A video of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan crying is doing the rounds on social media, claiming that the video was taken after Dr Mohan Yadav was named as the new chief minister of MP.
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found the video to be old.
Closely observing the clip, the NM team identified the logo of News Tak. Scanning through the YouTube channel of News Tak with some keywords, we found that the video was shared on Jul 19, 2019 with a title: “आखिर क्यों रोने लगे MP के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री SHIVRAJ SINGH CHAUHAN ? #NewsTak.
The video description reads that Shivraj Chouhan was unable to recover from his grief at his foster daughter’s death.
Searching further, we found that Chouhan’s adopted daughter Bharti Verma passed away on18 July 2019. As per reports, she was suffering from body weakness and was undergoing treatment. She was taken to hospital by her husband. Her husband also mentioned that she was declared dead on arrival.
Hence, it is clear that an old video is being shared with a false claim.
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