{"id":113892,"date":"2022-03-15T22:15:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T16:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=113892"},"modified":"2022-03-15T22:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T16:45:29","slug":"no-eci-has-not-declared-re-election-in-142-seats-in-up-due-to-evm-tampering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-eci-has-not-declared-re-election-in-142-seats-in-up-due-to-evm-tampering\/","title":{"rendered":"No, ECI has not declared re-election in 142 seats in UP due to EVM tampering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the results of the Uttar Pradesh elections were declared, a screenshot of a YouTube channel went viral on WhatsApp with the claim that the Election Commission has accepted that there has been tampering with the EVMs and has ordered for re-elections in 142 seats.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News has received requests on its official WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160) to verify the claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-113892 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-eci-has-not-declared-re-election-in-142-seats-in-up-due-to-evm-tampering\/whatsapp-image-2022-03-15-at-11-51-39-am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-15-at-11.51.39-AM.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-15-at-11.51.39-AM.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-03-15-at-11.51.39-AM-300x283.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-eci-has-not-declared-re-election-in-142-seats-in-up-due-to-evm-tampering\/screenshot-2022-03-15-123827\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-15-123827.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-15-123827.jpg 801w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-15-123827-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-15-123827-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It is also massively viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos?q=%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%20evm%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4&amp;sde=AboP8y1t4yaPFDIiktpsVPdgRCe29G4D3yBt_OYF3Aa5Yn5zpfmGCN2hQIZegACODIm2HGb5DTxKDM1mPHGl_zeZ1Vtc0hMGUH30JQJwx3cFbUbN6EEja-BF8kXhLK6sgKivFNBnRDEgaZESCyf6rfXEB0TrxLMpEXg2hYE7p2esXEpYryoWsBfy4tdal0F-j2ciMTYLL6LqkqREk6elIxAqj9eXyk6vaSh0O_NbpMU1J9wmfYS2mHLPILBI9IUm3ut_R9ATyeSoBwvFWmaD1hseTn8-eXcpf9pw5hX4mzajHZA_vcnftrIlDrmiamzZwCZIRbySRFmzslIhQHIxkoCSO6cbQO6oNklbwnBBV_Tt9fXjobhT24qBYSWXUt-jXc7dvZWQuYjux4T-fxSASPHHASfT0uPgnGdxRcD8elbFZJ2aFxp4TnxJuei-IuaU4VutRoAGnnpeXLh-Y5FYZMzz&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjJcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIyLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMi0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMi0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-113898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-17_46_55-Films-TV-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1405\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-17_46_55-Films-TV-min.jpg 1405w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-17_46_55-Films-TV-min-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-17_46_55-Films-TV-min-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-17_46_55-Films-TV-min-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1405px) 100vw, 1405px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>We had a close look at the video and noticed the name of the channel. Taking that as a clue, we performed a keyword search on YouTube and came across the original video posted by Nation Tv.<\/p>\n<p>The video features a phone conversation between two individuals during which it is alleged that EVMs were tampered with. It is also alleged that the official on duty tried to raise the issue but the SHO asked him to not.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9QcOcPdNS2E]<\/p>\n<p>We played the entire video and noticed that at no point the news anchor featured in the viral thumbnail appears in the original video. In fact, the entire video has a voiceover by a woman. Furthermore, the description has hashtags that are irrelevant to the content of the video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-113906\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_17_18-3-\u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936-\u0915\u0940-\u0939\u093e\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u0940\u091b\u0947-\u0939\u0941\u0906-\u092c\u095c\u093e-\u0916\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0938\u093e-\u0938\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e\u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f-\u0928\u0947-\u091c\u092c\u094d\u0924-\u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0908-73-EVM-\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"924\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_17_18-3-\u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936-\u0915\u0940-\u0939\u093e\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u0940\u091b\u0947-\u0939\u0941\u0906-\u092c\u095c\u093e-\u0916\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0938\u093e-\u0938\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e\u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f-\u0928\u0947-\u091c\u092c\u094d\u0924-\u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0908-73-EVM-\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940-.png 924w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_17_18-3-\u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936-\u0915\u0940-\u0939\u093e\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u0940\u091b\u0947-\u0939\u0941\u0906-\u092c\u095c\u093e-\u0916\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0938\u093e-\u0938\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e\u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f-\u0928\u0947-\u091c\u092c\u094d\u0924-\u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0908-73-EVM-\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940--300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_17_18-3-\u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936-\u0915\u0940-\u0939\u093e\u0930-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u0940\u091b\u0947-\u0939\u0941\u0906-\u092c\u095c\u093e-\u0916\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0938\u093e-\u0938\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e\u0915\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f-\u0928\u0947-\u091c\u092c\u094d\u0924-\u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0908-73-EVM-\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940--768x684.