Election promises have no meaning… did Amit Shah say this about Modi? Know the truth of the viral video

A user shared the video on social media platform X (Twitter) and wrote, 'Amit Shah had coined the phrase, now he is saying that even the guarantee has no meaning. He talks till the elections and then forgets. Overall, he himself wants to occupy the Prime Minister's chair. First he trapped Modi in the name of Jumla, now he has also promised a guarantee.'

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Investigation of such viral videos
To investigate the viral video of Amit Shah, the key frames of the video were reverse image searched on Google using Invid tool. We found a video of Amit Shah's interview dated May 15, 2004 on the YouTube channel of news agency ANI. The viral video has been cropped from this.

At 25 minutes 14 seconds in the video, Amit Shah is asked a question about the Congress guarantee that you have called the Congress guarantee a Chinese guarantee.

In response to the anchor's question, Amit Shah says, 'I just went to Telangana, the women there are waiting for their 12,000 rupees to arrive. The farmers there are waiting for the loan waiver of 2 lakh rupees. The girls there are waiting for scooters. Rahul ji had promised, he had guaranteed, you find Rahul ji.'

Meanwhile, Amit Shah is asked, 'At that time, there were elections in the South, now they are over, Rahul ji has come to the North now.' In response to which Amit Shah says, 'When there were elections in the South, he used to go. That is why I say that his guarantee has no meaning, he says so till the elections and then forgets.

conclusion
Our investigation revealed that the video going viral on social media is cropped and is being shared with a false claim. In the original video, Home Minister Amit Shah was targeting the Congress.

(This story was originally published in 1998) Boom LiveAnd republished by NBT as part of Shakti Collective.)