“Hardik Patel was slapped on stage after joining the BJPF”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 Jun 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The incident took place in 2019, when he was in the Congress. Multiple news agencies reported the incident back then. As per these reports, Hardik Patel was slapped by Tarun Gajjar, while he was addressing a poll rally in Gujarat’s Surendra Nagar district. The video has nothing to do with his joining the BJP
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 June 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 6 June 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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