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check | Clipped Video of Uddhav Thackeray Shared to Claim That He ‘Admitted Eating’ Beef

This video has been clipped, the original video shows Thackeray referring to Kiren Rijiju’s old remark.

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A video of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray purportedly saying that he consumes beef is going viral on social media.

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(Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here.)

What’s the truth?: This video has been clipped. The original video shows Thackeray referring to a 2015 remark made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kiren Rijiju about eating beef.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on Google and this led us to the original video shared by Shiv Sena (UBT) on their YouTube channel.

  • This was live streamed on 12 October and the title stated that it shows Thackeray delivering a speech at a Dussehra event in Dadar, Mumbai.

  • At the 2:00:52timestamp, Thackeray refers …

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