{"id":143731,"date":"2023-01-19T14:16:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T08:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=143731"},"modified":"2023-01-19T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T08:46:27","slug":"fact-check-did-union-minister-ashwini-choubey-started-crying-while-talking-about-farmers-ndtv-false-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-union-minister-ashwini-choubey-started-crying-while-talking-about-farmers-ndtv-false-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Ashwini Choubey tear up while taking about farmers? Misleading claim by NDTV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Farmers in Buxar have been protesting for the last 84 days demanding proper compensation for the acquisition of their land for a power plant. There were reports of police personnel<\/a> entering protesting farmers\u2019 homes in the middle of the night and thrashing them. Angered by this, protesters allegedly torched police vehicles. Police officers had to fire in the air to disperse the demonstrators. <\/span><\/p>\n

The following day, Union minister and BJP leader Ashwini Choubey arrived in Chausa, facing the wrath<\/a> of the aggrieved farmers. In fact, he decided to leave the meeting altogether once the protesters began raising slogans against him. Later, the leader kept a silent vow and fast<\/a> in protest of the atrocities on farmers at Ambedkar Chowk in Buxar. He accused individuals associated with the Bhim Army<\/a> of attacking him during this dharna. BJP leader Parshuram Chaturvedi suffered a heart attack and died while entering Buxar’s Bhagat Singh Park<\/a> during the protest march organized to call for arrests of the accused responsible for the same attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

Against this backdrop, a video of BJP leader and MP Ashwini Choubey crying during a press conference is making the rounds on social media. It has been claimed that the senior leader broke into tears while talking about farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n

NDTV tweeted the video with the accompanying claim. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014 NDTV India (@ndtvindia) January 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Journalist Prabhakar Kumar Mishra quote-tweeted NDTV\u2019s post and wrote, “I\u2019m feeling overwhelmed seeing this union minister shedding tears for farmers!\u201d (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014 Prabhakar Kr Mishra (@PMishra_Journo) January 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jagran journalist Vineet Tripathi also quote-tweeted the video shared by NDTV. He added that farmers were in such dire straits since the opposition was not doing its work properly, so much so that it moved a Union minister to tears. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014 Vineet Tripathi (@VineetTripathi_) January 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n

We searched for the video of Ashwini Choubey’s press conference on YouTube, and found it on the Live Cities<\/a> YouTube channel. Here, the leader announces that BJP leader Parshuram Chaturvedi, who worked continuously by his side for several days in this movement, died due to a heart attack. He breaks down in tears while discussing Chaturvedi\u2019s death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n