“A video allegedly showing PM Narendra Modi walking with huge crowds in Varanasi to file his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections has gone viral on social media.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 25 Apr 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 April 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 26 April 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
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