text:
Edited video shared as ‘ABP News’ opinion poll predicting Congress party's victory in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh elections 2022 - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 9, 2022
A video of an ‘ABP News’ opinion poll is being shared on social media claiming that Congress is predicted to win majority seats in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh elections 2022. This ‘ABP News’ opinion poll projected 39-45 seats to Congress, 22-28 seats to BJP and 0-3 to others. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: ‘ABP News’ opinion poll predicting Congress victory in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh elections 2022.
Fact: The post shared an edited version of the ‘ABP News’ opinion poll that was telecast before the Himachal Pradesh Elections in 2017. The actual visuals of this old ABP News opinion poll predicted BJP winning a majority of 39-45 seats in the 2017 Himachal Pradesh elections. By morphing the party names on this old opinion poll video, this post falsely portrayed it as a recent ABP News opinion poll predicting Congress’s victory in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh elections 2022. The latest ABP News opinion poll has predicted that BJP will secure 38-46 seats and form the government again in Himachal Pradesh. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched for this video using relevant keywords on the internet, a video showing similar opinion poll visuals was found published on the ‘ABP News’ YouTube channel on 31 October 2017. The video shows the ABP opinion poll that was telecast before the Himachal Pradesh elections in 2017.
This five-year-old opinion poll conducted by the ‘ABP News’ has predicted BJP’s victory by projecting 39-45 seats in the 2017 Himachal Pradesh elections. This opinion poll projected Congress as the second-largest party with a total of 22-28 seats in the 2017 Himachal Pradesh elections. The video shared in the viral post was created by morphing the party names on the original ‘ABP News’ opinion poll video clip.
The latest opinion poll conducted by ‘ABP News’ has again predicted BJP’s victory in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh elections 2022, to be conducted on 12 November 2022. The latest ABP News’s opinion poll has predicted 38-46 seats for the BJP, 20-28 seats for the Congress, 0-1 seats for the Aam Aadmi Party and 0-3 for others in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh Elections. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is an edited version of the old ‘ABP News’ opinion poll video telecast before the 2017 Himachal Pradesh elections.
To sum it up, an edited version of the old ‘ABP News’ opinion poll video is shared as a recent poll predicting Congres’s victory in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh elections 2022.

created: November 9, 2022


text:
Edited video shared as Ashok Gehlot’s remarks about energy loss in irrigation water because of electricity generation - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 27, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot stating that generating electricity removes the energy from water and will be of no use for irrigation. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Ashok Gehlot stating that generating electricity removes the energy from water and will be of no use for irrigation.
Fact: The video shared in the post is a clipped one. The extended version of the video shows Ashok Gehlot referring to his statements as misleading information spread by Jan Sangh workers during his childhood. Ashok Gehlot made this statement while addressing a press meet on 26 May 2018. Ashok Gehlot tweeted the full version of this video and clarified that the viral video circulating on social media is an edited one. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched to check whether Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had made any such statements linking the electricity generation to the energy loss in irrigation water, we found that ‘BBC News Hindi’ has published a video reporting the truth of Ashok Gehlot’s Bijli-Paani comment in June 2018. ‘BBC’ clarified that the viral video circulating on social media is an edited one and shared the extended version of the original video. According to the ‘BBC’ report, Ashok Gehlot had made these statements referring to them as misleading information propagated by the Jan Sangh workers during his childhood. Jan Sangh’ is the forerunner of BJP.
When we searched for more sources using these keywords, it is found that Ashok Gehlot made these statements while addressing a press meet on 26 May 2018. Ashok Gehlot shared the live video of this press conference on his Facebook page. At 2:50 minute of the video, Ashok Gehlot said, “I remember, during my childhood, when the Bhakra Dam was built, Jan Sangh cadres used to campaign that Pandit Nehru has lost his mind. They propagated a rumour that Nehru will build a dam and he will construct a hydroelectric power plant on it and that if electricity was removed from the water, the water will lose its energy and will be of no use for agriculture”. Even in 2012, Ashok Gehlot made a similar statement referring to BJP workers while addressing a public rally.
When this viral clipped video went viral on social media in June 2018, Ashok Gehlot through a tweet clarified that the viral video is an edited one and shared the original extended version of the video. Reporting Ashok Gehlot’s clarification, several mainstream news websites have published articles in 2018. They can be seen here, here and here.
ये इनकी असलियत है और इनकी फितरत में है कि मुझ जैसे साधारण इंसान को भी #ScientistGehlot का दर्जा दे देते हैं।
This is the original, which was edited.. pic.twitter.com/KGygG7RPMn
To sum it up, edited video is shared as Ashok Gehlot’s remarks about the energy loss in irrigation water because of electricity generation.

source: news-factly

license: Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

author: Sai Krishna Muthyanolla


text:
Edited video shared as Indian Patriotic song performed at an American talent show - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 18, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming that it shows dancers performing an Indian patriotic song in an American talent show. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: Visuals of dancers performing an Indian patriotic song in an American talent show.
Fact: The viral video is an edited version of a dance performance uploaded on a YouTube channel called ‘Top Talent Kids’. The audio track of this dance performance has been replaced by the song ‘Jai Ho India’ sung by Vicky Parek, to make it look like they are dancing to this song. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
A reverse image search on the screenshots from the video led us to a YouTube video uploaded on ‘Top Talent Kids’. The video in the viral post starts from the 0.36 timestamp of this video and ends at 3:10. One can clearly see that the audio in this YouTube video is different from that in the viral post. The caption under the video says, ‘ZURCORAH Aerial Dance Group GOLDEN BUZZER America’s Got Talent 2018.’ Taking a clue from here and searching about ‘ZURCORAH, the full video was found on their Facebook account. Even in that video, there is no patriotic song about India. The acrobatic group ZURCORAH was founded in 2009 by Brazilian Peterson da Cruz Hora.
We then performed a keyword search on the internet about the song in the viral video, and found that the song is Jai Ho India, sung by Vicky Parekh. This song was replaced by the audio of the dance performance and edited to look like dancers were performing to an Indian patriotic song in an American talent show.
To sum up, an edited video is being shared as visuals of an Indian Patriotic song performance at an American talent show.

created: January 18, 2023


text:
Edited video shared as Kejriwal admitting to taking share in corruption & bribes, along with Bhagwant Mann and other AAP leaders - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 7, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal acknowledging that he has a share in the corruption that is happening in the AAP ruled states. This purported video of Aravind Kejriwal’s exclusive interview with the ‘India TV’ news channel shows Kejriwal openly admitting that he will make money from corruption.  In the video, he is also seen acknowledging that Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and other AAP legislators also take their share of corrupt money collected from local government offices in the AAP-ruled states. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Arvind Kejriwal admitting that he has a share in corruption & bribes, along with Bhagwant Mann and other AAP legislators.
Fact: The video shared in the post is a doctored one. Speaking about the corruption in the AAP ruled states with ‘India TV’, Arvind Kejriwal said that he along with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and other legislators in the party do take any money or share from corruption. He emphasised this as a major reason why corruption has decreased in the AAP ruled states. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched for this video using relevant keywords, we found the full video of this Arvind Kejriwal’s exclusive interview with ‘India TV’ journalist Saurav Sharma on YouTube. One can see a similar conversation from 6:50 minutes of this video. While speaking about the corruption in the AAP ruled states, Kejriwal said (the English translation of his Hindi words), “Earlier, a system was created in which all the collected money used to finally reach the Chief Minister. The then system was created in a way that if somebody has to facilitate this money from lower offices, they will be allowed to make money. So, these people used to collect money from local police stations, Tahsildar, and other lower government bodies and send it to the top officials. But now, Bhagwant Mann will not take money, I will not take money, Ministers and MLAs from my party also do not take any money. Recently, a local Tahsildar meeting was held in Punjab. They decided collectively not to collect money anymore from lower rung people and send it to the top officials in the government. So, the corruption has decreased”.
‘India TV’ had published an article reporting the summary of their recent exclusive conversation with Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. The video shared in the post was created by cropping and editing out a part & muting few words from the full ‘India TV’ interview video.
To sum it up, an edited video is shared as Arvind Kejriwal admitting to his share in corruption & bribes, along with Bhagwant Mann and other AAP leaders.


text:
Edited video shared as massive fire explosion in Mangalore city of Karnataka - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 16, 2020
A video is being shared on social media claiming that a massive fire explosion took place at a sweet shop in Mangalore city of Karnataka. In the post, it is claimed that 24 people died in this accident. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Fire explosion at a sweet shop in Mangalore.
Fact: Video shared in the post is the edited version of two unrelated accidents that took place at different locations. While one part of the video shows a fire accident at a godown in Patna during 2018, the other part of the video shows an injured person of the fire explosion in a sweet shop at Manglaur in Uttarakhand. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Clip-1:
On reverse image search, similar visuals of the first thirty seconds shown in the video were found in a YouTube video posted by the ‘India Today Social’ channel on ‘09 June 2018’. In the description of the video, it is mentioned as the visuals of the fire explosion at a Gas Godown in Patna, Bihar. Showing similar visuals, ‘Live Hindustan’ news channel also reported the same information. ‘Times of India’ news website article about this accident can be read here.
Clip-2:
On reverse image search, the same video was found in a ‘Hindustani Reporter’ YouTube channel. ‘Hindustani Reporter’ claims it as the visuals of fire explosion at a sweet shop in Manglaur, Uttrakhand. On searching with the keywords ‘fire accident at a sweet shop in Manglaur’, we found many articles and news reports about this accident. They can be seen here, here and here.
On observing carefully, we could notice that this building is same as the one in the posted video. This accident took place on ‘07 November 2020’, and it is reported that 13 people were injured in the accident.
From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is an edited version of the two different videos and it has nothing to do with Mangalore city in Karnataka.

