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A video of actor Arun Govil, a BJP candidate from Meerut, is going viral on social media. In this video, it can be seen that Arun Govil is sitting on the ground with his colleagues and a plate of food is kept in front of them. Arun Govil greeted the food plate with folded hands, but did not eat the food.
- Along with the viral video, Arun Govil was allegedly not eating food because it was a Dalit house. This video was shared by many users on X.
- UP Congress shared the video and wrote – BJ Party’s Lok Sabha candidate from Meerut district, Arun Govil ji arrived at Valmiki worker’s house for ‘Bhojan Darshan’. Lord Shri Ram had eaten fake Shabari berries in Treta Yuga and will not be able to eat food from a Dalit house in 2024.
More than 2 lakh 90 thousand people have watched the video shared by UP Congress so far. More than 3 thousand people have liked and more than 1 thousand people have retweeted.
Congress leader Ritu Chaudhary also shared this video. He wrote – Lord Shri Ram had eaten the false hatred of Sabri, but when BJP candidate Arun Govil reached the house of a person from the Dalit community, he was insulted by not eating food. Why does the BJP hate Dalits so much?
More than 17 thousand people have seen Ritu Chaudhary’s post and more than a thousand people have liked it.
SP leader Lalji Verma has also shared the video with the same allegation while targeting BJP. He wrote – Lord Ram had eaten fake Shabari berries, but BJP Lok Sabha candidate Meerut Arun Govil ji does not eat food prepared by Dalits. Imagine, those Dalits who cannot eat food cooked by backward people, how they will protect the rights of Dalits and backward people. India will win if this PDA is connected.
More than 50 thousand people have seen Lalji Verma’s post and more than a thousand people have liked it.
This video is also widely shared on Facebook with the same claim.
A screenshot of a viral video being shared on Facebook.
The truth about the viral video…
To know the truth about the viral video, we searched keywords associated with it. While searching, we found the full video of the viral video clip on Arun Govil’s official X account.
This 1 min 05 sec video was shared from Arun Govil’s official X account on April 13. The caption of this video reads – In Bhagwatpura, Meerut, a discussion program was held over food at the president’s residence Mrs. Neetu Jatav ji’s booth and tea at the residence the councilor Mr Arun Machal Valmiki ji with local public representatives.
The thing to note is that Arun Govil is clearly seen eating food at 4 seconds of this video.
Screenshot of the video shared from Arun Govil’s account.
During the investigation, we found a video related to this case on the ABP News YouTube channel.
ABP News reporter asked Arun Govil, just as Lord Ram had gone to Shabari hut to eat plums, you have come to Dalit colony, people are very excited to see you. In response to this he said- I have come here, the people here welcomed me. I sat and ate with these people because they fed me, they gave me tea, I drank tea.
It’s obvious to be on social media A half-completed video of Arun Govil is being shared with false and misleading claims.Arun Govil had reached Bhagwatpura in Meerut on April 13 and had dinner at the booth president Neetu Jatav’s house.
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