old video of Delhi viral as saying protest in Maharashtra against EVM

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What is the claim?

After the defeat in the recent assembly elections in Maharashtra, leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) raised concerns about rigging of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Worry Is expressed. Meanwhile, a video is going viral on social media, in which it is being claimed that massive protests are taking place against voting machines in Maharashtra.

reports According to , MVA leaders are planning to launch a campaign supporting the abolition of EVMs and holding elections through traditional ballot paper.

In this backdrop, a video of a large crowd raising slogans for the removal of EVMs is being shared on social media.

A user posted a video on “Will soon prepare to raise voice in House, sources.” This post has received more than 28,000 views, 600 reposts and about 2000 likes so far. Archive version of post Here See. Other posts with similar claims Here, Here, Here And Here See.

Screenshots of viral posts. (Source: X/Screenshot)

However, this video showing the protest against EVMs is not from Maharashtra, but from Jantar Mantar in New Delhi in January 2024.

How did the truth come out?

By searching the viral video through reverse image search, we get images from January and February 2024. x (archive Here) And facebook (archive Here) The same video was found in the posts, along with which it was said that it shows a protest against EVMs in Jantar Mantar, Delhi. The slogan ‘Remove EVMs, save the country’ was given in these posts.

We were shot from a different angle of the performance Video (archive Here) were also found, in which it was told that this anti-EVM protest was organized by Bharat Mukti Morcha and other organizations at Jantar Mantar, Delhi. as well as, live stream video (archive HereSimilar scenes can be seen at the same place in ).

Viral videos and videos posted in January-February. (Source: X/Screenshot)

Other than this, Herald Goa (archive Here) And Reverse glasses (archive Here) were also shown on YouTube channels named Glimpses of this demonstration, which match the scenes from the viral video. In these videos, Supreme Court lawyers Mahmood Pracha and Bhanu Pratap Singh and others are shown demanding a ban on EVMs and conducting elections through ballot paper.

We contacted Aurangzeb Chaudhary, who runs a YouTube channel named ‘News World’ and was covering the same protest that day. He confirmed that the viral video is from the anti-EVM protest that took place in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in January.

We identified the green board seen in the viral video and the videos of January 31 and February as the office of Janata Dal United (JDU), which is located in Delhi. Jantar Mantar Located in. This makes it clear that the video is from Delhi and not from Maharashtra.

Viral video and picture of the board of JDU office located at Jantar Mantar. (Source: X/Sachin Baghel/Screenshot)

Published on January 31, 2024 immortal light And all colors This demonstration has also been covered in the report.

Our investigation revealed that NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) chief Sharad Pawar had also participated in this protest, and had posted its pictures on his X account on January 31, 2024. Post (archive Here) were from.

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It is clear that the viral video is of the anti-EVM protest held at Jantar Mantar, Delhi in January 2024, and not of Maharashtra after the recently held state assembly elections, as claimed.

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