ran a keyword search and found that similar reports were published by Times Now, Zee News and The Quint in May 2019.
Hence, it is clear that the video is old and the post is misleading.
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