“A video of CPI’s Begusurai’s candidate Kanhaiya Kumar in which he can be heard saying that Lord Hanuman burnt Lanka for someone else’s wife has gone viral on social media. We found the claims to be misleading.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 30 Apr 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisMisleading
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 April 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 May 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- Post on Xhttps://twitter.com/squintneon/status/1122740590947360769
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/BJPharbaar/videos/1262338963890830/
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.