created: November 16, 2020


text:
Edited video shared as Pfizer CEO stating that his goal is to reduce world population by half - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 30, 2022
A video through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said that his company’s goal was to reduce the world’s population by 50% by 2023. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Pfizer CEO saying that he wants to reduce world population by half by 2023.
Fact: The viral video had been edited from an original video where Pfizer CEO spoke about his team’s dream of reducing the number of people who cannot afford their medicines. In the viral video, the words, “that cannot afford our medicines” have been cut out. Recently, Pfizer had launched an initiative named ‘An Accord for a healthier world’ to provide patent-protected medicines to 45 lower-income countries. Pfizer CEO also revealed this in his conversation at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In the conversation, Pfizer CEO spoke about one of his dreams of reducing the number of people who cannot afford the medicines by 50%, by 2023, which he thinks is going to be a reality. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, a video with similar visuals was found on YouTube. The YouTube video is from a conversation that Albert Bourla, the CEO of Pfizer, had, at the Davos summit by World Economic Forum. The video had been cut at 2:33 timeframe to make this 38-second viral clip out of it. However, some part of the YouTube video had been edited to make this viral video.
In the YouTube video, Albert Bourla says, “…by 2023, we will reduce the number of people in the world that cannot afford our medicines by 50%, I think, today this dream is becoming reality.” In the viral video, the words, “that cannot afford our medicines” have been cut out.
Pfizer had launched an initiative named ‘An Accord for a healthier world’ to provide patent-protected medicines to 45 lower-income countries. Pfizer CEO also revealed this in his conversation at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In the conversation, Pfizer CEO spoke about one of his dreams of reducing the number of people who cannot afford the medicines by 50%, by 2023, which he thinks is going to be a reality.
To sum it up, edited video is being shared as Pfizer CEO stating that his goal is to reduce world population by half.


text:
Edited video shared as PM Modi asking the man who asked about petrol prices to sit - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 10, 2021
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as the fumbled reaction of PM Narendra Modi when a person in a video conference raised the question about increasing fuel prices. This video shows Narendra Modi asking a person to sit after he raised the question on petrol prices. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Narendra Modi asking a person to sit down in a live video conference for raising the question about increased fuel prices.
Fact: The video shared in the post is an edited one. In the original video, the person interacting with Narendra Modi did not speak anything about the petrol prices. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On observing carefully, we could hear PM Narendra Modi addressing the person in the video with the name Haribhau. When we searched for this video interaction using these keywords, we found similar visuals in a YouTube video published by ‘ABP MAJHA’ news channel in 2018. In the video, the person speaking to Narendra Modi was reported as a beneficiary of PM Mudra Yojana scheme (PMMY). It is reported that PM Narendra Modi spoke to this Mudra scheme beneficiary Haribhau, in the Marathi language.
The complete video of this interaction of PM Modi with Mudra Yojana beneficiaries is shared on the ‘PMO India’ YouTube channel. The words ‘Namasthe sir’ and ‘Theek hey Saab’ in the original video were replaced with the words ‘Ram Ram’ and ‘Petrol Ke Bhav’ respectively. In the original video, Haribhau did not speak anything about petrol prices.
To sum it up, an edited video of PM Modi asking a Mudra Yojana Beneficiary to sit in live video conference is shared with a false narrative.

created: February 10, 2021


text:
Edited video shared as Rahul Gandhi watching a song performance during Bharat Jodo Yatra - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 11, 2023
A video is being widely shared on social media platforms claiming that Rahul Gandhi is seen relaxing after the tight schedule of Bharat Jodo Yatra by watching a bhojpuri song performance at an event. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Rahul Gandhi watching a Bhojpuri song performance for relaxation after Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Fact: Full length videos show singer Sunidhi Chauhan singing the song ‘Right here, right now’ from a Hindi film Bluff Master (2005). On 16 December 2022, she performed at a concert marking the completion of 100 days of Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur. Rahul Gandhi, Ashok Gehlot, and other congress leaders attended the event. Nowhere did she sing the bhojpuri song as shared in the viral video. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Reverse image search using the viral visuals led us to same video but with a different audio. This video was tweeted by a congress follower on 16 December 2022. The accompanying description informs that Rahul Gandhi was at Sunidhi Chauhan’s Concert in Jaipur. In this video, Rahul Gandhi, Ashok Gehlot & other leaders can be seen watching the performance of the song “Right here, Right Now” from a Hindi film Bluff Master (2005).
Rahul Gandhi at Sunidhi Chauhan’s concert in Jaipur. pic.twitter.com/7w16x69buD
As per the media reports, on 16 December 2022, Singer Sunidhi Chauhan performed at a concert marking the completion of 100 days of Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur.
Full videos uploaded by several vloggers on YouTube also show Sunidhi Chauhan singing the song ‘Right here, right now’ along with other popular Bollywood songs. They can be seen here and here. Nowhere did she sing the bhojpuri song as shared in the viral video. The edited audio is taken from this Bhojpuri song.
To sum it up, video of Rahul Gandhi watching a Bhojpuri song performance is altered.

created: January 11, 2023


text:
Edited video shared as Ranveer Singh criticizing PM Modi - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 18, 2024
A video (here, here, and here) featuring Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh is being widely shared online where he appears to be criticizing PM Narendra Modi and alleging that the ruling party’s purpose is to celebrate the pain and problems of people in the country. Let’s verify the authenticity of the video.
Claim: Video of Ranveer Singh Criticizing PM Narendra Modi.
Fact: This video has been altered with a manipulated audio created using AI voice cloning technology. Notably, the original video does not feature any criticism aimed at Modi’s government. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
A reverse image search of the viral video has led us to the original set of videos (here & here) published on the official X account of Asian News International (ANI) on 14 April 2024. In these videos (archive), Ranveer Singh, during his visit to Varanasi, spoke about his devotion towards Lord Shiva, his experience of visiting the city, PM Modi’s vision to celebrate the rich cultural heritage, history, and legacy of Varanasi along with developmental initiatives. Notably, there is no indication of any criticism towards the government as depicted in the viral video.
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Actor Ranveer Singh says, "I cannot express in words the experience that I have had today. Life long I have been a devotee of lord Shiva and I have come here for the first time…" pic.twitter.com/4s2j7R0x7F
Moreover, upon closer scrutiny of the viral video, discrepancies in lip sync are apparent, implying potential tampering. This finding is reinforced by AI voice analysis tools such as Hive Moderator, which identify the existence of an artificially created voice in the viral video. Ranveer Singh is yet to respond to this issue.
Previously, FACTLY debunked a similar case of AI-manipulated content, specifically a manipulated voice resembling that of actor Aamir Khan, purportedly endorsing the Congress party.
To sum it up, an edited video is being shared as Ranveer Singh Criticizing PM Modi’s governance.


text:
Edited video shared as SP leader making provocative statements against Thakur and Brahmin communities in UP - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 10, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of a Samajwadi Party leader making provocative statements against the Thakur and Brahmin communities in Uttar Pradesh. In the video, the SP leader states that if their party (SP) comes to power in UP, Thakur will be called Thakuratha, Pandit will be called Panditha. He is also heard saying that his government will kill everyone belonging to these communities. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a Samajwadi Party leader making provocative statements against the Thakur and Brahmin community in Uttar Pradesh.
Fact: The video shared in the post is an edited one. In the original video, Samajwadi Party leader Rajesh Yadav was describing the behaviour of the regional MLA’s father in Katra. Rajesh Yadav made these statements of Thakurata and Pandita attributing to the Katra’s MLA father. Rajesh Yadav filed an FIR and released a video clarifying it as political conspiracy intentionally created against him. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
A few social media users have shared the same video mentioning the politician as Katra former MLA Rajesh Yadav. When we searched for the video using keywords, it is found that a journalist named Abhinay Kumar Guptha had shared the original version of this video on his Facebook page. In the original video, Samajwadi Party leader Rajesh Yadav was describing the behaviour of the local MLA’s father in Katra. Rajesh Yadav made these statements of Thakurata and Pandita attributing to the Katra MLA’s father. While describing the atrocities and problems created by goons in Katra, Rajesh Yadav said that if the SP government will come to power in UP, their government will take all the goons to task. The viral video was created by merging different video clips of Rajesh Yadav’s speech. Abhinay Kumar Guptha and a few other news channels have confirmed that the viral video circulating on social media is an edited one.
When this video went viral on social media, Rajesh Yadav released a video clarifying that the viral video circulating on social media is an edited one. Rajesh Yadav said that he had never insulted any community in his election campaign and called the viral video a conspiracy created intentionally by opposition parties against him. Regarding the viral video, on 09 February 2022, Rajesh Yadav filed a complaint with the Shahjahanpur police and also with the Election Commission. Reporting this information, several news organizations published articles. They can be seen here, here, and here.
To sum it up, an edited video is being shared as SP leader making provocative statements against Thakur and Brahmin communities in UP.

