It is almost certain that BJP alliance will form the government in Maharashtra. In the trends of 288 assembly seats, Mahayuti alliance is leading in more than 200 seats. Meanwhile, a video is going viral on social media. Ex-user Mahavir associated with Congress writes – BIG BREAKING – The game has begun, Congress people caught BJP workers carrying EVMs in Jhanda Chowk Nagpur. Even now the Election Commission will say that EVMs are safe. Seeing this, we can only say that the result of Maharashtra and Jharkhand is ready tomorrow. (Archive link) See tweet: Ex-user Priyamvada tweeted – Breaking!! BJP workers were caught red-handed stealing EVMs in Nagpur. Priyamvada tagged the Election Commission and wrote – Election Commission, will you take action now? (Archive link) See tweet: A similar claim of EVMs being caught from the car of a BJP worker in Nagpur was made by an ex-user named Tanmay. (Archive link) See tweet: Meanwhile, an ex-user named Shahnaz wrote – BIG BREAKING Congress workers caught BJP workers carrying EVMs at Jhanda Chowk Nagpur. (Archive link) See tweet: What is the truth of the viral claim? Were EVMs caught from the car of a BJP worker in Nagpur? We did an open search on Google with the help of some keywords for this question. During the investigation, we found a link to a news published in Aaj Tak on 21st November. The headline of the news was – Maharashtra: People clash with Zonal Officer in Nagpur, pelt stones on EVM vehicle. See screenshot: The news said – ‘A situation of tension arose for some time due to misunderstanding in the Central Nagpur Assembly constituency of Nagpur. The reason behind this was that after the voting process was over, the Zonal Officer had come out of his car to get some photocopies done. Then some people noticed the vehicle in which EVMs were kept. Immediately after this, the workers of the political party stopped that vehicle and started sloganeering. During this time, information has also come to light about stones being pelted on the vehicle. Seeing the tension on the spot, the Zonal Officer immediately left the place with his car. These workers went to the police station and complained about it. After this incident, there was a tense situation for a while, but when the EVM machine was checked, the EVM machine was at the booth. The Zonal Officer went out in the same vehicle in which the spare machine was kept, seeing this, people suspected that this was the original EVM machine. (Archive link of the news) During the investigation, we found a tweet from NDTV in which it was told – Some people in Nagpur pelted stones on the car of a Zonal Officer. Due to which the Zonal Officer’s car was badly damaged. Actually, there was an EVM machine in his car and people misunderstood that this was the same EVM that was used in the voting for the elections, whereas there was an extra EVM in his car. (Archive link) See tweet: Join us against fake news. If you have any doubt about any such information then email us @ fakenewsexpose@dbcorp.in and whatsapp us- 9201776050 ————————————– Also read this news related to Fake News Expose Fake News Expose: Did the price of milk increase after Maharashtra elections? 5 month old video goes viral with false claim A video is going viral on social media. With this 1 minute video, it is being claimed that as soon as the elections are over in Maharashtra, the price of milk and toll tax etc. have been increased. Read full news
