A screenshot, purportedly of a news channel, is being shared to claim that a re-election has been announced for 142 seats in Uttar Pradesh, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious after the results were declared on 10 March.
It further mentions that this might diminish the possibility of Yogi Adityanath becoming the chief minister for the second consecutive term.
However, we found this image on the YouTube channel of 'Nation Tv' and on viewing the content, we saw that the video was unrelated to this image. Further, we found no update on this by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
CLAIM
The screenshot is going viral on Facebook with varied captions. One of the captions reads, "यूपी में फिर से हो सकते हैं विधानसभा चुनाव".
(Translation: Assembly elections may be held again in UP)
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The Quint received a message about the image on its WhatsApp tipline as well.
WHAT WE FOUND OUT
We noticed the name of the channel 'Nation Tv' on one of the screenshots and looked it up on YouTube.
This led us to a video posted on 13 March 2022, which had the same thumbnail.
However, on viewing the content of the video, we noticed that the over two minute long video didn't speak about re-election on 142 seats but featured a purported phone conversation between two individuals.
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