{"id":5296,"date":"2019-04-24T20:18:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T14:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.22.110.190\/english\/?p=5296"},"modified":"2019-04-24T20:18:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T14:48:54","slug":"fact-check-did-mamata-banerjee-ask-people-to-vote-for-bjp-as-seen-in-this-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/fact-check-did-mamata-banerjee-ask-people-to-vote-for-bjp-as-seen-in-this-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Did Mamata Banerjee ask people to vote for BJP as seen in this video?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cThe impact of MODI TSUNAMI \u2013 Mamata Banerjee appeals everyone to vote for BJP!\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 the official twitter handle of BJP Bengal declared in a tweet that the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Bannerji, appealed to vote for BJP in a rally. Accompanying the tweet was a short 18-second video in which her words \u2013\u00a0<em>\u201cBJP shorkar ke vote diye\u201d \u2013\u00a0<\/em>were played in a loop. The English translation of the statement is \u2013\u00a0<em>\u201cvote for BJP\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The impact of MODI TSUNAMI &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MamataOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mamataofficial<\/a> appeals everyone to vote for BJP! The first time she&#39;s made any sense during this election campaign! Thanks a ton DIDI !! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Os6PxdF9GS\">pic.twitter.com\/Os6PxdF9GS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BJP West Bengal (@BJP4Bengal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4Bengal\/status\/1120712814065270784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Is it possible that Mamata Banerjee, the leader BJP political opponent All India Trinamool Congress, would make such a statement in a rally?<\/p>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>It turns out that BJP Bengal had tweeted a doctored video, which was clipped and played in a loop to give a misleading impression. Mamata Banerjee addressed a rally in Khanakul, West Bengal on April 23. While ending her speech, Banerjee asked the people to vote out BJP, with a sarcastic tone to her words. Banerjee\u2019s words \u201c<em>6 May aasche din, ekhane bhalo kore gonotontroye BJP Sarkar ke vote diye bhalo kore kobor din, bhalo kore kobor din, bhalo kore kobor din<\/em>\u201c, can be approximately translated as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>On May 6, cast your vote for BJP government and give them a proper burial, give them a proper burial, give them a proper burial<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The part where Banerjee says \u201c<em>bhalo kore kobor din<\/em>\u201c, which literally translates to \u201c<em>put them in the grave<\/em>\u201c, was clipped out by BJP Bengal. Instead, the part where Banerjee sarcastically says \u201c<em>vote for BJP<\/em>\u201d was retained and played in a loop. The relevant portion of the original speech can be seen in the video posted below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/332169823\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>BJP\u2019s version of the video also includes a portion where the crowd chants<em>\u00a0\u201cModi Modi\u201d,<\/em>\u00a0which is not present in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamataBanerjeeOfficial\/videos\/356232581765010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">live speech (starting 35:47)<\/a>\u00a0uploaded on Mamata Banerjee\u2019s official page.<\/p>\n<p>BJP Bengal\u2019s attempt to mislead using a doctored video was called out immediately by Twitter users.\u00a0<em>\u201cCheats exposed\u201d<\/em>, tweeted the official handle of Trinamool Congress, attaching the full video. According to TMC, a complaint has been filed before the Election commission regarding the edited video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trinamool complains to EC. Seeking quick response and action<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4vIVyUW6m\">https:\/\/t.co\/d4vIVyUW6m<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qQjfRa7zn1\">https:\/\/t.co\/qQjfRa7zn1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AITCofficial\/status\/1120950577410654208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>[This report was first published by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alt News<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out that BJP Bengal had tweeted a doctored video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":5117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-bengal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5296"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=5296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}