Fact Check: Don’t be fooled by viral video featuring Yogi Adityanath’s lookalike
Those sharing the video claim that the man in the video is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath being pushed out of Madhya Pradesh’s Bageshwar Dham temple.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 20 March 2023 1:28 PM GMT
(Screengrab source: Facebook)
A video showing a man clad in saffron arguing with police personnel is doing rounds on social media. Those sharing the video claim that the man in the video is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath being pushed out of Madhya Pradesh’s Bageshwar Dham temple.
(Screengrab source: Facebook)
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Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the video features Yogi Adityanath’s lookalike, Dilip Jain.
On performing a reverse image search of the video’s keyframe, we found a longer version of the video tweeted on January 23 by the verified handle of the Hindi newspaper Hindustan. The newspaper reported that Dilip Jain, a lookalike of Yogi Adityanath, was told by the police to not sit in the front during a program of Union Minister of Road Transport Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. This angered the man and argued with the police till they allowed him to sit at the front.
We also found the video published by Aaj Tak’s YouTube channel on January 25. It said that a lookalike of Yogi Adityanath was present at a program attended by Nitin Gadkari. It further said that during the foundation stone laying ceremony of the National Highway of Bundelkhand, there was a fierce argument between Prithvipur-based sari businessman Dilip Jain and the police. Dilip Jain regularly goes to BJP programs and is noted for looking like Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Hence, we conclude that the viral video does not show UP CM Yogi Adityanath being pushed out of Madhya Pradesh’s Bageshwar Dham temple and the claim is misleading.
