Did PM Modi admit that he stole in Childhood, video viral
News claim: A video viral on Social media claiming that Prime Minister Modi admitted that as a child he used to steal. The video is edited and cropped, in the original video, PM Modi is not talking about himself. But narrating a story about a robber.
In the below viral edited video the wrong claim is made
जब मैं छोटी चोरी करता था, उस दिन अगर मेरी माँ ने रोका होता तो मैं इतना बड़ा लुटेरा न बनता हम ना कहिन इ मोदी जी कहिन
जब मैं छोटी चोरी करता था,तब अगर मेरी माँ ने रोका होता.😂
— Yadvendra Upadhyay (@YadvendraINC) May 4, 2021
तो आज मैं लुटेरा नही बनता :~ #नरेन्द्र_मोदी pic.twitter.com/pWam81jfCi
"When I used to steal smaller things if my mother had stopped then, today I would not have become such a big robber."
The above fake video of Modi is widely shared on Social media websites.
News Verification: Ayupp fact check team found that the video is not new, it is from an election campaign earlier in April 10, 2021, at Siliguri West Bengal. In the video, Modi is attacking the TMC workers for taking cut money in West Bengal.
In the above original video at 40.40 minutes, can be heard giving the context as if he is talking of himself.