{"id":52275,"date":"2019-11-30T19:12:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T13:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=52275"},"modified":"2021-02-08T20:22:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:52:35","slug":"fact-check-is-this-congress-mla-anil-upadhyay-praising-pm-narendra-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-is-this-congress-mla-anil-upadhyay-praising-pm-narendra-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Is this Congress MLA Anil Upadhyay praising PM Narendra Modi?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a man praising PM Narendra Modi for supposedly cracking down on corruption at multiple levels is circulating online. The video has been shared with the claim, &#8220;Congress MLA Anil Upadhyay unknowingly spoke the truth.&#8221; (\u0915\u094b\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 \u0905\u0928\u093f\u0932* *\u0909\u092a\u093e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u0905\u0928\u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u0939 \u0917\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u0939\u0940 \u092c\u094b\u0932 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rajveerachhwangurjar\/videos\/262231841935499\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/rajveerachhwangurjar\/videos\/262231841935499\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*\u0915\u094b\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 \u0905\u0928\u093f\u0932* *\u0909\u092a\u093e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u0905\u0928\u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u0939 \u0917\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u0939\u0940 \u092c\u094b\u0932 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e*<br \/>\n*\u0907\u0938 video \u0915\u094b \u0907\u0924\u0928\u093e \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u094b \u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u093e \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0938\u0915\u0947..*\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udfff\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udfff\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udfff\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udfff\ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rajveerachhwangurjar\/\">Rajveer achhwan Gurjar<\/a> on Saturday, 6 February 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The clip is also circulating on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">*\u0915\u094b\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 \u0905\u0928\u093f\u0932* *\u0909\u092a\u093e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e\u092f \u0905\u0928\u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u0939 \u0917\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u0939\u0940 \u092c\u094b\u0932 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e*<br \/>\n*\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udfff\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udfff\ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6AVbufnL5T\">pic.twitter.com\/6AVbufnL5T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ksingh@561 (@Ksingh561) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ksingh561\/status\/1358596555054350336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Viral in 2019<\/h4>\n<p>On November 29, 2019, Twitter users Neha Singh had shared the video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52276 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-30-at-4.31.37-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-30-at-4.31.37-PM.png 587w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-30-at-4.31.37-PM-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was also widespread on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B9%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE&amp;epa=FILTERS&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lIjoie1wibmFtZVwiOlwiY3JlYXRpb25fdGltZVwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwie1xcXCJzdGFydF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOVxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDE5XFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0xMlxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMTItMzFcXFwifVwifSJ9\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B9%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE&amp;src=typed_query\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52278 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-30-at-4.42.01-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-30-at-4.42.01-PM.png 503w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/Screenshot-2019-11-30-at-4.42.01-PM-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>False claim<\/h4>\n<p>This video has been viral since April 2019. Alt News&#8217;s report, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/republic-tv-falsely-portrays-man-praising-pm-modi-as-a-congress-mla\/\">Republic TV falsely portrays man praising PM Modi as a Congress MLA<\/a>&#8216;, verified that the person in the video is not &#8216;Anil Upadhyay&#8217;, and he is not a Congress MLA. In fact, his real name is Munna Pandey.<\/p>\n<p>In order to identify the person, Alt News had searched &#8216;Anil Upadhyay&#8217; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=ubuntu&amp;channel=fs&amp;q=anil%20upadhyay%20site%3Amyneta.info&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiWqOec5PLhAhUN7XMBHW5PASUQ2wF6BAhaEAc&amp;ei=vJvFXJbaIY3az7sP7p6FqAI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyNeta database<\/a>. The search threw up two results \u2013\u00a0 a BSP leader from Jodhpur who contested the Rajasthan polls in 2018, and an independent candidate from Lucknow who contested the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in 2007 and 2012. There is no Congress leader with the name Anil Upadhyay.<\/p>\n<p>There are several viral videos of the same man, each one with a different claim. In December 2018 a video of this person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-sachin-pilots-father-in-law-did-not-praise-pm-modi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a> was viral on social media with claims suggesting that he is Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot\u2019s father-in-law. Several videos of him have been shared by verified Twitter user Tanmay Shankar. In all these videos, he is seen making a very spirited and emotional case for supporting PM Modi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0924\u094b \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u091c\u0932\u094d\u0926 \u0905\u092e\u0947\u0930\u093f\u0915\u093e \u091c\u0948\u0938\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e\u0964<br \/>\nViews of Munna Pandey ji on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> governance model &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rQ5oPfpvYe\">pic.twitter.com\/rQ5oPfpvYe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tanmay Shankar (@Shanktan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shanktan\/status\/1116010797119885312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.thequint.com\/news\/webqoof\/congress-mla-anil-upadhyay-supporting-pm-modi-fake-video-viral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Quint<\/a>, Shankar confirmed that the person is Mohan Pandey (Munna) and that he knows him personally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a man praising PM Narendra Modi for supposedly cracking down on corruption at multiple levels is circulating online. 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