“In Nagpur, this man threw ink on EVM machines and raised slogans against EVM machines during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.”
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Claim dated 22 Apr 2024.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
This video is old and is from an incident that occured during the Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2019. Five years ago, during the Thane voting, BSP leader Sunil Khambe threw ink on the EVM and protested against the machines. This has no connection with the 2024 polls
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 April 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 24 April 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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