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“Akhilesh Yadav’s Tweet ridiculing the party workers following the loss of his party in the 2022 UP Assembly elections”
Social media posts Claim dated 15 Mar 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The viral screenshot is created digitally, as it is evident by the twitter handle and profile name of the purported tweet. Also, Akhilesh Yadav did not make any comments ridiculing his party workers. In fact, following the election results he tweeted thanking the party workers

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 15 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 16 March 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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