Viral video of locals chanting anti-Modi slogans in UP is doctored

A video that allegedly shows people chanting anti-Modi slogans as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath walk past them at a public event is viral. The post below by one Nitin Kumar gained over one million views. Kumar wrote, “Godi media will not show this news.”

Samajwadi Party leader Abhishek Yadav Anshul also posted this video.

Similarly, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Santosh Yadav posted this video.

Alt News performed a keyword search on social media monitoring tool CrowdTangle and found that over 200 Facebook accounts shared this video on their pages or in high network groups (view spreadsheet). Instances of high network FB groups include Uttrakhand Congress 2022 (Harda-Pritam एकता) [over lakh followers]; RAHUL GANDHI SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK [over lakh followers] and KANHAIYA KUMAR IN INDIA AS A NEXT PM [24K followers].

Edited video

In the viral video, PM Modi and CM Yogi can be spotted in kurta-pyjama along with a black overcoat and orange robe respectively. Alt News performed a keyword search and found that the viral video is from a conclave held in Varanasi on December 14.

Restricting our results to the same day, we performed another keyword search on YouTube and found the video in question. Unlike in the viral video, people cannot be heard chanting anti-Modi slogans. Instead, they are chanting his name. The video was posted by Rohan Dua, Founder & Executive Editor of The New Indian.

Reporter’s Diary: PM @narendramodi met random consituents of Varanasi following launch of #KashiVishwanathDham.

Locals took selfies from every corner of street as he and CM @myogiadityanath walked on roads.

PM will be visiting adopted village Umraha, Swarved Mahamandir today pic.twitter.com/VIBLfdu18k

— Rohan Dua (@rohanduaT02) December 14, 2021

A video of PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath in Varanasi was thus, superimposed with an audio clip to falsely portray locals chanting anti-Modi slogans.