Fact Check: Roja did not cry after defeat in 2024 Assembly polls
The YSRCP leaders and their supporters accepted the embarrassing defeat in the hands of the NDA alliance in Andhra Pradesh. The party saw a fall of seats from 151 in the year 2019 to a meagre 11 in the 2024 elections
Roja crying
The YSRCP leaders and their supporters accepted the embarrassing defeat in the hands of the NDA alliance in Andhra Pradesh. The party saw a fall of seats from 151 in the year 2019 to a meagre 11 in the 2024 elections. Several former ministers failed to retain their positions.
One of the popular MLAs from the YSRCP, who is called a firebrand of the party is Roja, Nagari MLA. She is known for her abusive comments against Chandrababu Naidu and Lokesh. A two-time MLA from YSRCP, Roja is famous for her controversies. She anticipated a third win, but was defeated by her rival, TDP’s Gali Bhanu Prakash, by a substantial margin.
Fact Check:
The claim is False. The viral video is an old one.
When we searched using the keyframes extracted from the video, we found the longer versions of the video published by various YouTube channels.
TV9 YouTube channel published a video on February 11, 2017, with the title ‘MLA Roja breaks down, slams Chandrababu -TV9’. The viral part can be seen from 1.03 minutes to 1.13 minutes. She held this press meeting in February 2017 when she was detained at the airport during the TDP rule. She was arrested by the police when she went to Amaravati to attend a women’s parliament conference.
The video was also published by a YouTube channel named Varthavahini in July 2017.
According to an article published by Telugu Samayam, Roja became emotional during a press meeting after she was arrested by the police when she came to attend the women’s parliament conference in Amaravati. She lashed out at the TDP government and also Chandrababu Naidu for being one-sided. She asked whether it was wrong to ask about the problems faced by women in the state.
Hence, an old video showing Roja crying in front of the press is shared with the false claim that she is crying after her defeat.