Fact Check: No, Akhilesh Yadav did not misbehave with doctor because he was Brahmin
India Today
A video of Akhilesh Yadav misbehaving with a senior doctor at a hospital in Kannauj because he was Brahmin went viral on social media. India Today Anti-Fake News War Room found this claim misleading.
A video of Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav went viral with the claim that the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh misbehaved with a senior doctor at a hospital in Kannauj because he was Brahmin.
Several Facebook users shared a 28-second-long video where Yadav can be heard scolding a man and asking him to leave the place. Facebook users have claimed that Yadav misbehaved with Dr. DS Mishra. a senior physician at a Kannauj hospital, because he was Brahmin.
In Hindi, the viral posts claimed, “Akhilesh Yadav’s attitude towards senior doctor DS Mishra in Kannauj betrays his mentality. After asking the name. The way Akhilesh treated him after realising he was Brahmin; Does the SP supremo think being a Brahmin is sinful?”
India Today Anti-Fake News War Room (AFWA) found this claim misleading. In 2020, while meeting hospitalised victims of a bus accident in Kannauj, Yadav drove a medical officer out of the ward. The officer told reporters Yadav lost his temper because one patient complained about not receiving a compensatory cheque. The doctor, however, told Yadav the patient had received it.
With the help of keywords search we have found the viral video on YouTube uploaded in January 2020 by The Times of India. The title reads, “SP President Akhilesh Yadav drives Kannauj doctor away from ward, says ‘tum bhaag jaao’”
As per the news report, Yadav visited a hospital to meet those injured in the bus accident. A bus with over 40 passengers collided with a truck in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj and caught on fire on January 10. 2020.
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