Fact Check: All leaders are better than Modi… Did Chandrababu Naidu give this statement about PM? Know the truth of the viral video

New Delhi: The results of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 have come out. This time BJP has not got a majority on its own, although the NDA coalition government is going to be formed again. BJP is preparing to form the government with the alliance of JDU and TDP. Meanwhile, a video of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu is going viral on social media. In the viral video, Naidu is saying that all leaders are better than Narendra Modi. Some users are sharing this video by linking it to the Lok Sabha elections 2024. In our investigation, this video turned out to be misleading. The video is old and the claim being made about it is wrong.

What is in the viral video?
On June 5, a user posted this on Facebook Video While sharing it, he/she said, ‘All leaders are better than Narendra Modi – Chandrababu Naidu means, there is going to be a game’. Apart from this, this video is also going viral on X. The viral video is a clip of a news channel.

How was the viral video investigated?
To investigate the viral video, we searched its key frames with the help of Google Lens. From which we found a picture posted on 11 February 2019 from the X handle of news agency ANI. In this post, it was informed that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu said on his/her one-day fast in Delhi – The current Prime Minister and the NDA government are dividing the country. They are running a campaign of hatred among the people. They want political gains, but this cannot happen.

We also found the viral video on NDTV’s YouTube channel. This video was uploaded on February 12, 2019. The viral clip can be seen after 6:50 minutes in it.

Let us tell you that in the Lok Sabha elections, BJP has got 240 seats and TDP has got 16 seats. BJP has emerged as the largest party in the elections. Chandrababu Naidu has posted pictures of the NDA meeting on June 5 and wrote, Respecting the mandate given by the people of our country, all the NDA allies in the meeting held in Delhi have unanimously chosen Narendra Modi as their leader. Under his/her able leadership, we will all try to ensure that our country continues to prosper and emerge as a global leader.

Regarding this, local journalist from Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Harsh says that Chandrababu Naidu had given this statement about five years ago in Delhi.

We scanned the profile of the Facebook user who shared the old video. The user, who lives in Kaliachak, West Bengal, is influenced by an ideology.

conclusion
Investigation of the viral video has revealed that this statement of Chandrababu Naidu regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi is about five years old. It has no connection with the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

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