created: February 10, 2022


text:
Edited video shared as the visuals of Bangalore’s Christ University students dancing to ‘Jai Shri Ram’ song - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 11, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as the visuals of students from Christ University in Bangalore dancing to ‘Jai Shri Ram’ song. The video shows a group of students dancing to ‘Bharat ka bacha bacha jai shri ram bolega’ song. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Christ University students dancing to ‘Jai Shri Ram’ song.
Fact: The video shared in the post is an edited one. Pratham Makhija, a student of Christ University and worker of ABVP, published this video on his Instagram handle on 29 October 2022. In a disclaimer added to his Instagram post, Pratham Makhija clarified it as an edited video created by adding the audio of the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ song. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, a video showing similar visuals of students dancing to the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ song was found on the Instagram page of a user named Pratham Makhija (Instagram username: the nationalistguy). This Instagram user published the video with the description, “CHRIST UNIVERSITY in Parallel Universe.” But in a disclaimer added to this post, Pratham Makhija clarified it as an edited video created by adding the audio of the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ song. Pratham Makhija said he had created this video just for fun.
The bio section of Pratham Makhija’s Facebook page described him as a student of Christ University and a worker of Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). While speaking about this video with the ‘Boom Live’,  Pratham Makhija said, “I shot the video and then uploaded the Jai Shri Ram song with it using the option on Instagram. Instagram app gives option to mute or reduce the original background music and add any song of choice.” The video reportedly shows the visuals from the Christ University Ethnic Day 2022 event held in October 2022. A few more videos showing Christ University students dancing to film songs at the recent ‘Ethnic Day’ celebrations can be seen here and here. Though we could not find the original audio played while shooting the video, from all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the post shared an edited video that was created by adding the audio of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ song.
Earlier, when similar edited videos were being shared as the visuals of Zimbabwe Players, Pakistani fans and crowd at a stadium dancing to the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ song, FACTLY published fact-check articles debunking those claims. They can be seen here, here and here.
To sum it up, an edited video is shared as the visuals of Bangalore’s Christ University students dancing to ‘Jai Shri Ram’ song.

created: November 11, 2022


text:
Edited video shared as the visuals of Japanese schools showing students the videos of their parents’ labour for their education - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 16, 2022
A video is being widely shared on social media claiming that schools in Japan show children videos of their parents’ hard work at the workplace so that they don’t waste their parents’ money and study hard. This video shows children getting emotional in a class while watching the videos of a few labourers. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Japanese school children getting emotional while watching the videos of their parents’ hard work at their workplace.
Fact: The video shared in the post is an edited one. Unrelated visuals from different videos are edited and shared as the visuals of students reacting emotionally while watching their parents’ labour at their workplace. No Japanese news site had reported such a programme being implemented in Japanese schools. Also, the same video was shared by many users as a video from China. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched to check whether any Japanese school is implementing such a programme for students in classrooms, we could not find any news report confirming this.  Japan’s Ministry of Education also did not announce any such programme being implemented in their schools. On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, a video showing similar visuals was found uploaded by a Tik Tok user in August 2022. But the Tik Tok user did not mention it as the visuals of Japanese schools showing videos of parents’ labour to students.
Multiple social media users have shared the same video with different false claims on Facebook, Twitter, and Share Chat. On watching the video carefully, one could observe that the visuals seen on the class board are created using editing software. There are many such videos available on the internet.
On searching for further sources, we found that a video clip part of this viral video shows old visuals of a few school children crying over the death of their teacher in China. A few similar edited videos published on the internet can be seen here and here.
To sum it up, an edited video is shared as the visuals of Japanese schools showing students the videos of their parents’ labour for their education.

created: December 16, 2022


text:
Edited video shared as the visuals of Mallikarjun Kharge shouting at the public for making "Modi, Modi” slogans during his speech - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 26, 2023
A video circulating on social media claims it shows visuals of Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge expressing his frustration at the crowd for making Narendra Modi slogans during his speech at a public meeting. The video allegedly shows Mallikarjun Kharge being upset with the “Modi, Modi” slogans from the public and was seen asking people to leave the meeting if they were uninterested in his speech. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Mallikarjun Kharge expressing frustration towards the crowd for making Narendra Modi slogans during his speech at a Congress meeting.
Fact: The post shared an edited clip from the original video of Mallikarjun Kharge’s speech delivered at the Congress meeting in Kalwakurthy, Telangana. The original video does not show the crowd making “Modi, Modi” slogans during Mallikarjun Kharge’s speech. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
When we searched for the video using relevant keywords, we found similar visuals in a video published by the ‘Times Now’ news channel on 27 November 2023. The news channel reported that Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had lost his cool and shouted at the public during an election campaign rally in Telangana.
On searching for further sources using relevant keywords, we found that the post shared a video clip from Mallikarjun Kharge’s speech during the Congress meeting, held as part of the 2023 Telangana Assembly Elections campaign, in Kalwakurthy. The official YouTube channel of the Indian National Congress published the video of Mallikarjun Khharge’s full speech at the Kalwakurthy public rally.
From 20:18 minutes of the video, when Mallikarjun Kharge attacked the government regarding unfulfilled election promises made to farmers, a few people in the crowd interrupted Kharge’s speech while making some slogans, which are unclear. Responding to public slogans, from 21:06 minutes of the video, Mallikarjun Kharge was seen saying-“Sit silently, if you don’t want to listen, get out. Don’t talk like that. Didn’t you people know that a leader of the All-India Congress Party was speaking? You are saying whatever is coming to your mouth. Listen if you want to, otherwise, go away” (when translated to English from Hindi). However, in the original video, the crowd was not seen making “Modi, Modi” slogans as seen in the viral video shared in the post. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post was created by manipulating the audio from the original video clip of Kharge’s speech delivered at the Congress meeting in Kalwakurthy, Telangana.
To sum it up, an edited video is shared as the visuals of the crowd making Modi slogans during Mallikarjun Kharge’s speech at a Congress meeting.

created: December 26, 2023


text:
Edited video shared as the visuals of Shivraj Singh Chouhan watching the live visuals of police lathi charge on unemployed youth - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 18, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it shows the recent visuals of Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan happily watching the live visuals of a police lathi charge on unemployed youth. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing Shivraj Singh Chouhan watching the live visuals of police lathi charge on unemployed youth.
Fact: The video shared in the post is an edited one. The original video shows Shivraj Singh Chouhan watching the live visuals of PM Narendra Modi interacting with the people of MP’s Betul district, as part of the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme in June 2021. The visuals seen on the television show old visuals of a police lathi charge on unemployed youth in Bhopal and another old incident of a tribal being dragged by a car on the suspicion of theft. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, we could not find any reliable sources on the internet. Even when we searched with relevant keywords on the internet,  we could not find any relevant sources on the internet.
When we searched for this video on the official social media handles of Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister’s office, we found the video on the official Instagram handle of Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Shivraj Singh Chouhan published the video describing it as the visuals of him watching the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme live on 27 June 2021.  The original video shows Shivraj Singh Chouhan watching the visuals of PM Narendra Modi interacting with the people of MP’s Betul district as part of the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme.
A post shared by Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@chouhanshivrajsingh)
Shivraj Singh Chouhan through the Instagram post mentioned that PM Narendra Modi interacted with the people of Dularia village and cleared the confusion and fears over vaccination. The original video does not show Shivraj Singh Chouhan happily watching the visuals of the Police lathi charge on unemployed youth.
The visuals seen on the television in the viral post are related to old and unrelated incident of a police lathi charge on unemployed youth in Bhopal and an old incident of a tribal being dragged by a car on the suspicion of theft. The visuals of Shivraj Singh Chouhan watching ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme is edited to include these unrelated visuals and create the viral post.
Lately, unemployed youth across the Madhya Pradesh marched to Bhopal to protest unemployment and the inaction of the government. The Bhopal city police lathi charged and detained several unemployed youth who were protesting lack of recruitment in the government departments in the last four years. However, the video shared in the post is edited and has nothing to do with the recent unemployed youth protests in Bhopal.
To sum it up, an edited video is shared as the recent visuals of Shivraj Singh Chouhan smiling while watching the visuals of a police lathi charge on unemployed youth.

created: October 18, 2022


text:
Edited video shared as visuals of late Bollywood actor Om Puri describing Islam as the only true religion in the world - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 29, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of the late Bollywood actor Om Puri describing Islam as the only true religion in the world and asking people across the world to accept Islam. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of late Bollywood actor Om Puri praising Islam.
Fact: The video shared in the post is an edited one. This video shows Om Puri’s old interview with a Pakistani news channel in 2014. In the interview, when the journalist asked about the image of Muslims in India, Om Puri said that a false impression was created about Muslims in India that they are extremists and that they think there should be no other religion except Islam and that the whole world should accept it. Om Puri later said that this impression created about Muslims is not true. A portion of this full conversation was clipped and is shared with a false narrative. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On searching for the details of this video using relevant keywords, a video with similar visuals was found published on a YouTube channel with the title, “The real video in which Om Puri talks about Islam and his beliefs”. At 2:23 minute of the video, when the journalist asked about the image of Muslims in India and other western countries, Om Puri said that a false impression was created about Muslims in India that they are extremists and that they think there should be no other religion except Islam and that the whole world should accept it. He later said that this impression created about Muslims is not true.
When we searched for further details, we found out that Om Puri had made these comments during an interview with Pakistan news channel ‘Dunya News’ on 27 March 2014. The full interview video uploaded on the Dunya News channel can be seen here. We could see the same conversation from 13:48 minutes of the video. A portion of this full conversation was clipped and shared with a false narrative in the post. Om Puri in the interview proclaimed himself as a Hindu who respects every other religion.
To sum it up, an edited video is falsely shared as visuals of late Bollywood actor Om Puri describing Islam as the only true religion in the world.