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also checked the video section of the YouTube channel and noticed that it has the same thumbnail for all its videos and has published the same news of re-elections but with different numbers in the past two days. Some video thumbnails also feature photos of journalist Ravish Kumar but the content of the video have nothing to do with him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-113908\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_20_05-5-Nation-Tv-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1219\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_20_05-5-Nation-Tv-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 1219w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_20_05-5-Nation-Tv-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_20_05-5-Nation-Tv-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1024x625.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_20_05-5-Nation-Tv-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x469.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1219px) 100vw, 1219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nation Tv has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCvh5QXSrEFNoLbbK8FjDEUA\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another channel<\/a> linked to its YouTube channel that has multiple videos with the same thumbnail design but with Ravish Kumar in it.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-113892 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-eci-has-not-declared-re-election-in-142-seats-in-up-due-to-evm-tampering\/2022-03-15-19_52_48-16-nation-24-youtube-mozilla-firefox\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1438\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-19_52_48-16-Nation-24-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-19_52_48-16-Nation-24-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 1438w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-19_52_48-16-Nation-24-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-19_52_48-16-Nation-24-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1024x408.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-19_52_48-16-Nation-24-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x306.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1438px) 100vw, 1438px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-eci-has-not-declared-re-election-in-142-seats-in-up-due-to-evm-tampering\/2022-03-15-19_52_09-17-nation-tv-youtube-mozilla-firefox\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1175\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-19_52_09-17-Nation-Tv-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-19_52_09-17-Nation-Tv-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.png 1175w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-19_52_09-17-Nation-Tv-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-19_52_09-17-Nation-Tv-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-19_52_09-17-Nation-Tv-YouTube-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x382.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1175px) 100vw, 1175px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We also ran the image of the news anchor through Yandex reverse image search, which identified the man as Sandeep Chaudhry of News24.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-113917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_50_42-Yandex.Images_-image-search-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"941\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_50_42-Yandex.Images_-image-search-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-min.png 941w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_50_42-Yandex.Images_-image-search-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-min-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/03\/2022-03-15-18_50_42-Yandex.Images_-image-search-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-min-768x690.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We checked for news about re-elections in 142 seats and came across a fact-check by PIB which debunked the claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u090f\u0915 \u092b\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0940 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u092f\u0939 \u0926\u093e\u0935\u093e \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EVM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EVM<\/a> \u092c\u0926\u0932\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u0923 142 \u0938\u0940\u091f\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u091a\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0935 \u0939\u094b\u0902\u0917\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PIBFactCheck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PIBFactCheck<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u25b6\ufe0f\u0908\u0935\u0940\u090f\u092e \u092c\u0926\u0932\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u093e\u0935\u093e \u092b\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0940 \u0939\u0948<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ECISVEEP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ECISVEEP<\/a> \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e 142 \u0938\u0940\u091f\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0924\u0926\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0918\u094b\u0937\u0923\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u0908 \u0939\u0948<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6\ufe0f \u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u0910\u0938\u0947 \u092d\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0915 \u0935\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0936\u0947\u092f\u0930 \u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WZ4q1vUFb5\">pic.twitter.com\/WZ4q1vUFb5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PIBFactCheck\/status\/1503372190158573572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Based on all the evidence, it is safe to conclude that none of the anchors seen in the thumbnails of the videos is actually associated with Nation Tv. Their images are being used to generate clicks for views and to present the channel as an authentic source.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, the &#8220;news&#8221; had not been reported by any credible media outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, a YouTube channel used the photos of established news anchors to spread the misinformation of re-elections in UP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the results of the Uttar Pradesh elections were declared, a screenshot of a YouTube channel went viral on WhatsApp with the claim that the Election Commission has accepted that there has been tampering with the EVMs and has ordered for re-elections in 142 seats. 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