“Video depicts VVPAT slips being removed from the strong room, despite the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 requiring VVPAT slips to be preserved for one year following the elections”
What FACTLY found
Though the time and location of the video is unknown, the video doesn’t show any wrongdoing. The workers can be seen extracting the VVPAT slips from the machine and preserving them after counting as per the guidelines of Election Commission of India, and not destroying them. Further investigation on the unauthorized person who recorded the video is ongoing
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 April 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 May 2023, 7 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.