text:
Edited video shared as visuals of PM Modi overstating the numbers of tap water supply beneficiaries - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 20, 2023
A couple of video clips of PM Narendra Modi’s speeches in the Parliament are being shared on social media claiming that PM Modi was caught overstating the numbers of the beneficiaries under the Nal Jal Yojana. The post claims that on 08 February 2023, Narendra Modi stated the number of tap water connection beneficiaries as 8 crores, but on the next day, he increased the number of beneficiaries to 11 crores while addressing the parliament. This post claims that within a span of 24 hours, Narendra Modi increased the number of beneficiaries under the Nal Jal Yojana by 3 crores. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video clips showing Narendra Modi overstating the numbers of tap water beneficiaries in the country.
Fact: The video shared in the post is an edited one. On 08 February 2023, PM Narendra Modi stated the number of beneficiaries who were provided tap water connections under the current government as 8 crores. On 09 February 2023, during his speech in Rajya Sabha, Narendra Modi stated that the total number of tap water beneficiaries in the country as 11 crores, including the 3 crores tap water connections issued under the previous governments before the term of the current government began 2014. Hence, the claim made in the post is Misleading.
When we searched for sources using relevant keywords on the internet, we found that the post shared the video clips of Narendra Modi’s reply to the motion of thanks to the President’s address in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Narendra Modi’s full speech in Lok Sabha on 08 February 2023 was found published on the ‘Sansad TV’ channel. Speaking about the achievements of the schemes initiated under their government, from 57:31 minutes of the video, Narendra Modi was seen saying- “Azaadi ka pachhathar saal beeth gayi, aat karor parivaaronko aaj nal se jal mila hai. Wo mathaye thumhare jut ko kaise swikar karenge?”(when translated to English: “It has been 75 years since independence, now 8 crore families have received water tap connections. How will those mothers accept your lies?”)
The full video of Narendra Modi’s reply to the motion of thanks to the President’s address in the Rajya Sabha, on 09 February 2023, can be seen here. From 13:13 minutes of the video, Narendra Modi was seen saying-“Azaadi ke pahle se ab tak, hum sarkar me aane tab tak, sirf theen karor gharo tak nal se jal milta tha. Aadarniy sabhapatiji, pichle theen char saal me aaj gyara karor gharanko nal se jal mil raha hey” (when translated to English: “From the time Independence, before the formation of our government, only 3 crore families in the country received water from tap connections. Respected Chairman, in the the past three-four years, 11 crore families are now receiving water from tap connections). Narendra Modi stated the number of total tap water beneficiaries in the country as 11 crores, including the 3 crores tap water connections issued under the previous governments before 2014.
To sum it up, an edited video is shared as visuals of PM Narendra Modi overstating the numbers of tap water supply beneficiaries in the country.

created: February 20, 2023


text:
Edited video shared as visuals of PM Modi supporting the ballot paper voting over EVMs in Indian Elections - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 1, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of PM Narendra Modi preferring the ballot paper voting process over Electronic Voting Machines (EVM). This post claims that Narendra Modi before becoming the Prime Minister of the country called for the boycott of EVMs from the election system in India. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Old video of PM Modi supporting ballot paper voting over EVMs.
Fact: The video shared in the post is a cropped one. The video shows PM Modi’s address at the Parivatan rally held in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad in 2016. The full version of the video shows Narendra Modi praising India’s advanced electronic voting system through EVMs. Narendra Modi in his speech criticised a few developed countries including the US for implementing a ballot paper voting system in their elections. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, it is found that the video shows PM Modi’s address at the Parivartan rally held in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad city on 03 December 2016. ‘Narendra Modi’ YouTube channel published the complete video of this rally. At 55:08 minute of the video, PM Modi said, “Some people claim our country is poor, our people are uneducated that they don’t know anything. Brothers and sisters, when an election takes place in educated countries, ballot papers are still used for elections even today. There, the voters read the names on ballot papers and then put a stamp on them. This thing happens even in a country like America. In India, the people who they call uneducated will cast their votes by pressing buttons”.
Narendra Modi in his speech praised India’s advanced application of EVM technology in Elections. He had not supported the ballot paper voting process over EVMs. Reporting the details of PM Modi’s speech at the Parivaratan rally in Moradabad, several news websites published articles on 03 December 2016. They can be seen here and here.
To sum it up, an edited video is falsely shared as visuals of PM Modi supporting ballot paper voting over EVMs before he became the Prime Minister.


text:
Edited video shared as visuals of Sambit Patra replacing Ravish Kumar and hosting a debate program on NDTV - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 9, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming that BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra had replaced Ravish Kumar and started hosting a debate program on ‘NDTV’. In the wake of senior journalist Ravish Kumar’s resignation from ‘NDTV’ after Gautam Adani bought some stake, this post claims that Gautam Adani appointed Sambit Patra as a replacement for Ravish Kumar to host the ‘Prime Time’ debate program on NDTV. This purported video of ‘NDTV’ displays the graphics related to the recent Gujarat Elections, while Sambit Patra hosts the television debate. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Latest video shows Sambit Patra hosting a debate program on ‘NDTV’.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows a four-year-old parody debate program telecast by ‘India Today’.  For a weekend special debate program ‘To The Point’ on ‘India Today’, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra moderated as a guest anchor in 2018. The original video did not display any graphics related to the Gujarat Elections. And, Sambit Patra is not hosting any debate program on ‘NDTV’ following the resignation of Ravish Kumar. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched to check whether BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra had replaced Ravish Kumar and is hosting a debate program on ‘NDTV’, we could not find any news report confirming this information on the internet. If Sambit Patra was chosen as a replacement for Ravish Kumar for the ‘Prime Time’ debate program on NDTV, it would have been widely reported.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video shared in the post, a video with similar visuals was found tweeted by ‘India Today’ senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on 04 June 2018. Rajdeep shared the video tweeting, “Stellar show by @sambitswaraj as an @IndiaToday guest anchor; super send up/parody of prime time news debate.” In 2018, Sambit Patra moderated as a guest anchor to the ‘To The Point’ weekend special debate program on ‘India Today’.
Stellar show by @sambitswaraj as an @IndiaToday guest anchor; super send up/parody of prime time news debate https://t.co/bGpZWD3NYq
The extended version of the video published by the India Today news channel, on 03 June 2018, did not display the graphics of the Gujarat Elections. Speaking to AFP regarding this edited video now circulating on social media, Sambit Patra said, “This video was altered and shared with a false claim.” From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is edited and does not show the recent visuals of Sambit Patra hosting a debate program on the NDTV news channel.
To sum it up, an edited video is shared as the visuals of Sambit Patra replacing Ravish Kumar and hosting a debate program on NDTV.

created: December 9, 2022


text:
Edited video shared as visuals of Smriti Irani praising Narendra Modi for increasing fuel prices in the country - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 9, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as the recent visuals of Union Minister Smriti Irani praising PM Narendra Modi for increasing fuel prices in the country. This purported video of Smriti Irani shows her saying that Narendra Modi has helped the poor and given a masterstroke to the rich by increasing fuel prices. In the wake of the recent continuous rise in fuel prices, this video is going viral on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Smriti Irani praising Narendra Modi for increasing fuel prices in the country.
Fact: The viral video is an edited one. The original video shows Smriti Irani accusing Rahul Gandhi of playing spiteful and vengeful politics to create a divide between North and South people in the country. Smriti Irani made these comments in February 2021, in the backdrop of Rahul Gandhi’s statement during a rally in Kerala that he was used to a different type of politics in North India. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
When you observe the video carefully, you could see a lip-sync mismatch in the video. When we searched to check whether Smriti Irani had recently made any such statement praising Narendra Modi for increasing the fuel prices, we could not find a single news report informing such information on the internet.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, a video with similar visuals was found tweeted by ‘ANI’ on 24 February 2021. The original video shows Smriti Irani lashing out at Rahul Gandhi for playing spiteful and vengeful politics to create a divide between North and South people in the country. In the original video, Smriti Irani spoke to the interviewer in English, not in Hindi.
"The spiteful & vengeful politics of Rahul Gandhi which insults not only the people & voters of Amethi but seeks to create a divide between the north & south India is to be condemned by every Indian citizen," says Union Minister Smriti Irani pic.twitter.com/A3kuQ93lDZ
Smriti Irani had reportedly made these comments in the backdrop of Rahul Gandhi’s statement during a rally in Kerala. In February 2021, while addressing the ‘Aishwarya Yatra’ rally in Kerala, Rahul Gandhi said he was used to a different type of Politics in North India and that coming to Kerala was very refreshing as people in South India are interested in issues. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the post shared a doctored video created by altering the audio of another person.
To sum it up, an edited video falsely shared as the recent visuals of Smriti Irani praising Narendra Modi for rising fuel prices in the country.


text:
Edited video shared as visuals of Yogi Adityanath making Owaisi sit when he interrupted his speech in the Parliament - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 15, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of Yogi Adityanath making Asaduddin Owaisi silent and making him sit when he interrupted his speech in Parliament. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Yogi Adityanath making Asaduddin Owaisi silent and making him sit when he interrupted his speech in Parliament.
Fact: The video shared in the post is an edited one. This video was created by editing two different instances from the same Lok Sabha session held on 13 August 2014. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, it is found that the video shows visuals from the Lok Sabha session held on 13 August 2014. Initiating the discussion on the ‘Need for more effective mechanism to deal with communal violence’ in the Lok Sabha session, leaders from both BJP and Congress party accused each other of pursuing a divisive agenda and inciting communal riots to retain power. BJP published the video of this Lok Sabha discussion on their official YouTube channel. At 10:24 minute of the video, when a female politician from the opposition party was interrupting his speech, the then Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath demanded her to sit down calling her allegations baseless.
At 13:24 minutes of the same video, we can see AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi interrupting Yogi Adityanath’s speech and explaining the speaker about the alleged wrong figures quoted by Yogi on communal riots. At 14:02 minutes of the video, when Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Dr. M Thambidurai asked Owaisi to sit down, Owaisi sat down in his seat. The video shared in the post was created by editing two different instances of the Lok Sabha session held on 13 August 2014.
Several news websites published articles reporting the Lok Sabha discussion held on 13 August 2014, on communal riots. They can be seen here and here.
To sum it up, edited video is shared as visuals of Yogi Adityanath making Owaisi sit when he interrupted his speech in the Parliament.


