In 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ujjwala Yojana in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh and an excerpt from the program is being reverse-edited to claim that a woman beneficiary has committed suicide in a public forum due to rising gas prices. But refused to take free gas connection from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
New Delhi (Vishvas News). A video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being shared on social media. It is being claimed that a woman beneficiary refused to take a gas cylinder connection from the Prime Minister on a public platform.
Vishvas News’s investigation found this claim to be propaganda against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The viral video has been reversed with the help of editing, making it appear that the woman refused to take the gas connection and returned. About six years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the free cooking gas scheme in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh and during this time he also handed over gas connections to the beneficiaries. The viral video clip is of this program, which has been reverse edited with the false claim and is being made viral with the intention of spreading propaganda against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
What is Viral?
social media user ‘Safeer Choudhary’ shared the viral video (archive) Link) with the claim that the woman beneficiary refused to take a free gas connection due to rising gas prices.
many others users has shared this video with an identical and similar claim. Several users on Twitter have also shared the video clip with the same claim.
investigation
A YouTube search with keywords found a video bulletin uploaded on NDTV’s official YouTube channel about six years ago, which is a longer version of the viral video clip.
In this video bulletin, the woman can be seen coming on stage and accepting the gas connection from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The video of this program has been made live on May 1, 2016 from the official YouTube channel of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
According to the information given, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ujjwala Ujjwala Yojana from Ballia, Varanasi and during the same program he also distributed free gas connections to the beneficiaries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi can be seen distributing free gas connections from frame 26 in the video. The viral video clip is of another woman beneficiary who was handed over a free gas connection by the Prime Minister and the woman walked down the stage carrying it.
We contacted Shashwat Mishra, Output Head, Dainik Jagran, Varanasi regarding the viral video clip. He said, “This is a video of an old program when in 2016 Prime Minister Modi launched the Ujjwala program from Ballia in Varanasi and during this time he also gave free gas connections to many women beneficiaries.” He said that during this period there was no incident in which any beneficiary refused to take the connection.
It is clear that the video going viral is edited, which has been reversed. People sharing edited video clip with false claim user is followed by over 50,000 people on Facebook.
of PMUY.gov.in Website But according to information, in May 2016, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas launched the ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal Yojana’, which aimed to provide clean energy sources to rural and underprivileged families.
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Conclusion: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ujjwala Yojana in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh in 2016 and a portion of the same program is being reverse-edited to claim that a woman beneficiary died due to rising gas prices. Refused to take free gas connection from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on public platform.
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- Claim Review : Angry woman did not accept gas connection from Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to increase in gas price.
- Claimed By : FB User-Safeer Choudhary
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