“A video is going viral on social media ahead of the Lok Sabha polls with claims that Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath is indulging in bribery to win the seats. But we found that the video has no connection to the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 23 Mar 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 March 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 25 March 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/Mansoor92083559/status/1109702512620105728
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/groups/619062118297100/permalink/993945710808737/
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.