fact check
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The video is not from Maharashtra, but from Divinity Homes Society in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and was recorded during the 2022 assembly elections
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What is the claim?
A video is going viral on social media, in which slogans of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and songs in support of ‘Hindutva’ are being raised in a residential society, and people standing in the balconies of flats are being asked to protest against ‘nationalism’. An appeal is being made to vote. This video is being linked to the Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024 and is being shared as being from a residential colony in Maharashtra.
A user on X (formerly Twitter) posted the video with the caption, “Mood of Maharashtra. Maharashtra election campaign begins in a very beautiful way.” This post has so far received 267,000 views, 3,700 reposts and more than 12,000 likes. Archive version of post Here See. other posts Here And Here See.
This video is also being shared widely on Facebook with the same claim. Here And Here Can be seen.
hindi news channel India News While sharing the video, he has also claimed that it is from Maharashtra.
Screenshots of viral posts. (Source: X/Youtube/Screenshot)
However, the video going viral is from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh and was recorded during the 2022 assembly elections.
How did we find out the truth?
We searched the keyframes of the video through reverse image search and found it posted on a Facebook page named ‘Vishva Hindu Parishad Bajrang Dal Block Banskhoh’ on February 15, 2022. Post (archive Here), whose title was ‘Prabhat Pheri, Kanpur West…’. Since this video has been present on the internet for more than two years, it became clear that it is not related to the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Screenshot of a Facebook post from February 2022. (Source: Facebook/Screenshot)
During investigation, we found this video dated February 12, 2022 Post (archive Here), in which many pictures were also shared. Information was given in the post that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Prabhat Pheri concluded with Jai Ghosh at many places including Navshildham Society, Ratan Orbit Apartment, Kanha Shyam Apartment, Divinity Home Apartment located in Gautam Nagar area of Kalyanpur.
By searching the images of the societies mentioned in the Facebook post on Google, we matched them with the buildings seen in the video, and found that the video was recorded at Divinity Homes Society, which was confirmed by the society. facebook page (archive Here) from the pictures available on.
Comparison between the viral video and the picture posted on Facebook of Divinity Homes, Kanpur. (Source: X/Facebook/Screenshot)
After this, this society google maps When I searched, I found that it is located on Indira Nagar Road in Kanpur.
Viral video and screenshot of Google Street View. (Source: X/Google Maps/Screenshot)
Apart from this, our investigation also revealed that the appeal made at the end of the viral video to vote on 20th is actually related to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. of 2022 UP assembly elections The third phase of voting was held on February 20, 2022, on 59 seats in 16 districts including Kanpur.
decision
Our investigation so far makes it clear that the viral video is more than two years old and is from a housing society in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and not Maharashtra as is being claimed. This has nothing to do with Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024.
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