A video purporting to capture a clash between two politicians has gone viral and is associated with the Madhya Pradesh assembly election.
Verified accounts on twitter, including Sakshi (“@ShadowSakshi“) tweeted the video of the fight with the caption “Right now this is just a limb There’s a lot of beating ahead #BJP #MPElection2023“. The tweet was made on Oct 22,2023. The post has received an about 208.5k views on X. The archive can be read from above.
अभी तो ये अंगड़ाई है
— Sakshi (@ShadowSakshi) October 22, 2023
आगे बहुत पिटाई है #BJP #MPElection2023 pic.twitter.com/LCQt16LzSV
Is the Clash in the Video from MP election true? : Fact
The truth is that this is an old footage from Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, showing BJP MLA Rakesh Singh Baghel and MP Sharad Tripathi fighting during a meeting in 2019. The MP election is unrelated to the video and is not recent.
The video was posted on the youtube channel on March 6, 2019.
Check out the full video here:
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) October 23, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a scuffle between two politicians has been shared and linked to the Madhya Pradesh assembly election . The fact is that this is an old video from Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh where a brawl was seen between ,(1/2) pic.twitter.com/TiOScZ6VSW
Intent:
Many users are spreading old UP videos online with fictitious claims in an attempt to influence the MP assembly election.
Conclusion:
Claim: A video featuring a brawl between two political figures has gone viral and is claimed to be from the Madhya Pradesh assembly election.
Fact: It is an old footage from Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, showing BJP MP Sharad Tripathi and MLA Rakesh Singh Baghel fighting during a meeting in 2019. The video existed prior to the MP election and is unrelated to it.
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