“Several videos and pictures allegedly showing people celebrating PM Narendra Modi’s win in the Lok Sabha elections are being widely shared across social media. However, our investigation reveals that most of these videos and pictures shared tens of thousands of times on social media are not related to the Lok Sabha election results.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 26 May 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 May 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 May 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/indianwarriorbaramai/videos/444506159694426/
- sharechat.comhttps://sharechat.com/item/a0xxXwe?referer=tagTrendingFeed
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by BBC Hindi, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.