Fact Check: Is there rigging in Lok Sabha election voting? Claim of viral video turned out to be false, know the reality

New Delhi: With the voting of the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, the biggest festival of democracy has started in the country. A video of voting is viral on social media, which is much discussed. In the viral video, it is being claimed that a woman is being voted by holding her hand at a polling booth. But the Election Commission is not taking any action. This video was investigated by the fact check team of Newschecker.

Regarding the viral video, it is being claimed that the woman is being voted by holding her hand at the polling booth, but the Election Commission is silent. of post archive See here.

investigation

To ascertain the veracity of the viral video’s claim, Newschecker’s fact check team did a reverse image search of the key frames of the viral video. As a result, this video was uploaded by a YouTube channel named ‘Tricolor News Network’ on 22 May 2019. Video Found in. In the nearly one-minute long video, it is seen that the woman, posing as a polling agent, continues to visit the EVM location along with other voters and makes them vote as per her instructions.

Further investigation also found several Facebook posts shared in the year 2019 along with the viral clip, which were Here And Here Can be seen. This video clip was from five years ago one india tamil It was also uploaded on Dailymotion website by.

During investigation, several X-posts shared along with the viral video were also found on May 15, 2019, which were Here, Here And Here Can be seen.

conclusion

However, investigation could not find the exact time and location of the viral video. But from the investigation it is clear that the viral video is from the year 2019 or earlier and this video is not related to the recent Lok Sabha elections.

(This story was originally published newscheckerAnd republished by NBT as part of Shakti Collective.)