text:
Edited video shared as Zimbabwean Cricket Players dancing to Jai Shree Ram song - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 31, 2022
A video is being shared on social media where the Zimbabwean national cricket team players are seen dancing to a Hindi song- ‘Bharat ka baccha baccha, Jai Shree Ram bolega.’ Let’s fact-check this video through this article.
Claim: Zimbabwean national cricket team players dancing to Bharat ka baccha baccha, Jai Shree Ram bolega.’
Fact: The original video was shot after Zimbabwe’s victory against Pakistan in the ongoing T20 World Cup. In the original clip, the players of the Zimbabwean cricket team celebrated their win by singing and dancing in the stadium. The viral video was created by replacing the original video’s audio with the ‘Bharat ka baccha baccha, Jai Shree Ram bolega’ song. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Zimbabwe won a match against Pakistan in the ongoing T20 Cricket World Cup. The team members celebrated their victory by singing and dancing in the cricket ground after the match. A video of this celebration was tweeted by @ZimCricketv, the official Twitter handle of the Zimbabwean cricket team. The post’s description reads ‘Celebrating yet another terrific performance! 🇿🇼’
Celebrating yet another terrific performance! 🇿🇼#PAKvZIM | #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/0UUZTQ49eB
The viral video contains a portion of this video, from 0:42 till 0:56. Factly noticed the audio of the original clip in which the players can be heard singing, cheering and clapping was replaced by the song ‘Bharat ka baccha baccha, Jai Shree Ram bolega.’
To sum up, Zimbabwean cricket team players did not dance to Jai Shree Ram song, this post shares an  edited version of their celebration video.

created: October 31, 2022


text:
Edited videos shared as Rahul Gandhi and PM Modi promising machines that can convert potatoes into gold - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 21, 2022
A video is being shared on social media with a claim that Rahul Gandhi promised potato farmers that he will install a machine that can convert potatoes into gold. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Rahul Gandhi saying that he will install a machine that can convert potatoes into gold.
Fact: It is a clipped video; he did not promise any such machine. In his full speech, Rahul Gandhi alleged that PM Modi made such a promise to the people. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, a video of Rahul Gandhi’s speech in Gujarat was found in the search results. The video shows Rahul Gandhi addressing the people of Patan ahead of the 2017 Gujarat Elections. In his speech, Rahul Gandhi discusses the hardships faced by various communities in Gujarat like farmers, businessmen, etc., and the government’s apathy in providing employment opportunities to the youth of the state. Rahul Gandhi also took a dig at PM Modi’s promises and his ‘demonetisation’ move. The context of the statements that Rahul Gandhi has made in the posted clip can be heard from 17:50 duration. Rahul Gandhi said – “he (Modi) said to Potato farmers that he will install such a machine where potato is inserted from one side and gold will come out from another side. Insert potato from one side and take gold from the other side……Not my words, these are the words of Narendra Modi” (translated version). So, the posted video is a clipped one and Rahul Gandhi did not promise a machine that can convert potatoes into gold.
Some users on social media have also shared another video claiming that PM Modi made a similar promise in one of his speeches.
However, we found that it is also a clipped and heavily edited video. It was taken from Modi’s speech in Kannauj (UP) in 2019. While talking about the setting up of clusters for potatoes, at 23:45 duration in the video, PM Modi can be heard saying – “we do not make promises like some people who claim of making gold from potatoes. Forgive us, we cannot do such things. Neither my party nor I can make gold from potatoes. If somebody wants gold from potatoes, please go to them…… We can only make cold storages, value-addition to potatoes, etc.……” (translated).
To sum it up, edited videos are being shared as Rahul Gandhi and PM Modi promising machines that can convert potatoes into gold.

created: October 21, 2022


text:
Edited videos show Lebron James's slam dunk by jumping to a monstrous height - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 12, 2021
A post accompanying the video of a basketball player’s slam dunk by taking a huge vertical leap is going viral across social media platforms with a claim that the playing has jumped an incredible height of 14.5 feet and it is the ‘highest jump in the history’. Through this article, let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a basketball player taking a 14.5 feet high vertical leap, which is the highest in the history.
Fact: This video was extracted from game three of the 2016 NBA finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. The video actually shows the slam dunk of Lebron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers after almost stumbling over the floor, by taking a vertical leap, though not as high as shown in the viral video. The magnitude of the jump is not 14.5 feet as claimed. According to website of the Canadian Olympic team,  Wilt Chamberlain owns the highest vertical jump in NBA history, reaching a height of 48 inches, which is 4 ft. Whereas Michael Jordan has reached a maximum running jump of almost 46 inches. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On careful observation of the video, we can see the scoreboard of that particular match at the bottom of the screen. Taking a cue from this, Google search with relevant keywords led us to the actual video footage of that particular match uploaded on the official NBA YouTube channel.
According to this video on NBA, the short video in the post shows an excerpt of game three of the 2016 finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. The video is of a slam dunk of Lebron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers after almost stumbling over the floor. He takes a vertical leap, though the leap is not as high as shown in the viral video. By juxtaposing the viral video with that of the original video on the NBA channel, we can infer that the viral video is digitally edited so as to show a monster jump.
The video of this particular dunk is shared on the official Twitter handle of the NBA. Even this video shows Lebron James taking a jump but not a 14.5 feet jump as claimed in the post. However, we could not find any official information regarding the magnitude of the height of this jump.
STRENGTH, no weakness! #NBAVine #NBAFinals https://t.co/YTNA6wILFw
According to the information provided on the website of Canadian Olympic team, Wilt Chamberlain owns the record for highest vertical jump in NBA history, reaching a height of 48 inches, which is 4 ft. On the other hand, Michael Jordan has reached a maximum running jump of almost 46 inches during his time in college at North Carolina. With all these, we can infer that the video in the post is digitally edited to show a monster jump.
To sum it up, edited videos show slam dunk of Lebron James by jumping to a monstrous height.


text:
Edited visuals shared as Cristiano Ronaldo refusing to work along with Elon Musk for the Manchester United club - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 2, 2022
A video is being widely shared on social media claiming that Portuguese star football player Cristiano Ronaldo had made an announcement to quit playing for the Manchester United Football club after Elon Musk announced his plans to buy the club. This post shared two interview video clips of Elon Musk and Cristiano Ronaldo and claims that the latter had refused to work with Elon Musk even though Musk had expressed his wish to buy Manchester United club for Ronaldo. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Cristiano Ronaldo announced quitting the Manchester United Football Club after Elon Musk announced his plans to buy the club.
Fact: The videos shared in the post are edited from separate interviews of Cristiano Ronaldo and Elon Musk. Cristiano Ronaldo had never announced quitting Manchester United. In August 2022, Elon Musk, in a follow-up tweet that expressed his support to both the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party, wrote, “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.” But, later in another tweet, Elon Musk clarified it as a long-running joke and said that he is not planning to buy Manchester United or any other sports team or club. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched to check whether Cristiano Ronaldo had made any such statement refusing to play for Manchester United under the ownership of Elon Musk, we could not find any news reports confirming this information on the internet. The post shared a video clip from Ronaldo’s interview with the Sky Sports channel in January 2022. Cristiano Ronaldo did not speak about Elon Musk or about leaving the Manchester United Football Club in this interview. During the interview, Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his disappointment over Manchester United’s performance in the Premier League and warned that he is not at the club to compete for 6th or 7th place in the league. But he never announced quitting Manchester United citing these reasons. Cristiano Ronaldo is still continuing as a player for Manchester United. Ronaldo did not publish any tweets about leaving Manchester United or about Elon Musk.
When we searched to check whether Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk had made any statement about buying Manchester United, we found that in August 2022, in a follow-up tweet that expressed his support to both the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party, Elon Musk wrote, “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.” But when a user questioned in the comments section whether he is serious about buying Manchester United,  Elon Musk replied, “No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I’m not buying any sports teams.” But, in another tweet in the reply section, Elon Musk stated that Manchester United is his favourite football club and that if he is willing to buy a sports club in future, it would be the Manchester United.
The video clip shared in the post was created by editing a video clip from Elon Musk’s podcast interview with Lex Fridman. In the interview video, Elon Musk never mentioned that he is going to buy the Manchester United football club for Ronaldo.
To sum it up, edited video clips are being shared alleging Elon Musk had bought Manchester United club and Ronaldo immediately quit the club refusing to work with Elon Musk.

created: November 2, 2022


text:
Educational loans worth more than 25000 crore disbursed in the last 3 years
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 21, 2016
As part of the priority sector lending by the Banks in India, a total of Rs 25736 crore was disbursed in the form of educational loan between 2013-14 and 2015-16, to 21.79 lakh beneficiaries. 92% of these loans were disbursed by the Public Sector Banks and 21% of the loan amount by Public Sector Banks was disbursed in Tamil Nadu alone.
Extending bank loans for educational purposes has been recognized as one of the priority sector lending activities by the RBI. Between 2013-14 and 2015-16, Public Sector & Private Sector banks extended educational loans amounting to Rs 25736 crore to 21.79 lakh beneficiaries as per the data shared by the government in the Rajya Sabha.
92% of the Educational Loans extended by Public Sector Banks
Between 2013-14 and 2015-16, the Public Sector Banks extended educational loans amounting to Rs 23727 crore. These loans were extended to 19.42 lakh beneficiaries across various States/UTs. The Private Banks on the other hand extended educational loans amounting to Rs 2009 crore during the same period to 2.36 lakh beneficiaries. It has to be noted that the amounts refer to the educational loans classified under priority sector lending.
While the Quantum of loans increase, number of beneficiaries comes down
The total amount of priority sector lending under educational loans in India by Public Sector Banks has increased from Rs 7060 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 9049 crore in 2015-16. During the same period, the number of beneficiaries has come down from 6.65 lakh in 2013-14 to 6.21 lakh in 2015-16. The lending by Private Banks has come down from Rs 690 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 625 crore in 2015-16. But, the number of beneficiaries in respect of private banks has actually increased from 69.9 thousand in 2013-14 to 98.2 thousand in 2015-16.
Tamil Nadu accounts for 21% of the Educational Loans by Public Sector Banks
As far as educational loans disbursed by Public Sector Banks under priority sector are concerned, 20.8% of the total amount was disbursed in Tamil Nadu between 2013-14 and 2015-16. Andhra Pradesh was second with 11.2% of the total loan amount followed by Maharashtra (10.2%). Eighteen (18) States/UTs each received less than 1% of the total loan amount during this period. Tamil Nadu also had the most number of beneficiaries with 5.84 lakh followed by Kerala (2.56 lakh).
Of the total amount of educational loans disbursed by Private Banks during the same period, Kerala accounted for 37.8% followed by Tamil Nadu with 24.8%. Both Karnataka & Kerala together accounted for more than 60% of the total educational loan amount by Private Banks. A total of thirty (30) States/UTs received less than 1% each of the total loan amount by Private Banks.
Total Educational Loan outstanding at Rs 61831 crore
As on 31 March 2016, the total educational loan outstanding was Rs 61831 crore. As expected, the most outstanding was in Tamil Nadu (Rs 15297 crore) followed by Kerala (Rs 8385 crore). The total outstanding was more than Rs 3000 crore in eight states. As of 31 March, 2015 the NPA in the education loan given by Public Sector Banks was 5.99%.
Featured Image: SBI Education Loans

created: September 21, 2016


text:
Elderly Male more independent than elderly Female - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 27, 2016
MoSPI recently released a report on the elderly people in India. According to this report, the life expectancy at 60 is more for female than male. 65% of the elderly depend on others for their day to day maintenance.
The Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation (MoSPI) recently released a report on elderly people in India. The report contains details of the various programs for the elderly apart from comprehensive data on the elderly in the country. According a 2004 NSSO survey, 51% of the elderly male in the rural areas and 56% in the urban areas are economically independent. These percentages for elderly female are much lesser.
The life expectancy at various ages has been continuously increasing owing to better medical facilities. Life expectancy at 0 was 67.5 years between 2009 and 2013 compared to 60.3 years between 1991 and 1995. Similarly life expectancy at 60 was 17.9 years between 2009 and 2013 compared to 16.2 years between 1991 and 1995.
Life expectancy at 60 was always more for female and male. Between 1991 and 1995, the life expectancy for male at 60 was 15.3 years compared to 17.1 years for female. Between 2001 and 2005, the female life expectancy at 60 was 18.7 years compared to 16.4 years for male. Similar trend was observed between 2009 and 2013.
According to a 2004 survey of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), 65% of the elderly are completely dependent on others for their day-to-day maintenance. There are wide variations in the dependency numbers between male and female. While only 32% of the rural elderly males are fully dependent on others, 72% of the rural elderly females are fully dependent on others. Similarly, 30% of the urban elderly males are fully dependent on others while 72% of the urban elderly females are fully dependent on others.
According to the 2011 census, the literacy rate of the rural elderly was only 34% compared to the 66% literacy rate of urban elderly. Overall, the literacy rate of the elderly was 44%. The literacy rate of elderly male (59%) was more than double that of the elderly female (28%). In rural areas, the elderly male literacy rate (51%) was almost three times that of the elderly female literacy rate (18%). The difference was also very stark in terms of education levels. While 30% of urban elderly had an education qualification of matriculation and above, the corresponding percentage for the rural elderly was just 7%.
According to the NSSO report of 2004, 5.2% of the elderly live alone and 12% of them live with their spouse only. 44.8% of the elderly live with other members while 32.1% live with their children. Out of the elderly who are living alone or with spouse, children /grandchildren/sibling live in the same village/town or in the same building in 55.5% of the cases.
Featured image: Saptarshi Sanyal


text:
Elderly man chained to hospital bed in this photo is not Father Stan Swamy - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 6, 2021
A photo is being shared on social media claiming it as the visuals of late tribal activist Stan Swamy chained to his hospital bed in Mumbai. This photo shows an elderly man sitting on a hospital bed, wearing an oxygen mask with his feet chained to his hospital bed. On 05 July 2021, the Bhima-Koregaon case accused Stan Swamy died due to cardiac arrest at Holy Family Hospital in Mumbai. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Photo of Stan Swamy chained to his hospital bed in Mumbai.
Fact: The old man in the photo is Baburam Balwan Singh, a 92-year-old murder convict in Etah District Jail in Uttar Pradesh. Balwan Singh was tied to his hospital bed while he was getting treatment at District Women’s hospital in Etah. This photo has nothing to do with the late tribal activist Stan Swamy. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the photo shared in the post, a similar photo was found in an article published by ‘NDTV’ on 13 May 2021. This article reported that an elderly jail inmate was inhumanly chained to his hospital bed in Etah, Uttar Pradesh. Baburam Balwan Singh, a 92-year-old murder convict was reportedly admitted to district women’s hospital after he suffered severe difficulty in breathing. According to the article, the jail authorities have tied Balwan Singh to his hospital bed while he was getting treatment at District Women’s hospital in Etah.
Reporting the details of this incident, ‘The Times of India’ journalist Anuja Jaiswal had shared this photo on her Twitter handle. Responding to this tweet, Uttar Pradesh DG for Prisons tweeted that Balwan Singh’s jail warden Ashok Yadav was immediately suspended following the orders of UP Additional Director General (Jail), Anand Kumar. Reporting this information, several other news websites have also published articles. They can be read here and here.
उपरोक्त ट्वीट का डीजी जेल श्री आनंद कुमार जी द्वारा तत्काल संज्ञान लेते हुए घटना से संबंधित जेल वार्डर अशोक यादव को तत्काल प्रभाव से निलंबित किए जाने के आदेश दिए गए हैं एवं पर्यवेक्षणीय अधिकारी का  भी  स्पष्टीकरण मांगा गया है दोषी  किसी भी अधिकारी या कर्मचारी को बख्शा नहीं जाएगा.
Stan Swamy, one of the accused in the Bhima-Koregaon violence passed away in Mumbai’s Holy Family Hospital on 05 July 2021. On 09 October 2020, NIA arrested Stan Swamy under an anti-terror law in the Elgar Parishad case. In May 2021, Stan Swamy suffered serious health issues after he was tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Following the court orders on 28 May 2021, Stan Swamy was admitted to Holy Family hospital in Mumbai.
To sum it up, the old man chained up to his hospital bed in the photo is not the late tribal activist Stan Swamy


text:
Election Commission of India will not be deducting Rs. 350 from the bank accounts of people who do not cast their votes - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 22, 2022
A post is being shared on social media with a newspaper clipping whose headline says ‘Rs 350 would be deducted from the bank accounts of people who do not cast their votes: Election Commission.’ Let’s fact-check this post through this article.
Claim: Rs. 350 would be deducted from the bank accounts of people who will not cast their votes – Election Commission of India.
Fact: The article shared in the post was a prank article published by Navbharat Times on 21 March 2019. Later, they issued a clarification about the same, clarifying that it was meant to be a joke on the occasion of Holi. PIB fact check and the Election Commission of India clarified that no such official decision had been made as the post claims. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
We looked for news articles on the purported decision by the Election Commission of India to penalise people who do not cast their vote but did not find any relevant official information. We found out that PIB fact-check through their tweet on 16 September 2022, clarified that the Election Commission of India has taken no such decision.
दावा: लोकसभा चुनाव में जो मतदाता अपने मताधिकार का प्रयोग नहीं करेंगे, चुनाव आयोग द्वारा उनके बैंक खातों से ₹350 काट लिए जाएंगे।#PIBFactCheck
➡यह दावा फर्जी है।
➡@ECISVEEP द्वारा ऐसा कोई निर्णय नहीं लिया गया है।
➡ऐसी भ्रामक खबरों को शेयर न करें।
🔗https://t.co/ceQFBot8Sq pic.twitter.com/iTzAyRrxsL
They also linked an earlier tweet of the Election Commission of India, which reads, ‘It has come to our notice that the following fake news is again being circulated in some WhatsApp groups and social media.’ This tweet contains the same news clipping as in the viral post.  As per the tweets, in March 2019, Navbharat Times published a page full of fictional articles. One of them is the news from the viral post, which said that Rs. 350 would be deducted from the bank accounts of people who do not cast their vote. The same article was published on their website, can be read here.
After the news clip went viral, Navbharat Times later published a clarification that no money will be deducted for not casting a vote, and that news was a joke. In the clarification article, Navbharat Times stated that they had clearly mentioned at the end of their previous article ‘Don’t mind its Holi’, and also at the bottom of the page that, ‘all the news on this page are fictional’. This clarification tweet can be seen in the tweet made from the official account of Spokesperson of ECI.
Pl note pic.twitter.com/EzeCZhiEJK
To sum it up, Election Commission of India will not be deducting Rs.350 from the bank accounts of people who do not cast their vote.

