Fact Check: Liquor was not served at PM Modi’s rally in Hyderabad
New Delhi, July 05: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a mammoth gathering in Hyderabad after the conclusion of the two day national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday.
Reports said that there were over a lakh people present at the event. A video has now gone viral showing men wearing BJP caps and scarves distributing alcohol. Many including advocate Prashant Bhushan tweeted the video and wrote, ' wow Modi Ji, your party has turned Telangana into Goa too! What fun!"
"While PM Narendra Modi was giving a speech inside, BJP workers were enjoying wine and kebab in honour of India outside. This is the real face of their Hindu religion. It's not even worth ridiculing. The height of shame," former Lok Sabha MP Kirti Azad said in a tweet.
Under
the
tweet
by
Prashant
Bhushan
many
said
that
the
video
was
old.
The
people
can
be
seen
wooden
garments
thus
giving
the
indication
that
the
video
was
shot
during
the
winter.
When
we
did
a
reverse
search
we
learnt
that
the
video
was
old
and
has
been
on
the
internet
since
2021.
We
also
found
a
tweet
by
the
official
account
of
the
Uttar
Pradesh
Congress
on
December
2021
which
had
the
same
video.
दारू+ UP+ योगी= दुरूपयोगी
— UP Congress (@INCUttarPradesh) December 20, 2021
Painkiller बंट रही है @narendramodi जी.
सब ठीक? pic.twitter.com/HhsfaLtkYi
The Congress claimed that the video was shot in Haridwar, UP just before the rally by BJP chief, J P Nadda. There have been many news reports that carried this video. However in none of them could we find the actual location where this video was shot. Hence we can conclude that the video is not from the recent BJP event that was held at Telangana.
Fact Check
Claim
The video was not shot in Telangana and it has been online since 2021
Conclusion
The video was not shot in Telangana and it has been online since 2021