Amid campaigning for municipal elections in Maharashtra, a video showing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravindra Chavan touching a man’s feet is being shared on social media.
Some context: Reports emerged that some BJP units had allegedly formed post-election alliances with the AIMIM in Akot, Akola, to gain majority control of local bodies after the December elections.
-
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called the agreements “not acceptable” and ordered the party to tear them up, the newspaper reported. indian express.
(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)
Is the statement true?: No, the statement is false. The man in the clip was identified as Neeraj G Jagiasi, popularly known as Sai Chhotu Gurmukhdas Jagiasi, a Sindhi guru, based in Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra.