Fact Check: Did RSS chief blame Modi government for Manipur violence? Know the truth of the viral post

What is in the viral post?
This post is becoming increasingly viral on social media. On Facebook Name Sunil Yadav A user wrote in the post, '10 years ago there was peace in Manipur, after the formation of Modi government violence suddenly increased there – Mohan Bhagwat RSS chief'.

He further wrote in the post, 'RSS chief was in deep sleep till now, he has opened his mouth after the election results and formation of NDA government. He is the last king of RSS. For the first time NSG has been deployed in his service. RSS is opening offices in big palaces. RSS people are traveling in private planes, now they do not need Gurudakshina. Sangh Parivar is enjoying power.'

How did you fact-check the viral post?
To verify the claim made in the viral post, we searched the related keywords on Google. This led us to a video of Bhagwat posted on RSS's X (Twitter) account on June 10. In this video, Bhagwat says, 'Manipur has been waiting for peace for a year. Before this, there was peace there for 10 years. It seemed that the old gun culture was over. And suddenly the conflict that was created or spread there is still burning in its fire, crying for help. Who will pay attention to this? It is our duty to consider it by giving it priority.'

Apart from this, we also found this video on the ex handle of news agency ANI, which was posted on June 10 itself. It was told in the post that this video is of an event held in Nagpur. The same statement of Mohan Bhagwat can be heard in the video, in which he is not seen taking the name of Modi government anywhere.

One of Dainik Jagran Report Mohan Bhagwat's statement can also be read in this report. This report was published on June 10 itself. According to the report, the Sangh chief gave this statement at the closing ceremony of 'Karyakarta Vikas Varg-II' organized at Dr. Hedgewar Smriti Bhavan premises. It is also written in the news that last year violence broke out between two communities in Manipur. So far, about 200 people have lost their lives in this violence.

Former RSS Prant Pracharak Rajiv Tuli has also denied the viral post. He said, 'The viral claim is wrong. He had said that there was peace there for nine-ten years, but violence has been happening there for the last one year.

We scanned the profile of the Facebook user who made the misleading claim. The user is influenced by an ideology. The user has around 5 thousand followers.

conclusion
Our investigation revealed that the statement of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is being distorted and shared on social media. He did give a statement on Manipur violence, but did not say anything about the Modi government in it.

(This story was originally published by Vishwas NewsAnd republished by NBT as part of Shakti Collective.)