A video of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral on social media. It is being claimed that Owaisi said he wants Yogi Adityanath to form the government in Uttar Pradesh for the third time.
On social media platform X (formerly Twitter), a user named Rohit Gupta shared the viral video and wrote: “I want Yogi Adityanath to form the government in UP for the third time!” ~ Asaduddin Owaisi.
Apart from this, several other users have also shared the viral video with a similar claim. These posts can be seen here.
Fact Check
To investigate the claim accompanying the viral video, DFRAC conducted a reverse search of the video’s keyframes. During this process, we found a similar video on X (formerly Twitter). The video was shared by the news agency ANI Hindi News on October 25, 2026. Its caption read: “#WATCH | Kairana, Uttar Pradesh: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said, ‘…We will make every effort to ensure that a BJP government is not formed and that our candidates are elected as MLAs to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.’”
Further investigation led us to another similar video shared on X by the news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) on October 26, 2026. Sharing the video, PTI wrote: “News | Owaisi says AIMIM will make every effort to ensure that a BJP government is not formed in Uttar Pradesh. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Sunday that his party would make every possible effort to ensure that a BJP government is not formed in Uttar Pradesh.”
Along with this, we also found a video posted by the news agency IANS on X (formerly Twitter). Sharing the video on October 25, 2026, it wrote: “Shamli, Uttar Pradesh: Responding to a question about an alliance, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said, ‘When the alliance is finalised, we will let you know. We have already said this on record and have been repeating it, but it seems that these people are interpreting it differently! Our party also does not want Yogi Adityanath to become the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the third time. If you also do not want this and we do not want this either, then we will join hands with anyone whose objective is the same.’
Regarding the viral video, DFRAC also spoke with Shadab Chauhan, spokesperson of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). He rejected the viral claim and said that Asaduddin Owaisi had not made any such statement. According to Shadab Chauhan, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are editing and circulating the video so that Muslim leadership in the state cannot become stronger. He also said that Owaisi’s actual video is publicly available.
Conclusion
DFRAC’s fact-check makes it clear that Asaduddin Owaisi’s statement is being presented out of context on social media. Owaisi did not say that he wants Yogi Adityanath to form the government in Uttar Pradesh for the third time. On the contrary, he said that his party does not want Yogi Adityanath to become Chief Minister for the third time. Therefore, the claim accompanying the viral video is misleading.
Claim Review
| Claim Review | Did Asaduddin Owaisi say that he wants Yogi Adityanath to form the government in UP for the third time? |
|---|---|
| Claim By | Social media users |
| Fact Check | Misleading claim |
Sources
- ANI Hindi: Video of Owaisi’s statement shared on X.
- PTI: Video of Owaisi’s statement shared on X.
- IANS: Video of Owaisi’s statement shared on X.
- DFRAC’s conversation with AIMIM spokesperson Shadab Chauhan.
