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“Visuals of Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders thrashing each other after candidates were announced by the party for 2023 Assembly Elections”
Social media posts Claim dated 17 Oct 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

This video shows an incident that occurred in 2019 in Uttar Pradesh, where two BJP leaders exchanged blows at each other in a meeting. BJP MP Sharad Tripathi first assaulted fellow party member and MLA Rakesh Singh Baghel over an argument which eventually ended up as a fight between the two. It has nothing to do with the Congress party or Madhya Pradesh

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 17 October 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 19 October 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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