A short video purporting to show BJP workers abusing Dalits in Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh, because they voted against the party in the current “General Elections lections 2024” has gone viral.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @AsrarShaikhS tweeted “UP CM says there is rule of law in the state but When Dalits did not vote, BJP people in Kaushambi entered their houses and beat them up. #loksabhaelection” on May 20, 2024.
यूपी के cm कहते हैं प्रदेश में क़ानून का राज है लेकिन
— Asrar Ahmad (@AsrarShaikhS) May 20, 2024
दलितों ने वोट नहीं किया तो कौशांबी में भाजपा के लोगों ने घर में घुसकर मारपीट की।#loksabhaelection pic.twitter.com/9uq1yMOabc
Several other accounts, including @HansrajMeena, @KavitaWrite, @bstvlive, @KanojiaPJ, @MediaCellSP, @aalokyadav521, @vashisth_inc, @RaghvendrA2Y made the same claim that BJP workers are hitting Dalits in Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh, since they voted against the BJP in the ongoing “General Elections 2024”. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
These allegations are false and unfounded. This video depicts a conflict between two parties over the breakage of an electric wire caused by a tree branch falling on an electric pole in Ramma Ka Purva village, Manikpur police station, Pratapgarh. The video has nothing to do with elections; nobody was denied the right to vote. So, the claim that BJP workers in Kaushambi, UP assaulted Dalits since the Dalits voted against the BJP in the current “General Elections lections 2024.” is not true at all.
@pratapgarhpol tweeted “Regarding the fake news/video viral on social media that “BJP workers entered Dalits’ homes in Kaushambi, UP and beat them up because they did not vote for BJP”, Bite of Additional Superintendent of Police, Western, Mr. Sanjay Rai.” on May 20, 2024.
सोशल मीडिया में वायरल भ्रामक खबर/वीडियो “भाजपाइयों द्वारा यूपी के कौशांबी में दलितों के भाजपा को वोट ना दिए जाने पर घर में घुसकर मारा” के संबंध में,
— PRATAPGARH POLICE (@pratapgarhpol) May 20, 2024
अपर पुलिस अधीक्षक, पश्चिमी श्री संजय राय की बाइट । pic.twitter.com/0HVfKDL0M3
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
1992
— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) May 20, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a few individuals involved in a physical altercation has been shared claiming that BJP workers are beating Dalits in Kaushambi, UP because they voted against the BJP in the ongoing "General Elections lections 2024". (1/3) pic.twitter.com/iTKU6UjrWa
Intent:
Political influencers are circulating video of physical altercation with false claims to set their narrative to influence the ongoing general elections. A video that shows a few individuals involved in a physical altercation has been shared claiming that BJP workers are beating Dalits in Kaushambi, UP because they voted against the BJP in the ongoing “General Elections lections 2024”. These assertions are unfounded and fraudulent. This video shows a fight between two people at Ramma Ka Purva village, under the Manikpur police station in Pratapgarh, over an electric wire that broke as a result of a tree branch falling on the electric pole. Election-related content is unrelated to the video; nobody was prevented from casting a ballot.
Conclusion:
Claim : Some have circulated a video purporting to show BJP members in Kaushambi, UP beating Dalits since the Dalits voted against the BJP in the current “General Elections lections 2024.” The video depicts a few people engaged in a violent confrontation.
Fact : These claims are fake and baseless. This video is related to a dispute between two parties over the breaking of an electric wire due to a tree branch falling on the electric pole at Ramma Ka Purva village under Manikpur police station in Pratapgarh. The video is unrelated to elections ; no one was deprived of voting.