created: September 22, 2022


text:
Election Commission of India never discloses votes secured by the political parties on religious or caste terms - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 7, 2021
A post delineating religion-wise vote share of different political parties in the recent West Bengal assembly elections is being widely shared on social media platforms attributing these statistics to the ECI. Through this article, let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Religion wise vote share statistics of different political parties in recent West Bengal assembly elections, as released by ECI.
Fact: Election Commission of India or State Election Commissions would never distinguish voters based on religion or caste. The Election Commission also never discloses results on the basis of religion or caste since it is a secret ballot. The information provided in the post is not released by ECI.  Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Before commencement of any election, the Election Commission of India (ECI) or for that matter any State Election Commission regardless would release data related to the total number of voters in each constituency. In this information, the ECI would only distinguish the electorate based on gender. Data related to the total electorate regarding the recent assembly election in West Bengal can be seen here.
The Election commission would also release information related to the total number of voters in each polling station in the form of electoral rolls. Even this information distinguishes the total electorate based on gender but not on any other factor.
The ECI would also release information related to total voter turnout, gender-based turnout. The ECI would also release data related to votes secured by each candidate in each polling station. However, this data does not have any caste or religion based information. We follow a secret ballot system which means that the voter’s choice is a secret and cannot be known by anyone. Hence nobody including the ECI would have the information on any basis except the total votes. Information related to vote share of contesting candidates for each polling station of the 2016 elections in West Bengal can be seen here for reference.
As far West Bengal general election is concerned, the election commission has only provided information related to party wise vote share, constituency-wise vote share of each contesting candidate and constituency-wise trends. Information related to vote share of each candidate in each polling station is not yet released. Finally, from all these, we can infer that the data provided in the post is not provided by the ECI and that it is wrongly attributed to the ECI. Information related West Bengal election can be seen here and here.
To sum it up, the Election commission of India never discloses results on the basis of religion or caste since it is a secret ballot. The information provided in the post is not released by ECI.


text:
The Election Commission Suspends Voter ID - Aadhaar Seeding following the Supreme Court Order
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 15, 2015
Following the Supreme Court’s latest direction that Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory for availing any benefit due to a citizen, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended the activity of linking the Voter ID with Aadhaar number. It has issued strict instructions to the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of states to this effect.
The Supreme Court has once again reiterated that Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory. In an order dated 11 August 2015, the Supreme Court directed the Government to give wide publicity in the electronic and print media including radio and television networks that it is not mandatory for a citizen to obtain an Aadhaar card.
The Supreme Court Directions
The Supreme Court was dealing with a bunch of petitions filed against the government’s push to make Aadhaar mandatory and its use for various schemes. While the bench referred the issue of ‘Right to Privacy’ being a fundamental right or not to a larger bench, it passed orders making it clear that Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory. The Court said that Aadhaar is not mandatory for citizens and the government should give wide publicity to this extent. It also said that the production of Aadhaar will not be a condition for obtaining any benefits from the Government. Aadhaar will not be used for any purpose other than PDS, LPG etc.
ECI’s NERPAP (National Electoral Rolls Purification & Authentication Program)
In February 2015, the Election Commission of India (ECI) launched the NERPAP (National Electoral Rolls Purification & Authentication Program). This was done against the backdrop of duplicate names, multiple entries, repeating images and repeating Voter ID numbers etc. Linking and Authentication of Voter ID (EPIC) data of voters with Aadhaar data of UIDAI was one of the major objectives of this program. Even then, the ECI made it clear that furnishing of Aadhaar is not mandatory and non furnishing will not result in deletion of names from the electoral rolls.
Despite this clarification, Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of various states gave wide publicity to this linking exercise and created an impression that linking is mandatory and not linking would result in deletion of names.
Now following the Supreme Court’s order, the ECI issued directions to all CEOs directing them to suspend the seeding (linking) of Aadhaar with Voter ID. The directions said that linking activity undertaken as part of the NERPAP stands suspended with immediate effect and no more collection of Aadhaar numbers from electors will be done by any election authority.
The ECI directed all CEOs to immediately stop all publicity given to the seeding exercise and remove all material on the websites to be removed. ECI also directed CEOs to give adequate publicity including issuing a press note about this order of the ECI.


text:
Election Contestants will now have to disclose ‘Sources of Income’. Will this have any impact?
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 30, 2017
The government has notified new rules making it mandatory for election contestants to disclose ‘sources of income’ apart from details of assets. But will this have any impact?
Take the case of Mr. Pallab Lochan Das, a minister in the current Assam government whose assets increased by more than 5000% from 2011 to 2016. His assets as declared in the affidavit filed before the 2011 election were Rs 1 lakh. But as per the affidavit filed before the 2016 elections, his assets increased to Rs 54.55 lakh, an increase of more than 5000%. But there is no way of ascertaining whether this increase is legitimate since the sources of income need not be disclosed as per the existing rules. All this might change with the new rules notified by the government recently.  As per the new rules, all election contestants will now have to disclose ‘Source of Income’ apart from declaring assets. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has now brought this change to the notice all the Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) of states.
The Existing rules
As per the existing rules, candidates contesting the Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha/Assembly/Council elections will have to submit the nomination paper in a specified format. Contestants have to file an affidavit in form 26 disclosing the following information.
Since the rules do not ask for sources of income, it was impossible to ascertain astronomical rise in assets of some candidates.
The New rules
A Lucknow based NGO ‘Lok Prahari’ filed a PIL (WP (Civil) 784/2015) in the Supreme Court (SC) with a plea that sources of income of the candidate, spouse and dependents must also be disclosed in the affidavit. The SC in 2016 had issued notices both to the central government and the ECI. The ECI had written to the government last year recommending a change in the existing rules.
The government has now notified new rules, just before the next hearing in the SC. As per the new rules, all election contestants have to disclose the following apart from the existing information.
The most important change of course is the addition of a new clause in form 26 that makes it mandatory for the disclosure of sources of income of both the contestant and his spouse. This is to be done in addition to the disclosure of assets and the profession of both the contestant & spouse.
Will this have any impact?
As per a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the average asset value of the MPs who re-contested in 2014 increased by over 8 crores (more than doubled) from 2009.  Since revealing source of income was not mandatory, there was no way of ascertaining if this rise in assets is legal. With this change, the source of income will be in the public domain. Citizens can now check if the source of income is good enough to explain the rise in a candidate’s assets.
While, the current change is an important one that is long overdue, it still leaves room for manipulation. Many contestants are known to acquire assets or hold shares etc. in the name of the dependents. Exemption of the dependents from disclosure of the source of income is a glaring loophole that might be misused by contestants.
The general secretary of Lok Prahari who filed this PIL,Mr. S. N. Shukla (a retired IAS officer) said that they had asked for the sources of income of the candidate, spouse and all the dependents to be disclosed. He is hopeful that the SC will intervene.
Moreover, the current change will have an impact only when the other wings of the government like the IT department take note of increase in assets of candidates and source of income to cross check it with their IT returns. Any glaring differences should be immediately acted upon.
Featured Image: Election contestants to disclose sources of income


text:
Election results from 2017 & 2018 falsely shared as recent ones - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 21, 2022
Update (28 November 2022):
Another video is being shared on social media claiming it as a recent ‘ABP News’ clip reporting the Congress party’s victory in the Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan Assembly Elections. This ‘ABP News’ video clip reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tweeted congratulations to the Congress Party for the victory in these elections. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
However, when we searched for this video clip using relevant keywords on the internet, a video clip showing similar visuals was found published by the ‘ABP News’ YouTube channel on 11 December 2018. ‘ABP News’ in the video reported that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tweeted congratulations to the Congress Party for the victory in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan Assembly Elections. On 11 December 2018, PM Modi published a tweet congratulating the Congress party for its victory in the elections. A few visuals from the ‘ABP News’ live broadcast on the day of the election counting on 11 December 2018 can be seen here and here. Following the 22 Congress MLA’s resignation in March 2020, the 15-month-old Congress government fell in Madhya Pradesh and the BJP formed the government in the state. The next Assembly Elections in these states will take place in 2023.  From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is old and does not show any recent election results.
Published (21 November 2022):
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections were held on 12 November 2022 and the Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held on 01 and 05 December 2022. Vote counting and result declaration for these two elections is scheduled for 08 December 2022. In this context, several posts are being shared on social media showing the results of these two elections. Let’s fact-check the claims made in each case.
Video 1:
News 18 India channel’s  video showing the election results of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections is being widely shared as recent election results with congress leading BJP. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing the recent election results of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh 2022.
Fact: Original video was uploaded by ‘News18 India’ on its Official YouTube channel on 18 December 2017. It shows vote counting updates of  the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections that took place in 2017. This year’s (2022) Gujarat assembly elections are scheduled to be held on 01 and 05 December 2022 and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections were held on 12 November. Counting and results of these two elections is scheduled for 08 December 2022. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING
The original video was uploaded by ‘News18 India’ on its Official YouTube channel on 18 December 2017. The description of the video says, “The vote counting of Gujarat and Himachal has started. So far BJP is leading. Watch the video for the exact numbers so far and what the BJP leaders has to say. Watch Sambit Patra speak on Gujarat election.”
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Gujarat Assembly election for the year 2017 were held on 09 and 14 December 2017. Results were declared on 18 December 2017. Of the total 182 seats, BJP won 99 seats whereas the Congress secured 77 seats. This year, Gujarat Assembly elections are scheduled to be held on 01 and 05 December 2022 in two phases. Vote counting and result declaration for these two phases is scheduled for 08 December 2022. Moreover, the results of the Himachal Assembly election, which were held on 12 November 2022, will also be declared on 08 December.
To sum it up, video showing 2017 Assembly election results of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh is falsely shared as that of recent election results.
Video 2:
Video showing the Assembly election results of Madhya Pradesh is being shared as recent one claiming that Congress Party leader Kamal Nath had called for the Legislative party meeting to form the Government.
Claim: Video showing recent election results of Madhya Pradesh where Kamal Nath forms Government as Congress gets majority seats.
Fact: Video shows the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election results which were declared on 12 December 2018. Congress won 114 seats and BJP got 109 seats out of the total 230 seats. Kamal Nath served as the CM until his resignation in March 2020. BJP’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the current CM of Madhya Pradesh. Next assembly elections for Madhya Pradesh will be held at the end of 2023. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING
Original video was uploaded by ‘News24’ on its YouTube channel on 12 December 2018 with the title “Kamal Nath called a meeting of Legislative Party. Kamal Nath can be the new CM of Madhya Pradesh”. The video shows the assembly election results of Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Mizoram, and Chhattisgarh which were held in November and December of 2018.
In the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress won 114 seats and the BJP won 109 seats out of the total 230 seats. Congress Leader Kamal Nath became the Chief Minister of MP. However, when Kamal Nath resigned for his post before facing trust vote in March 2020, BJP’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan became the Chief minister.  The next assembly elections for Madhya Pradesh will be held at the end of 2023.
To sum it up, old video related to the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections is shared as the recent one.

