It has been said that BJP candidates in Haryana are receiving a garland of shoes as a welcome, based on a video that has been circulated, which depicts a guy campaigning for elections.
@vikas_junawa added “You are seeing the welcome of BJP candidates in Haryana, These BJP people are like this welcome and only the people of Haryana and Punjab can teach them a lesson” in a twitter post on May 12, 2024.
हरियाणा में भाजपा के प्रत्याशियों का स्वागत देख रहे हो आप,
— vikas junawa degana (@vikas_junawa) May 12, 2024
इसी स्वागत के लाइक हैं ये भाजपा वाले लोग और इनको सबक हरियाणा पंजाब के लोग ही सीखा सकते हैं
जूतों की माला 😅#हरियाणालेजेंड pic.twitter.com/v7pS8q9sKw
Several other accounts, including @newsSChaudhry, @MissPayalGupta, @GurujiCom1, @Azharshaikh700 made distorted claims that the BJP candidate was greeted with garland of shoes as shown in the video. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
In actuality, this is an old footage from Dhar in Madhya Pradesh, when BJP candidate Dinesh Sharma was welcomed with a garland of shoes in January 2018 during his campaign for the civic body elections in Dhamnod. The video doesn’t relate to Haryana or the current “General Elections 2024” and is not recent. The video was uploaded in Youtube on Jan 8,2018. We visited Ndtv, which published an article on this incident on Jan 8, 2018 with the heading “BJP Candidate Greeted With Garland Of Shoes In Madhya Pradesh”. The incident took place when Dinesh Sharma, the BJP candidate for Dhamnod Civic election, was campaigning door-to-door to seek votes for his party. It added “A BJP candidate campaigning for the upcoming civic body elections in Madhya Pradesh was left embarassed after he was greeted with garland of shoes while campaigning in Dhamnod, a town in Dhar district situated around 272 km from state capital Bhopal.” “They are one of my own. There must have been something which upset him and he acted like that. We will sit together and talk. I am like their child,” said Mr Sharma reacting to the incident.
@ANI tweeted “#MadhyaPradesh: BJP candidate in Dhar’s Dhamnod, Dinesh Sharma made to wear a garland of shoes by a man while he was door-to-door campaigning for civic election.” on Jan 7, 2018.
#MadhyaPradesh: BJP candidate in Dhar's Dhamnod, Dinesh Sharma made to wear a garland of shoes by a man while he was door-to-door campaigning for civic election. pic.twitter.com/OQ3H0WyU0u
— ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2018
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
1959
— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) May 13, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a man campaigning for elections is being greeted with garland of shoes has been shared claiming that BJP candidates are being welcomed with the garland of shoes in Haryana. The fact is that this is an old video (1/3) pic.twitter.com/SvwFh5FcHj
Check out the Youtube Video:
Intent:
Political Influencers are circulating years old videos with misleading claims to set their narrative to influence the ongoing general elections. A video that shows a man campaigning for elections is being greeted with garland of shoes has been shared claiming that BJP candidates are being welcomed with the garland of shoes in Haryana. This is an old video from Dhar in Madhya Pradesh, whereby BJP candidate Dinesh Sharma was welcomed with a garland of shoes during his campaigning for the Dhamnod for civic body elections in January 2018. The video is not current and has nothing to do with Haryana or the current “General Elections 2024”
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
1959
— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) May 13, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a man campaigning for elections is being greeted with garland of shoes has been shared claiming that BJP candidates are being welcomed with the garland of shoes in Haryana. The fact is that this is an old video (1/3) pic.twitter.com/SvwFh5FcHj
Conclusion:
Claim : Allegedly, BJP candidates in Haryana are receiving a garland of shoes as a welcome, according to a video that has gone viral, featuring a man campaigning for elections and receiving the gesture.
Fact : The fact is that this is an old video from Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar where BJP candidate Dinesh Sharma was greeted with garland of shoes while campaigning for the civic body elections in Dhamnod, in January 2018. The video is not recent and has nothing to do with the ongoing “General Elections 2024” and Haryana.
