A video is doing rounds on social media in which a few men can be seen involved in a scuffle. It has been claimed that the video was shot during an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) meeting and senior AAP leader and MP Sanjay Singh hit his own party member with shoes.
The caption with the video read: “दिल्ली में आम आदमी पार्टी की मिटिंग चल रही थी जिसमें सांसद संजयसिंह ने अपनी ही पार्टी के नेता को जूते से पीटा…सामने वाले ने संजयसिंह को जूते से पीटा…ये हरामखोर दिल्ली नहीं सम्हाल पा रहे हैं और हिमाचल में सरकार बनाने के ख्वाब देख रहे हैं…!!!!”
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found the claim to be false.
We extracted keyframes from the video and ran it through a Reverse Image Search. We found that the same video was shared by a journalist in 2019.
“UP’s Sant Kabir Nagar BJP MP Sharad Tripathi attacked local BJP MLA Rakesh Baghel with a shoe during a public meeting after an altercation began over MP’s name missing from inauguration plate,” the tweet dated March 6, 2019, read.
UP’s Sant Kabir Nagar BJP MP Sharad Tripathi attacked local BJP MLA Rakesh Baghel with shoe during a public meeting after an altercation began over MP’s name missing from inauguration plate. pic.twitter.com/BL6RiMTLkX
— Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) March 6, 2019
Based on this, we ran a keyword search and found a NewsMobile report dated March 6, 2019. The report established that the incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Sant Kabir Nagar, about 200 km from state capital Lucknow where BJP MP Sharad Tripathi and BJP MLA Rakesh Singh got involved in a scuffle.
According to the report, the two lawmakers were arguing over the placement of names on a foundation stone of a project.
News wire ANI UP had also tweeted the same video on March 6, 2019.
#WATCH Sant Kabir Nagar: BJP MP Sharad Tripathi and BJP MLA Rakesh Singh exchange blows after an argument broke out over placement of names on a foundation stone of a project pic.twitter.com/gP5RM8DgId
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 6, 2019
NewsMobile debunked the same video in 2020 when it was shared with a claim that a BJP member was beaten with shoes for speaking on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a ministerial meet in India.
https://newsmobile.in/articles/2021/04/10/fact-check-old-video-of-scuffle-between-bjp-leaders-shared-with-false-claim/
Hence, the above information proves that the viral video is old and the claim is false.
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