A video circulating on social media claims that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took part in a campaign event with a bulldozer. The video shows a man in saffron attire, bearing a resemblance to Yogi Adityanath, standing on a moving bulldozer and waving at the onlookers. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Yogi Adityanath waving at people while standing on a bulldozer during a campaign event.
Fact: The visuals are from the religious procession conducted recently on the occasion of Durga puja in Narhan village in Raghunathpur subdivision of Siwan district in Bihar. The video shows an artist, portraying Yogi Adityanath, waving at the crowd during the parade held on the occasion of the Durga puja procession in Raghunathpur. Individuals impersonating both Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath took part in this parade. The individual waving from the bulldozer was not Yogi Adityanath. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video, a video showing similar visuals was found shared by a YouTube channel on 29 October 2023. This YouTube channel described it as the visuals from the religious procession held on the occasion of Durga puja, on 28 October 2023, in Raghunathpur.
A few other YouTube channels have also published similar videos mentioning they show visuals from the religious procession conducted recently in Narhan village located in the Raghunathpur subdivision of Siwan district in Bihar. An artist, portraying Yogi Adityanath, was observed standing on a bulldozer, greeting the crowd during the religious procession. Individuals impersonating both Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath took part in the parade held as part of the religious procession. A few other videos related to the Durga Puja procession held recently in Narhan village can be seen here and here.
Old videos related to the religious procession held in Narhan village can be seen here, here, and here. The individual waving at onlookers from the bulldozer in the video is not Yogi Adityanath.
To sum it up, the individual dressed in saffron attire, waving at people while standing on a bulldozer in this video, is not Yogi Adityanath.
