“Video of Akhilesh Yadav appealing for votes and asking anti-social elements to vote for the Samajwadi party”
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Claim dated 20 Feb 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Akhilesh Yadav’s speech in Auraiya, wherein his appeal to anti-social elements to refrain from voting to Samajwadi Party is digitally edited to show as if he appealed the anti-social elements to vote for SP. Akhilesh Yadav made such appeals earlier during his interaction with media
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 February 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 22 February 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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