Fact Check: AP govt did not issue GO about Yatra-2 movie
The movie ‘Yatra-2’ based on the life of former Chief Minister YS Rajashekar Reddy and his son YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is the current Chief Minister of AP, was released on February 8, 2024. Directed by Mahi V Raghav, it is sequel to the 2019 biopic ‘Yatra’.
Claim :
Andhra Pradesh government issued GO mentioning the guidelines to government employees on watching movie ‘Yatra-2’Fact :
Andhra Pradesh did not issue any such GO, the image is doctored
The movie ‘Yatra-2’ based on the life of former Chief Minister YS Rajashekar Reddy and his son YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is the current Chief Minister of AP, was released on February 8, 2024. Directed by Mahi V Raghav, it is sequel to the 2019 biopic ‘Yatra’.
After the release of the movie, a GO, which seems to be issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, is in wide circulation on social media. The alleged GO encourages government employees to watch the movie and even encourage others to watch it.
The GO is shared along with the comment in Telugu: “GO చూడండి..మన ఖర్మ... కాకపోతే, ప్రభుత్వం సినిమాలు తీయడం ఏంటి...అది చూడండీ..చూపండి..అని IAS, IPS, లాంటి వాళ్ళకి GO లు పంపడం ఏంటి? దానికి half day సెలవు ఇవ్వడం ఏంటి? .......యాత్ర 2 సినిమా ప్రభుత్వ ఉద్యోగులు, అంగన్వాడీ కార్యకర్తలు తప్పకుండా చూడాలని, ప్రభుత్వ ఉద్యోగులకు సినిమా...”
When translated, it claims: “Look at the GO, what a pity that the government itself is making movies and even asking IAS and IPS officers to mandatorily watch and also encourage general public to watch it. For this purpose, it even is giving half day leave to the employees. And making it mandatory for Anganwadi and other government employees to watch the movie Yatra-2. “
The GO itself has instructions to the government officials of different levels on how to promote the movie ‘Yatra-2’ and how to make agreements with the theatre owners so that each village/ ward volunteer is allotted 10 tickets for each show.
Fact check:
The claim is False. There is no such GO issued by the Andhra Pradesh government.
When searched on the Andhra Pradesh government website, we found no such Government Order about Movie Yatra -2 online.
When observed the GO, we found that though Nilam Sawhney, whose name is mentioned on the GO, previously served as the Chief Secretary of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the present Chief Secretary of the Government of Andhra Pradesh is Sri KS Jawahar Reddy, which rules out the validity of the GO and confirms that it is fake.
YSR congress party has also issued a clarification on its X account stating that the news of GO is Fake and that Nilam Sawhney is not the CS of Andhra Pradesh.
India Today also published an article confirming that the GO is a fabricated one.
Hence, the Government Order going viral on social media platforms is fabricated, it is not issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The claim is False.
