Claim: Video of an elected MP in Karnataka humiliating a Hindu priest and stopping a bhoomi pooja for conducting the ceremony as per Hindu customs.
Fact-check: Old video from Tamil Nadu shared as the recent visuals of an elected Congress MP humiliating a Hindu priest in Karnataka - FACTLY
Verdict: the video shared in the post is from tamil nadu, not from karnataka. the video shows dharmapuri lok sabha mp s. senthil kumar objecting to bhoomi pooja for a lake restoration project by a priest and questioning a government official whether he was aware that a government function should not be held in such a manner involving prayers of only particular religion. dharmapuri mp questioned the government official why they did not invite the church father, the imam and atheists to the stone laying ceremony and asked him to invite them. the incident took place in july 2022 and has nothing to do with karnataka and the congress. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2023-05-25T09:53:07