created: November 21, 2022


text:
Elections for 59 Rajya Sabha seats due in March. Who is going to win how many?
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 27, 2018
Elections are due in March for 59 Rajya Sabha seats in 17 states. Based on the current strength of various political parties in the state assemblies, the NDA is likely to gain 8 to 10 seats, while the UPA is likely to lose 6 to 8 seats while others will lose 2 seats.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has released the schedule for biennial elections to 58 Rajya Sabha seats in addition to one bye-election for a seat in Kerala. Who is going a majority of these seats? How many seats will the NDA gain? Here is a short analysis based on the strength of various parties in the respective assemblies.  It is to be noted that the Rajya Sabha elections follow the system of by proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (STV).
Andhra Pradesh (Number of Vacancies: 3)
Congress currently holds 2 of these seats. The Congress party does not have a single legislator in the state assembly and hence will lose both these seats. Based on the current strength in the state assembly, TDP, an  NDA ally will win 2 of these seats while YSRCP will win one seat.
Net Gain:  NDA (+1), UPA (-2), Others (+1)
Bihar (Number of Vacancies: 6)
All the six seats are currently held by BJP & JD(U). Going by the current strength of the state assembly, the NDA combine can easily retain 3 of these while the RJD on its own would be able to win 2 seats. RJD & Congress together could win the sixth seat provided all the Congress MLAs vote as per the party’s decision.
Net Gain: NDA (-2 or -3), UPA (+2 or +3), Others (0)
Chhattisgarh (Number of Vacancies: 1)
The BJP will retain the lone seat.
Net Gain: NDA (0), UPA (0), Others (0)
Gujarat (Number of Vacancies: 4)
All the four seats are currently held by the BJP. The Congress will gain 2 seats because of its performance in the recent Gujarat elections while the BJP will be able to retain only 2 of the 4 seats it currently holds.
Net Gain: NDA (-2), UPA (+2), Others (0)
Haryana (Number of Vacancies: 1)
BJP will win this lone seat currently held by the Congress.
Net Gain: NDA (+1), UPA (-1), Others (0)
Himachal Pradesh (Number of Vacancies: 1)
The BJP will retain the seat it currently holds.
Net Gain: NDA (0), UPA (0), Others (0)
Karnataka (Number of Vacancies: 4)
Out of the 4 seats, BJP currently holds 2 and Congress holds one seat. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, an independent MP supported by the BJP & JD(S) in 2012 holds the fourth seat. Since the Karnataka assembly elections are scheduled to be held only after these elections, the current strength in the assembly will decide who wins these 4 seats. Congress will definitely win two of the 4 seats while BJP will win one seat. The outcome of fourth seat will depend on the way MLAs of the JD(S) vote.
Net Gain: NDA (-1 or -2), UPA (+1 or +2), Others (0)
Madhya Pradesh (Number of Vacancies: 5)
Both the BJP & Congress will retain the seats they currently hold.
Net Gain: NDA (0), UPA (0), Others (0)
Maharashtra (Number of Vacancies: 6)
The NDA (BJP & Shiv Sena) will most certainly win 4 of the 6 seats while the UPA (Congress & NCP) will be able to retain only 2 of the 4 seats they currently hold.
Net Gain: NDA (+2), UPA (-2), Others (0)
Telangana (Number of Vacancies: 3)
Two of these seats are currently held by the Congress while the 3rd one is held by the TDP, an NDA ally. The TRS is most likely to win all the 3 seats because the Congress does not have enough strength to win a seat on its own.
Net Gain: NDA (-1), UPA (-2), Others (+3)
Uttar Pradesh (Number of Vacancies: 10)
The BJP currently holds only one of these 10 seats. On the back of its landslide win in the UP elections in 2017, the BJP will easily win 8 of the 10 seats while SP is certain to win one. The outcome of the 10th seat will depend on the decision of the BSP and other smaller parties.
Net Gain: NDA (+7), UPA (-1), Others (-6)
Uttarakhand (Number of Vacancies: 1)
BJP will win this lone seat that is currently held by the Congress.
Net Gain: NDA (+1), UPA (-1), Others (0)
West Bengal (Number of Vacancies: 5)
The Trinamool Congress will retain the four seats it currently holds. The Congress with the CPI(M) can win the 5th seat.
Net Gain: NDA (0), UPA (0), Others (0)
Odisha (Number of Vacancies: 3)
The BJD will be able to win all the 3 seats based on its strength in the state assembly.
Net Gain: NDA (0), UPA (0), Others (0)
Rajasthan (Number of Vacancies: 3)
The Congress currently holds 2 of these 3 seats while the BJP holds the remaining one. The BJP will make a clean sweep this time winning all 3 seats because of its strength in the assembly.
Net Gain: NDA (+2), UPA (-2), Others (0)
Jharkhand (Number of Vacancies: 2)
The Congress currently holds one seat while the JMM holds the other. On the back of its victory in the 2014 assembly elections, the BJP will comfortably win one seat. The outcome of the other will depend on whether the opposition is united or not.
Net Gain: NDA (+1 or +2), UPA (-1 or -2), Others (0)
Kerala (Number of Vacancies: 1)
The bye-election is necessitated because of the resignation of M P Veerendra Kumar of the JD (U).  The Left Front will win this seat.
Net Gain: NDA (0), UPA (0), Others (0)

created: February 27, 2018


text:
UP Elections: Female voting percentage was more than Male for the first time in 2012 - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 20, 2017
The voting percentage in UP assembly elections touched an all time high of 59.4% in 2012. Not just that, the voting percentage of female voters was more than that of the male voters for the first time in 2012.
The voting percentage in the first three phases of 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh has crossed 60% and if this trend continues, the voting percentage this time around could end up as the all-time high. In fact, the voting percentage in UP assembly elections has never crossed 60% in the last 60 odd years and 16 assembly elections.
The number of eligible voters in UP increased continuously from 1962 except in 2002. The number of voters in 1951 and 1957 was more than the number of eligible voters in 1962 because of the presence of multi-seat constituencies in both 1951 and 1957. The only occasion when the number of voters decreased compared to the previous election was in 2002. The number of voters decreased by over 1% in 2002 compared to 1996. This could be because of large scale computerization of electoral rolls taken up during this period. The number of voters increased by an average of 2% per annum in the last 25 years. The number of voters crossed the 10 crore mark for the first time in 1996.
The 2012 assembly election in UP saw the highest ever voter turnout in history with 59.4%. The voting percentage crossed the 50% mark for the first time in 1962. It was on the rise continuously till 1974. The voting percentage dropped to below 50% in 1977 and this trend continued for the next three elections. It went back to more than 50% after that. The 2007 assembly election saw one of the lowest voter turnouts at just 45.96%. In 2012, it increased to 59.4%, the highest ever in UP assembly election history.
The total number of female voters in UP was less than the male voters by about 10% ( in terms of the total electorate) all through the last 16 assembly elections. This difference was the least (at around 8%) in 1974 and highest (around 11.4%) in 1991. The difference in voting percentage of male & female was also quite stark except the last few elections. The difference was more than 21% points in 1962 when male voters recorded a 61.3% while female voters recorded a mere 39.7%. The difference was consistently more than 10% points till 1985. The difference was less than 10% points in both the 1989 and 1991 assembly elections only to increase to more than 10% points in the elections of 1993 and 1996. After that, the difference narrowed down to 6.5% points in 2002 and finally in 2012, the female voting percentage overtook the male voting percentage by 1.6% points. In 2012, while female voters recorded a record turn out of 60.28%, the highest ever in history, male voters recorded 58.68%. It remains to be seen if this trend continues in 2017 and which party will benefit from a large voter turnout.

created: February 20, 2017