In the wake of the ongoing farmers’ agitation against the three farm laws, a video of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh talking about farmers is being shared on social media.
The posts claim that Rajnath Singh spoke up in support of the farmers.
The Facebook post read: राजनाथ सिंह उतरे कृषी बिलो के विरोध मे किसानो के सम्मान मे केन्द्र सरकार को तगङा झटका किसानों के सम्मान में राजनाथ सिंह जी उतरे मैदान में किसान एकता जिन्दाबाद
(Translation: Rajnath Singh spoke up against the farmers’ laws, in the honor of the farmers. The central government got a shock.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
More posts can be seen here and here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found that the video in circulation is old.
We carefully listened to the video and noticed that Rajnath Singh was talking about Mahendra Singh Tikait and farmer leaders including Chaudhary Charan Singh amongst other things.
Taking a cue from this, we ran a keyword search and found the same video was uploaded by BJP’s official YouTube channel on October 6, 2015.
“Shri Rajnath Singh speech on the occasion of Mahendra Singh Tikait Birth Anniversary: 06.10.2015,” the title of the video read.
In the original video, the viral clip can be seen at 5:47 min.
The description of the video reads: 6th October 2015, Shri Rajnath Singh addressed on the occasion of a function of Mahendra Singh Tikait’ Birth Anniversary at Mavlankar Hall.
Moreover, we also looked for any recent reports, speeches of Rajnath Singh and found a PTI report dated February 11, 2021, where he talked about farmers.
While addressing at an online event organised by the Madhya Pradesh government, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the government is ready to talk openly on the new agricultural laws and amend them if needed even as he said the farmers agitating against the legislations are being misled.
“An atmosphere of confusion was created and it was said that the wholesale market will no longer exist, the MSP system will come to an end and the land of the farmers would be mortgaged,” he said.
“The government is ready to talk openly on these agricultural laws and amend them if needed,” the Defence Minister said.
Hence, we can conclude that the post in circulation is misleading.
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