A video is being shared widely on social media in which BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia can be seen asking people to vote for Congress (‘Hand’ symbol) on the third (date), but later realises his mistake and asks to vote for BJP (‘Lotus’ symbol). It is being claimed that the incident in the video happened recently in the context of the current 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections. The sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections will be conducted on 03 March 2022. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia mistakenly asking people to vote for Congress in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections (2022).
Fact: The video is neither related to the current Assembly Elections (2022) nor Uttar Pradesh. The video shows Jyotiraditya Scindia’s slip of the tongue at a poll rally in Madhya Pradesh (in 2020). Assembly bypolls happened in Madhya Pradesh on 03 November 2020 as Scindia and a few other legislators switched over from Congress to BJP in March 2020. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found in the search results. ‘Amar Ujala’ had published the same video in November 2020 and wrote – “Jyotiraditya Scindia Tongue Slips Appealed to Vote Congress Instead of BJP MP By Poll Election”. Assembly bypolls took place in Madhya Pradesh on 03 November 2020 as Scindia and a few other legislators switched over from Congress to BJP in March 2020. The video is related to that election in Madhya Pradesh. The rally was streamed live, on 31 October 2020, on Imarti Devi’s Facebook page (the posted clip can be watched at 45:45 in the video).
Many news agencies have reported in November 2020 about Jyotiraditya Scindia’s slip of the tongue at a poll rally in Madhya Pradesh. So, the video is neither related to the current Assembly Elections (2022) nor Uttar Pradesh.
To sum it up, the posted video of BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia mistakenly asking people to vote for Congress is not related to UP Elections (2022).
