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“Visuals of Yogi Adityanath buying votes by bribing voters with cash”
Social media posts Claim dated 11 Feb 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The visuals actually show Yogi Adityanath handing over monetary compensation to farmers whose crops were burnt in fire accident back in 2012. Even the conversation in the viral video suggests the same. There are no recent reports of Yogi Adityanath bribing people for votes

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

In short

This claim spread on social media around 11 February 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 14 February 2022, 3 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.