Claim: Video of Ashok Gehlot stating that generating electricity removes the energy from water and will be of no use for irrigation.
Fact-check: Edited video shared as Ashok Gehlot's remarks about energy loss in irrigation water because of electricity generation - FACTLY
Verdict: the video shared in the post is a clipped one. the extended version of the video shows ashok gehlot referring to his statements as misleading information spread by jan sangh workers during his childhood. ashok gehlot made this statement while addressing a press meet on 26 may 2018. ashok gehlot tweeted the full version of this video and clarified that the viral video circulating on social media is an edited one. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2022-05-27T12:13:28