2011 video falsely shared as recent video of Sharad Pawar getting slapped after advising Sachin - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 9, 2021
A video clip of NDTV news is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows Sharad Pawar getting slapped after giving advice to Sachin Tendulkar regarding the latter’s tweet on “India’s sovereignty”. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent video of Sharad Pawar getting slapped after advising Sachin Tendulkar.
Fact: The video is an old one. The incident in the video took place in 2011 when Sharad Pawar was a Union Minister. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched on the internet with some keywords, the same video was found in a news report published by NDTV on YouTube in 2011. In the description of the video, it can be read- “Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has been slapped by a youth at the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) centre in Delhi……The attacker, identified as Harvinder Singh, was reportedly angry over the minister’s inability to control price rise.”  Sharad Pawar’s comments on the incident can be watched here and here. More news reports regarding the incident in 2011 can be read here, here, and here. So, the posted video is almost a decade old.
Regarding the advice given by Sharad Pawar to Tendulkar on 06 February 2021, ANI has reported that NCP chief Sharad Pawar said – “I would advise Sachin (Tendulkar) to exercise caution while speaking about any other field.”
#WATCH: NCP chief Sharad Pawar says, "Many people have reacted sharply to the stand taken by them (Indian celebrities). I would advise Sachin (Tendulkar) to exercise caution while speaking about any other field." pic.twitter.com/adUmovzzDX
To sum it up, a video from 2011 is being falsely shared as recent video of Sharad Pawar getting slapped after advising Sachin.