Fact Check: Video claiming unemployed youth blocked CM Yogi Adityanath's convoy in Lucknow is FALSE
By Mounika Dasari Published on 16 Sep 2020 5:19 AM GMT
Hyderabad: Video footage claiming UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's convoy being stopped by a group of unemployed youth in Lucknow is viral on social media.
The Facebook caption in Hindi reads, "Unemployed youth in Lucknow blocking Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's convoy."
Hundreds of people have posted the same video on Facebook with similar claims.
Fact Check:
This is an old video. The claim is FALSE.
When we observe closely, we see that nobody is wearing masks; every individual must wear masks during the ongoing Corona crisis, which gives us hints that the video is old.
With the help of Google reverse search image, we found that ABP News posted this video on its YouTube channel in 2017.
The Times of India, dated June 27, 2017, states that the students who were raising black flags in front of CM Yogi's convoy were set free after spending 20 days in jail. The students belong to the All India Students Association, Students of Federation of India and Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha.
Even The Indian Express reported the same.
Hence, the claim is FALSE.
