“A video shows ex-Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam appealing to voters to support the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Nov 2024.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The viral video is not recent. On 19 April 2024, as polling began for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Nirupam appealed voters to support the BJP and its allies, while criticizing Congress as an outdated “heritage building” unable to change the country’s situation.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 November 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 22 November 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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