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FACTLYElections & voting

Recent video where Mayawati said, “Do not vote for radicals, rather transfer your vote to BJP”

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerns a video circulated in connection with the 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections, presented as recent footage of Mayawati saying, “Do not vote for radicals, rather transfer your vote to BJP.” FACTLY’s investigation identifies it instead as footage from a press conference after Uttar Pradesh’s 2006 local body elections. The investigation says Mayawati was discussing tactical support for the BJP and Congress against the Samajwadi Party—not making the statement as a recent appeal in the setting implied by the post. To trace the footage, FACTLY reports conducting reverse image searches on screenshots from the circulating video. It found a similar video uploaded to YouTube in 2017; the video’s title dated the footage to 10 November 2006. FACTLY says the full video shows Mayawati discussing a particular Meerut contest: a former party member, described as a “fundamentalist” Muslim leader, had fielded his wife, and the contest had become a Hindu-Muslim tussle. In that context, she said she had asked her voters to transfer their votes to the BJP to defeat him. The distinction is therefore both temporal and contextual. The footage is old, and the words about transferring votes refer to a specific local electoral contest, rather than the general, recent instruction suggested by the post. FACTLY also reports that remarks about Muslims being “preferring fundamentalists” triggered protests, and that at a second press conference the same day Mayawati denied calling Muslims fundamentalists, saying her statement had been twisted. That reported qualification helps explain why the excerpted clip should not be treated as a complete account of her remarks.

FACTLYElections & voting

BSP leader Mayawati declared her party support’s to BJP in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections in March 2022

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerned a video circulated as showing BSP chief Mayawati supporting the BJP in the upcoming 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. FACTLY’s review identifies the footage as an October 2020 press conference, not a statement about the 2022 Assembly contest. It says Mayawati was discussing Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections and seeking to defeat the Samajwadi Party’s second candidate.

FACTLYElections & voting

ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్ శాసనసభ ఎన్నికల నేపథ్యంలో సమాజ్‌వాదీ పార్టీని ఓడించడానికి అవసరమైతే బీజేపీ అభ్యర్దులకు కూడా మద్దతిస్తామని బీఎస్పీ అధినేత్రి మాయావతి ప్రకటించింది

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

Fact CrescendoElections & voting

यह ट्वीट जयंत सिंह याने की जयंत चौधरी ने किया है। उसमें उन्होंने लिखा है कि बागपत में उनसे और आरएलडी पार्टी ने अहमद हमीद को टिकट देकर जीवन की सबसे बड़ी गलती की है। वे इस टिकट को रद्द कर रहे है और उनका समाज आज़ाद होकर वोट दे सकते है।

Publisher’s rating: False

FACTLYElections & voting

Video of a UP BJP leader threatening an old man to vote for BJP

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

The claim concerns a viral video presented as showing a BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh threatening an older man to vote for the party. FACTLY says it investigated that specific video and found that the two people shown later issued a clarification, describing their exchange as banter and saying they knew each other well and were relatives. The review also reports that the Uttar Pradesh Police looked into the incident and clarified it in the same way. It notes that news agencies had published reports about the incident, but the supplied review excerpt does not name those agencies or provide further details from their coverage. On the evidence described, the video’s exchange was not the threat portrayed in the claim: both people in it and the police characterized it as banter between people who knew each other and were related. The review concludes that presenting the video as a threat to secure a BJP vote misrepresents the incident.