Yogi Adityanath was scolding BJP leader Vibhrat Chand Kaushik in this video, not UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 8, 2021
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as the visuals of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath humiliating UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya during a public meeting. This video shows Yogi Adityanath harshly scolding a person asking him to get away and sit back. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Yogi Adityanath humiliating Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya during a public meeting.
Fact: The person who was scolded by UP CM Yogi Adityanath in the video is Gorakhpur BJP leader Vibhrat Chand Kaushik, not the UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya. This incident took place on 28 November 2021, during the closing ceremony of the ‘Sansad Khel Spardha Mahakumbh’ event in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search, similar visuals were found to be tweeted by a few users. They can be seen here and here. These Twitter users mentioned the person as BJP leader Vibhrat Chand. A journalist named Manish Pandey had also tweeted this video mentioning the person’s name as Vibhrat Chand Kaushik. When we searched for more sources using these keywords, it is found out that the ‘Aaj Tak’ news channel had published an article reporting the details of the person who was scolded by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. This article confirms that Yogi Adityanath scolded Vibhrat Chand Kaushik, a prominent BJP leader from the Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.
According to the details reported in the ‘Aaj Tak’ article, on 28 November 2021, UP CM Yogi Adityanath attended the closing ceremony of the ‘Sansad Khel Spardha Mahakumbh’ event held in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. While Yogi Adityanath was sitting on the stage, BJP Leader Vibhrat Chand Kaushik approached Yogi Adityanath and began telling him something. Yogi Adityanath reportedly scolded Vibhrat Chand with a harsh gesture. A clear visual of this incident can be seen in the video published by the official YouTube channel of the Uttar Pradesh government.
Vibhrat Chand Kaushik is one of the well-known BJP leaders from the Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh. He worked as a Dean for the Buddha PG College in Kushinagar. Vibhrat Chand Kaushik had also shared multiple images related to the ‘Sansad Khel Spardha Mahakumbh’ closing ceremony held on 28 November 2021.
To sum it up, the person whom Yogi Adityanath was scolding in this video is BJP Leader Vibhrat Chand Kaushik, not the UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya.