“Video showing Bhojpuri Star Dinesh Lal Yadav campaigning for Samajwadi Party recently”
What FACTLY found
The video is from 2017 and not a recent one. Bhojpuri star Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’, and actress Amrapali Dubey conducted a road show in support of Samajwadi Party candidate Sushma Sonkar in Saidpur municipal elections in 2017. ‘Nirahua’ had joined the BJP in 2019, contested against Akhilesh Yadav in the Lok Sabha elections in Azamgarh and lost. Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ was fielded by the BJP again for the Lok Sabha by-election in Azamgarh recently, after Akhilesh Yadav became the MLA fro...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 June 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 24 June 2022, 15 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/shivamyadav.yadavanshi/posts/pfbid0Qi9CkzAS2Z86vtRpkCrid4GamDkmc…
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