“Old video of PM Modi supporting ballot paper voting over EVMs”
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the post is a cropped one. The video shows PM Modi’s address at the Parivatan rally held in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad in 2016. The full version of the video shows Narendra Modi praising India’s advanced electronic voting system through EVMs. Narendra Modi in his speech criticised a few developed countries including the US for implementing a ballot paper voting system in their elections
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 April 2022, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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