On February 20, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao for as a part of his poll campaign in the backdrop of ongoing elections in the state. Incidentally, a video of PM Modi has gone viral on social media claiming that he was waving at an empty ground in Unnao.
The video is being shared on Facebook with a caption in Hindi that can be roughly translated in English to, “Who is Modi Ji waving at? There is a limit to even gimmicks. Unnao, Uttar Pradesh)
(Original Text: मोदी जी किसको देख कर हाथ हिला रहे. हद है नौटंकीबाजी की भी. उन्नाव, यूपी)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be FALSE.
Using the InVid tool, we extracted keyframes from the viral video and performed a Reverse Image Search with relevant keywords. This search directed us to a tweet from NDTV’s official Twitter handle which carried the same viral video. The video caption reads, “#ElectionsWithNDTV | Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for his rally in Unnao #UttarPradeshElections.”
#ElectionsWithNDTV | Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for his rally in Unnao #UttarPradeshElections pic.twitter.com/gGFaEH5C5N
— NDTV (@ndtv) February 20, 2022
This video has better clarity and it can be clearly seen in the video that people were standing behind the barricades as also on terraces.
The same viral video with better clarity can also be seen on the official Twitter handle of ANI.
#WATCH | People throng terraces and buildings near the helipad to welcome PM Narendra Modi in Unnao #UPElection2022 pic.twitter.com/OxuokLhxaO
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2022
Several media reports like The Economic Times and Zee News also reported the same incident stating “People throng terraces near the helipad to welcome PM Modi in Unnao.”
Thus, it is evident from the above information that a video of the Prime Minister’s recent visit to Unnao is being shared with a false claim.
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