Video Claiming 'EVM Scam' Amid Lok Sabha Polls Is Misleading
NDTV
The video dates back to the 2022 UP Assembly polls and is related to an incident in Varanasi. The EVMs in the video were actually marked for the training of counting officials.
Multiple social media users shared a video showing a group of men standing on a goods carrier and purportedly holding EVMs in their hands. The voice in the background, seemingly of the person recording the video, claims that the BJP was openly doing an 'EVM scam'. The timing of the social media post insinuated that the incident was related to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. In its investigation, the PTI Fact Check Desk found that an old video dating back to the 2022 UP Assembly polls was shared as recent on social media with false claims. The video actually showed EVMs, which were marked for the training of the counting officials back then.
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A Facebook user shared on May 16 a video of some men standing on a goods carrier, purportedly holding EVMs in their hands. The background audio claimed that it was a scam by the BJP.
