Claim: A video that has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Facebook claims to show members of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party tearing down a statue of Bhimrao Ambedkar, a key architect of India's constitution. The video actually shows people razing a statue of Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin after India's Communist Party lost power in state elections in March, 2018.
Fact-check: No, this video does not show supporters of India's ruling party tearing down a statue of the country's first law minister
Verdict: no, this video does not show supporters of india's ruling party tearing down a statue of the country's first law minister
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2024-04-17T16:44:09