No, PM Modi Wasn’t Waving at an Empty Ground in Uttar Pradesh

The video is from his campaign rally in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao where a crowd had gathered to see him.

An unclear video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi waving is being shared on social media to claim that he is waving at an empty field in Uttar Pradesh.

The claim comes in the backdrop of the fourth phase of polling in the state, which is currently underway.

However, we found that the video was from the PM's campaign rally in UP's Unnao on 20 February. Modi waved at the crowd who had gathered on their terrace and near the buildings to get a glimpse of him.

CLAIM

The video is being shared on social media to claim that PM Modi is waving "to fields, trees and building".

Several social media users have shared the video along with the similar claims and the archived versions can be seen here, here, here, and here.

WHAT WE FOUND

Using the InVID WeVerify Google Chrome extension, we extracted keyframes from the viral video and conducted a reverse image search on some of them.

A Google reverse image search result led us to a news report on the website of Asianet News Hindi on 20 February which read that Modi was at a campaign rally in Unnao.

We then searched with relevant keywords on YouTube to search for the video and found the video posted on the YouTube channel of news agency ANI.

The viral part can be seen from 0:05-0:24 secs.

We also found the visuals on ANI's Twitter channel. Further, looking carefully at the visuals, one can see the crowd.

Clearly, a video where PM Modi waved at the crowd in Unnao is being falsely shared to claim that he is waving at an empty ground.

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