A video through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that public are responding to PM Narendra Modi’s rhetorical questions about reduction in petrol and diesel prices. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of public responding to PM Modi’s questions about petrol and diesel prices.
Fact: The video is from an agitation by congress workers in Dhule, Maharashtra. This unique agitation of using megaphones was done under the leadership of Congress MLA from Dhule Rural, Kunal Patil. Prime Minister’s earlier speech (from Delhi) about lower fuel prices in 2015 was played in the loudspeakers alongside their screams of denying such a decline in fuel prices. Congress and other political parties are holding protests against this fuel price hike. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
There are congress party flags in the video. ‘Dhule’ is written on the megaphones seen in the viral video. Dhule is a district in Maharashtra.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video with relevant keywords, the same video was found in a tweet by Nana Patole, President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. According to his tweet, the video is from an agitation by Dhule Congress workers against rising inflation.
According to news reports, this unique agitation of using megaphones was done under the leadership of Congress MLA from Dhule Rural, Kunal Patil. Prime Minister’s earlier speech (from Delhi) about lower fuel prices in 2015 was played in the loudspeakers alongside their screams of denying such a decline in fuel prices.
The Congress and other political parties are holding protests against this fuel price hike.
To sum it up, this video actually shows a recent protest against fuel price hike by congress workers from Dhule, Maharashtra.
