Claim: An auto driver was thrashed for voting for the BJP in the recently held assembly elections in Karnataka.
Fact-check: Claim That an Auto Driver was Allegedly Attacked Over Voting for BJP in Karnataka is False. - FACTLY
Verdict: the auto driver in question is harish rao gorpade, and the incident occurred in shimoga. initial news reports on this incident suggested that a group of strangers attacked harish for voting for the bjp. however, harish later clarified to the media that his friends had actually damaged his auto after a confrontation at a bar. he explicitly stated that he never claimed to have been thrashed for voting for the bjp. therefore, the claim made in the viral post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Varun Borugadda
Date published: 2023-05-17T09:18:41