Does AAP win MCD elections by rigging? The video goes viral on social media. Read – Fact Check

A video of the polling is getting viral on social media. In this video, a person can be seen casting the votes of the voters himself in the EVM. Social media users are claiming that this video is from Delhi and claiming that the Aam Aadmi Party’s victory in the MCD elections was due to rigging. 

While sharing this video, a user named Yogi Yogesh Agarwal (Dharmasena) captioned- ” Reason of AAP’s victory in Delhi?” (English Translation)

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At the same time, this video has also been uploaded on YouTube Caption: “The viral video is the reason for the victory in Delhi? Government employees themselves are casting their votes by pressing the button” is given. 

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At the same time, many other users are also sharing this video. 

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Fact Check:

To fact-check the viral video, we checked the archive of DFRAC. We got a fact check in this context. It has been reported that this video has recently gone viral alleging rigging in the Gujarat Assembly elections. 

DFRAC’s fact check states that this video is from during municipal elections in West Bengal. where rigging was alleged. You can read the detailed fact check done by the team of DFRAC here. 

Conclusion:

It is clear from the fact check of DFRAC that the video going viral is not from Delhi but from the municipal elections held in West Bengal. Therefore, the claim made by social media users is wrong.