A video featuring a woman leader criticising the BJP is circulating widely on social media. The leader makes serious allegations against BJP, saying, it is a party of “wealth and women”.
The video is shared on Facebook with a caption: भाजपा पूर्व नेत्री, विद्या पटेल ने बताई भाजपा के अंदर की बात (English translation: Former BJP leader, Vidya Patel, tellling the inside story of BJP)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be MISLEADING.
With a keyword search, our team spotted this video on the YouTube channel of ‘MP Tak’, posted on November 18, 2018. As per its description, Vidya Patel criticised the BJP during a speech in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh. She alleged that only those BJP leaders, who offered their women or wealth, were able to progress within the party.
Several media reports about this incident indicate that Vidya Patel delivered this speech approximately 10 days prior to the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections in 2018. At that time, Vidya Patel was a district panchayat member in Katni. Despite being a prominent BJP leader in Bohribandh of Katni, she was not given a ticket for elections; instead, the ticket was given to Pranay Pandey. Disgruntled by this decision, Vidya Patel left the BJP and joined Congress. On November 17, 2018, Vidya joined the Congress along with her supporters, and the following day, she delivered the speech in Katni where the viral video was recorded, criticising BJP. The Madhya Pradesh Congress had also shared this video on its official Facebook page on November 18, 2018.
It is noteworthy that Vidya Patel passed away due to a heart attack on June 22, 2023, just a few months before the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections in 2023.
Thus, it is confirmed that the viral claim is misleading.
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