By Oishani Bhattacharya

A 28-second clip of the former chief minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray is viral on social media. In the clip, the Shiv Sena leader is seen standing on a dais surrounded by men. The video is being shared with the claim that Thackeray was stopped from speaking by Congress members and he was pleading with them to give him 5 minutes to make a speech.

Premium subscribed X (formerly Twitter) user Sameet Thakkar (Modi Ka Parivar) (@thakkar_sameet) shared the clip on April 28 with the following caption: “What a fall !!

Uddhav Thackeray is the other name of SHAMELESSNESS.

Watch how congress workers of Wardha denied Uddhav to even make speech in a rally.

Ye log ladenge Modi see ??”

The tweet has received over 3 Lakh 86,000 views and has been retweeted over 2,700 times.

https://twitter.com/thakkar_sameet/status/1784479119033684393?t=Z75BkUG_q-aWoQaxEdbVvA&s=19

Several other users shared the video claiming the same. Below are a few instances.

Fact Check

We noticed the logo of TV9 Marathi on the top right corner of the frame in the viral video. Besides, the word ‘Wardha’ is written on the top left in Devanagari script. Taking a cue from this we ran a relevant keyword search on YouTube and found the 1 hour 46 min long recorded live stream of the event where Uddhav Thackeray was present. The video was posted on April 22.

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