2024-05-09 13:55:35
New Delhi: Amidst the Lok Sabha elections, a video of Union Law and Justice Minister and Union Minister of State for Culture and Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal is going viral on social media. In which the BJP minister can be heard saying that the Congress government is coming. However, this video of Union Minister Arjun Meghwal is half of it. Which is being shared wrongly during the elections. Facebook user Nizami Khan uploaded this viral video on a group on April 29 and wrote, ‘The wave of change is very clear, Congress government is coming. BJP MP Arjun Ram Meghwal. Considering this viral video to be true, other users are also sharing it. See the post and archive version here. Let us tell you that 5.8 thousand users are following the page which made half the video of the Union Minister viral.
What was found in the investigation
When Vishvas News investigated this video, it was found that the Union Minister had definitely said this but he immediately corrected his mistake. While investigating the viral video, Vishvas News team searched keywords on Google based on the post. Where the same video was found uploaded on the official Facebook page of UP Congress on 11 September 2023.
It became clear that this video was not from the Lok Sabha but from the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Even the logo of Rajasthan is visible on this video. When this video was searched till Rajasthan, Vishvas News team found the complete video of Arjun Ram Meghwal. Which was uploaded on 11 September 2023. In this video he can be heard saying that Sankalp Yatra is a very successful journey. I have been watching this for a long time. There is a very clear inclination of the public. Change… Congress government is coming and BJP government is coming. Congress government is going and BJP government is coming.
Video shared with false claim
After watching this entire video, it was revealed that the Union Minister had slipped his tongue at that time but later he corrected his mistake. After this, Vishvas News inquired about the video from Narendra Sharma, senior correspondent of Dainik Jagran, Rajasthan. He told that this video was shared with false claims in the assembly elections also and now it is being shared with false claims in the Lok Sabha elections also.
conclusion: This viral video of Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is incomplete and has nothing to do with the Lok Sabha elections. This video is being shared with false claims during the Lok Sabha elections.
(This story was originally published by Vishvas News, and republished by NBT as part of the Shakti Collective.)