“Recent video of Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath breaking down into tears while watching ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie”
Social media posts
Claim dated 14 Mar 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This video shows Yogi Adityanath getting emotional during the ‘Ek Diya Shaheed Ke Naam’ event organised in October 2017. This event was organised in honour of the martyrs at Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The video shared in the post is old and had nothing to do with ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 March 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 15 March 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1403555616768525
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