A video is being shared on social media claiming it to be the visuals of PM Narendra Modi revealing his formula to fool the poor people of this country. This post claims that PM Narendra Modi while addressing an election meeting in West Bengal said “गरीब को केवल सपने दिखाओ, झूठ बोलो, उसको आपस में लड़ आओ, और राज करो ।। (English translation – ‘Show dreams to the poor, tell them lies, make them fight amongst each other, and rule over them.’)”. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of PM Narendra Modi revealing his formula to fool the poor people of this country.
Fact: The video shared in the post is only a clipped portion of a full video. The extended version of the original video showed PM Narendra Modi referring to this as the Congress party’s formula to stay in power. PM Narendra Modi made this statement while addressing a public meeting held at Bokhakat town in Assam. It has nothing to do with West Bengal Elections. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched for this video using relevant keywords, a video with similar visuals is found on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) official YouTube channel. This video shows PM Narendra Modi addressing a public meeting held at Bokhakat town in Assam, on 21 March 2021. The same visuals as in the post can be observed from 35:19 minutes of this video. In the original video, we could see PM Narendra Modi saying “गरीब को केवल सपने दिखाओ, झूठ बोलो, उसको आपस में लड़ आओ, और राज करो । यही कांग्रेस सर्कार में रहने का फार्मूला रहा हे। (English translation – ‘Show dreams to the poor, tell lies, make them fight amongst each other, and rule over them. This has been the formula of Congress Party to stay in power.’)”. At 35:26 minutes of the video, we could see PM Narendra Modi referring to this as the Congress party’s formula to stay in power. By removing the second part in the original video, the video is portrayed as the visuals of Narendra Modi revealing his formula to fool the poor people of this country.
The context in which PM Narendra Modi explained this formula was described in an article published by ‘Hindustan Times’. This article reported that PM Narendra Modi referred to this as formula as the Congress Party’s old strategy to stay in power.
To sum it up, a cropped video is portrayed as visuals of PM Narendra Modi explaining his formula to fool the poor people of this country.
