Alt News received a request on its WhatsApp helpline number and official mobile application to verify a video where Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath talks about imposing a strict lockdown in 15 districts of the state. The video is circulating as recent.
Social media users began sharing the video around March 13. One Mohammad Shanwaz Siddiqui posted a 5:13-minute-long clip the same day and wrote, “Another season of lockdowns has arrived.” It was shared by more than 7,000 handles at the time of writing.
लो भाई आ गया लोक डाउन का दूसरा सीजन भाग
1 23 से 25 मार्च तक यूपी में सब कुछ बंद 15 जिलों मेंPosted by Mohd Shanwaz Siddiqui on Friday, March 12, 2021
Old video
We noticed that the Uttar Pradesh Government’s fact-checking arm posted a tweet clarifying that this is an old clip. “This video being circulated on social media is old. At present, there is no plan for a lockdown of any kind in the state,’ it states.
दावा: प्रदेश में लॉकडाउन की योजना।#InfoUPFactCheck: सोशल मीडिया पर प्रसारित यह वीडियो पुराना है। वर्तमान में प्रदेश में किसी प्रकार के लॉकडाउन की योजना नहीं है। pic.twitter.com/Q4CPFTw8FU
— Info Uttar Pradesh Fact Check (@InfoUPFactCheck) March 16, 2021
This video is from March 22, 2020, when CM Adityanath was announcing a complete lockdown in 15 districts of Uttar Pradesh during the first phase of the lockdown.
On March 17, a Facebook page named ‘ ख़ामोशी 2.0’ (Khamoshi 2.0) also shared the video, adding that the visuals were old. It had been viewed more than 62 lakh times at the time of writing.
PrintAnuradha Prasad | Radio Free (2021-03-22T13:56:27+00:00) Old video of UP CM Adityanath announcing lockdown shared as recent. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2021/03/22/old-video-of-up-cm-adityanath-announcing-lockdown-shared-as-recent/
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