“A video has gone viral on social media with claims that a BJP worker in Muzaffarnagar constituency seized fake Aadhaar cards from a group of women wearing the burqa. But it has no connection to the 2019 elections. Another video that is being shared widely claims that EVMs were burnt during the first phase of elections. This too has been falsely attributed to the Lok Sabha elections.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 11 Apr 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 April 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 13 April 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/singhsandeep792/status/1116285781943947264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwca…
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/TheDeccanTimess/videos/415629735662152/?v=415629735662152
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/Hyderabadimediawala/videos/534459877087694/
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/2367647833524875/videos/371701443434819/?q=evm%20burning&epa=SEA…
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by BBC Hindi, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.