A brief video clip purporting to show TMC candidate Mahua Moitra responding to a journalist’s question about her energy source with “sex” is making the rounds.
Verified accounts on twitter, including claimed this and added “Reporter: What’s your source of Energy? Mahua Moitra: SEX” in a twitter post on April 18, 2024. The tweet has received an about 972.3k views on X.
Reporter: What's your source of Energy?
— Sunanda Roy 👑 (@SaffronSunanda) April 18, 2024
Mahua Moitra: SEX
TMCian for a reason 🤡 pic.twitter.com/2fMnNP73m0
Several other accounts, including @arunpudur, @KanchanGupta, @RoopDarak made the same claim that TMC Candidate Mahua Moitra said that her source of energy is “sex”. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
Indeed, as she stated so simply with her reply with “eggs”, these accusations are unfounded and fraudulent. She responded with eggs when the journalist asked her that what was her energy source in the morning. The TMC Candidate Mahua Moitra did not reply “sex” at all.
@Tamal0401 added “Let me clarify, since this is my interview. I asked @MahuaMoitra : What’s your source of energy in the morning. Mahua Moitra replied : EGGS …(anda, dim) This is ridiculous how the bhakt mandali has distorted it to make it sound like s*x. The audio is being tampered deliberately.” The user also quoted the full Youtube video in addition to share the truth with social media users on April 18, 2024.
Let me clarify, since this is my interview.
— Tamal Saha (@Tamal0401) April 18, 2024
I asked @MahuaMoitra : What’s your source of energy in the morning.
Mahua Moitra replied : EGGS …(anda, dim)
This is ridiculous how the bhakt mandali has distorted it to make it sound like s*x. The audio is being tampered…
Check out the Youtube Video:
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) April 18, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A short video clip of TMC Candidate Mahua Moitra is being circulated, claiming that when a journalist asked her what her source of energy was, she replied, "Sex." Fact is that these claims are fake and baseless, as she clearly said, "eggs." (1/2) pic.twitter.com/uYEIGtNWR9
Intent:
Political Influencers are circulating videos of TMC candidate Mahua Moitra with false claims to target her. A short video clip of TMC Candidate Mahua Moitra is being circulated, claiming that when a journalist asked her what her source of energy was, she replied, “Sex.” The truth is that these charges are false and unjustified, as she clearly stated, “eggs.”. When the journalist inquired what her energy source was in the morning, she said eggs.
Conclusion:
Claim : A brief video clip of TMC Candidate Mahua Moitra is going around, stating that when a journalist asked her what her source of energy was, she replied, “Sex.”
Fact : Fact is that these claims are fake and baseless, as she clearly said, “eggs.” When the journalist asked her what her energy source was in the morning, She replied eggs.
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