DigitEye India Fact Checkers
A video clip of Union home minister Amit Shah is being shared widely with a claim that he was seen saying that if the BJP government is formed again, it would scrap the ‘unconstitutional reservations’ given to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and OBC (SC/ST/OBC).
Shared in Telugu, Hindi and English, the video clip raised the controversy over the reservations as such and the abolition of the same for all.
The tweet shared by a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) member on his X handle:
भारतीय जनता पार्टी की सरकार बनेगी तो आज संवैधानिक एससी एसटी ओबीसी का रिजर्वेशन खत्म कर देंगे:- अमित शाह जी
आंखें खोलो भाइयों ये बीजेपी वाले क्या षड्यंत्र रच रहे हैं pic.twitter.com/bxxVg4IRMF— Office Sanjeev Sagar BSP (@OfficeSanjeev) April 27, 2024
Several other users on X have shared the viral clip here, here and here, triggering a big debate on the social media platform.
FACT CHECK
The video clip shows Teenmar on its right top and the channel was Telugu news outlet V6 News. Here’s the original video where Amit Shah can be heard saying, “When a BJP-government is formed, we will abolish unconstitutional reservation for Muslims. The right (to reservation) belongs to the SC/ST?OBCs of Telangana. They will get their right and we will end Muslim reservations”.
See the full video of the meeting on the BJP official Youtube channel here:
In his public rally at Chevella, Telangana on April 23, 2023, Amit Shah can be seen saying at the 14:58 mark that he would end the Muslim resevation but not the SC/ST/OBC reservation. The viral video in circulation has been edited and digitlly altered to show that the Union home minister can be heard talking about abolishing SC/ST/OBC reservation. Hence, the speech was on retaining the reservation for SC/ST/OBCs and remove the reservations made for certain Muslim communities under the OBC reservation in Telangana. He did not say that the BJP government would remove the reservations entirely as claimed. Therefore, the claim is false.
Claim: Union home minister Amit Shah said that the BJP would end SC/ST/OBC reservations, if voted to power again.
Conclusion: The claim is false. The viral video was edited altering the voice to show that Amit Shan was saying BJP would scrap all the reservations.
Rating: Misrepresentation — 
