“Video of Smriti Irani predicting Akhilesh Yadav’s victory in a public meeting”
What FACTLY found
The short video clip being shared is an excerpt of Smriti Irani’s recent address at a public gathering in UP’s Baghpat. The video is being shared out of context. In the lengthier version of the speech, Smriti Irani’s viral comments followed after her reference to Ayodhya firings of 1990, when the then CM Mulayam Singh Yadav ordered police firing at karsewaks, marching towards Ayodhya. Further, following the viral comments, Smriti can be heard saying ‘the women have already decided that they w...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 February 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 10 February 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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