DMK MP Senthilkumar and DMK IT Wing Deputy Secretary Isai circulated a fake news card claiming that only 10 votes were cast for the BJP in one of the booths where BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai campaigned.
The counting of votes for the crucial Karnataka Assembly election 2023 began at 8 a.m., with the BJP confident of proving the exit poll results wrong, the Congress hoping to get more seats than projected and secure a comfortable majority, and the JD(S) appearing to be ready to play kingmaker.
The BJP took an early lead over the Congress, which included postal ballots as well, but the Congress quickly reclaimed the lead from the BJP once EVM counting began. The Janata Dal (Secular), whose leader HD Kumaraswamy has stated that it is “not in demand,” will not be able to play the “kingmaker” role, as Congress appears to be on its way to securing a comfortable majority on its own. Meanwhile, BJP leader and CM Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat and stated that the results would be scrutinized to determine what went wrong for his party. DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah, Karnataka’s CM hopefuls, thanked the Gandhis as the Congress crossed the majority mark.
In this situation, DMK leaders and cadres have been spreading fake news and offensive content since the morning in order to celebrate the Congress victory.
In one such attempt, DMK MP Senthil Kumar and DMK IT Wing deputy secretary Isai distributed a fake news card under the name of News7 Tamil, claiming that the BJP received only 10 votes in one of the booths where Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai campaigned.
இன்றைய பழமொழி:
உள்ளூரில் விலை போகாத மாடு
வெளியூரில் சலங்கை கட்டி ஆடுமாம்(Pun unintended) pic.twitter.com/acd1JwRhVo
— Dr.Senthilkumar.S (@DrSenthil_MDRD) May 13, 2023
வெற்றிகரமான 10 ஓட்டு 🤣https://t.co/mn9bfBElOo pic.twitter.com/he2FlZybqf
— இசை (@isai_) May 13, 2023
Despite News7 Tamil’s clarification that the news was not published, both DMK leaders did not delete their tweets.
இந்த செய்தியை நியூஸ் 7தமிழ் வெளியிடவில்லை https://t.co/WciCN2SQmv | #FakeNews | #Fake | #Misinformation | #News7Tamil | #News7TamilUpdates pic.twitter.com/giFVITngh9
— News7 Tamil (@news7tamil) May 13, 2023
Senthil Kumar, a DMK MP, realized he had spread a fake news card. However, he went on to spread another lie, claiming that the BJP received only four votes in the booth where Annamalai campaigned, rather than ten.
Correction:
ஒரு சிறு திருத்தம்:🙏கர்நாடகாவில் நம்ம ஆளு பிரச்சாரம் செய்த தொகுதியில் 10 வாக்குகள் தான் விழுந்தன என்பது தவறு.
4 வாக்குகள் தான் விழுந்ததாம்
So மீண்டும் இன்றைய பழமொழி:
உள்ளூரில் விலை போகாத மாடு
வெளியூரில் சலங்கை கட்டி ஆடுமாம்(Pun unintended)
— Dr.Senthilkumar.S (@DrSenthil_MDRD) May 13, 2023
What’s The Truth?
Congress candidate Babasaheb D. Patil emerged victorious in Kittur Assembly constituency bagging 77,536 votes. BJP’s Mahantesh Doddagoudar came second with 74,543 votes.
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