{"id":23026,"date":"2018-11-25T16:58:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T11:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=23026"},"modified":"2019-03-19T17:37:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T12:07:24","slug":"old-video-of-ex-bjp-mla-circulating-as-congress-mla-praising-demonetisaion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-ex-bjp-mla-circulating-as-congress-mla-praising-demonetisaion\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of Ex BJP MLA circulating as Congress MLA praising demonetisaion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video purportedly of a Congress MLA praising Modi government on demonetization and surgical strike has gone viral on social media. (<i>&#8220;\u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938\u0940 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 \u0930\u093e\u0915\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0918\u0935\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u093e\u0930\u0940\u092b \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0909\u0938\u0915\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0907\u0915 \u091b\u0940\u0928\u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938\u0940&#8221; Congress MLA Rakesh Meghwal was praising Modiji then Congressmen started snatching the microphone -translated<\/i>) A Facebook page, <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RohitSardanaZee\/videos\/1981587808800855\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rohit Sardana Fans club<\/a><\/i><i> <\/i>has shared the same video with the aforementioned text. At the time of writing this article, it has been shared more than 6200 times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/1543078093-picsay-843x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/1543078093-picsay-843x1024.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/1543078093-picsay-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/1543078093-picsay-768x933.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/1543078093-picsay-696x846.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/1543078093-picsay-1068x1297.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/1543078093-picsay-346x420.jpg 346w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/1543078093-picsay.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several other Facebook fan pages have shared this video with the identical narrative including <i><a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=568794940230600&amp;id=365548693888560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rubika Liyaquat Fans club<\/a><\/i>, <i><a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=1797312323727604&amp;id=1579273492198156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sudhir Chaudhary Live<\/a><\/i>, <i><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=2201179833246825&amp;id=1503447446353404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Rakesh Sinha Fans club<\/a><\/i> and <i><a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=2243418185889008&amp;id=1556897591207741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u0906\u092e \u0906\u092e\u0926\u0928\u0940 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091f\u0940<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ex mla rakesh meghwal on note bandi\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eeVWVZHChgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the video, two people can be seen snatching the microphone and stopping the speaker from praising demonetization. Many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/str\/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AB\/keywords_blended_posts?filters=eyJycF9hdXRob3IiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJtZXJnZWRfcHVibGljX3Bvc3RzXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJcIn0ifQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> users have shared this same claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181124-202644_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181124-202644_01.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181124-202644_01-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181124-202644_01-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181124-202644_01-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181124-202644_01-696x558.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181124-202644_01-1068x856.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181124-202644_01-524x420.jpg 524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is the truth?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A Google search of Rakesh Meghwal showed several news reports on the incident which had taken place in 2016. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/abpnews.abplive.in\/india-news\/viral-sach-of-this-message-6-501714\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>, Rakesh Meghwal is a former BJP MLA who was speaking at an event organized by the Bahujan Sangarsh Dal in Nagaur district. Speaking to media, he said that he was invited as a community leader in the gathering. It also must be noted that he was associated with BJP when made the statement in November, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Selection_378.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1486\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Selection_378.png 1486w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Selection_378-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Selection_378-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Selection_378-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Selection_378-696x267.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Selection_378-1068x410.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Selection_378-1095x420.png 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1486px) 100vw, 1486px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Same video, different narrative<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In November 2016,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rishibagree\/status\/800688078260027392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Rishi Bagree<\/a>, who is followed by PM Modi on Twitter claimed that BSP supremo Mayawati had asked her party workers to snatch the mic from a party leader eulogising the Prime Minister. It had garnered close to 5400 retweets and 4000 likes. Notably, it was also retweeted by Madhur Bhandarkar with a comment, <i>&#8220;good one&#8221;<\/i>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A BSP Neta praised PM Modi in front of Mayawati in her rally for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DeMonetisation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DeMonetisation<\/a><br \/>\nShe got pissed and asked her workers to snatched his mic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WQAYNbdW3z\">pic.twitter.com\/WQAYNbdW3z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rishi Bagree \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@rishibagree) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rishibagree\/status\/800688078260027392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bagree has got all the possible facts in his tweet wrong. Firstly, it was a event organized by the Bahujan Sangarsh Dal and NOT Bahujan Samaj Party. Secondly, no media reports suggest that BSP chief Mayawati was present at the spot. Thirdly, the man in video is a former BJP MLA and NOT a BSP leader.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Facebook post by <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=995012140683304&amp;id=337084856476039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rakesh Meghwal<\/a>, he has now filed his nomination as an independent candidate from Parbatsar constituency in the upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections.<\/p>\n<p>In this instance, a video of political leader previously affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party was passed of as a leader of the Congress party going against the party line. Propaganda is on full swing on social media with elections round the corner in five states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video purportedly of a Congress MLA praising Modi government on demonetization and surgical strike has gone viral on social media. (&#8220;\u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938\u0940 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 \u0930\u093e\u0915\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0918\u0935\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u093e\u0930\u0940\u092b \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0909\u0938\u0915\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0907\u0915 \u091b\u0940\u0928\u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938\u0940&#8221; Congress MLA Rakesh Meghwal was praising Modiji then Congressmen started snatching the microphone -translated) A Facebook page, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":23057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-23026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Old video of Ex BJP MLA circulating as Congress MLA praising demonetisaion - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Old video of Ex BJP MLA circulating as Congress MLA praising demonetisaion - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A video purportedly of a Congress MLA praising Modi government on demonetization and surgical strike has gone viral on social media. 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