Fact Check: Chandrashekhar expressed desire for alliance with Akhilesh Yadav? Know the truth of this viral video

New Delhi: All parties are busy campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Voting for the first phase is on April 19. Meanwhile, a video of Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad is going viral. In this viral video, Chandrashekhar is seen requesting Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to include him/her in the alliance. BOOM in its investigation found that this viral video is from January 2022, when assembly elections were to be held in Uttar Pradesh. However, before the Lok Sabha elections, there was talk of young Dalit leader Chandrashekhar joining the INDIA alliance in Uttar Pradesh. However, if things do not work out SP won Nagina seat of Bijnor district he/she has put an end to the speculations by fielding his/her candidate against Chandrashekhar.

In the viral video, Chandrashekhar is saying that if Akhilesh agrees to the alliance, he/she will come without demanding any seat. While posting the video, a Facebook user wrote, ‘If Akhilesh Yadav ji includes me, I will not ask for a single seat Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan ji.’

Post see

archive link see
Similarly, a video was posted on X with the handle @PEyeLive and it was written, ‘Akhilesh Yadav ji include me, I will not ask for a single seat’: Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan.

Post see

archive link see

fact check

To investigate the viral video, we did a reverse image search using different keyframes using Invid tool. Here we have Chandrashekhar’s interview in TV 9 Bharatvarsh. youtube link found. The title of the video uploaded on 16 January 2022 is- If Akhilesh says younger brother then we will fight together: Chandra Shekhar

In the video, along with Chandrashekhar, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (Subhaspa) President Omprakash Rajbhar, who was in alliance with the SP at that time, is also present. In fact, in the 2022 assembly elections, Akhilesh Yadav’s party had formed an alliance with many small parties.

At 16 minutes 42 seconds of the video, Chandrashekhar is seen saying, ‘Today let me say one more thing, elder brother is present, Akhilesh bhaiya should hold a press conference and say that I need my younger brother to stop BJP in Uttar Pradesh. Is. I will not give him/her anything, he/she should come and contest the elections with this alliance. If he/she says this, then today Chandrashekhar Bahujan will leave everything for the benefit of the society and convince his/her people.

On this Omprakash Rajbhar replies that he/she will talk to Akhilesh on this. However, he/she still could not talk to Chandrashekhar. In the 2022 assembly elections, Chandrashekhar had contested from Gorakhpur Sadar seat against CM Yogi Adityanath. Although their Security deposits have been taken It was done.

After this, in the same year, in Khatauli by-election, for the candidate of SP and RLD alliance. Chandrashekhar had campaigned, Chandrashekhar took part in the rally after meeting RLD President Jayant Chaudhary. After this, speculations were being made that Chandrashekhar would remain with the alliance in the 2024 Lok Sabha, but this was not possible.

This time for the Lok Sabha elections, SP has nominated former judge Manoj Kumar as its candidate from Nagina seat of Bijnor in the fourth list released on March 15, 2024. Nominated on March 23 Was. Chandrashekhar from this seat single election are fighting.

conclusion

BOOM’s investigation found that the viral video of Chandrashekhar Azad’s statement regarding inclusion in the alliance with SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav is old. This is of January 2022, when assembly elections were to be held in Uttar Pradesh.

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