Altered Clip of Dhruv Rathee 'Exposing' Cockroach Janta Party Goes Viral

The video is altered and does not show authentic footage of Dhruv Rathee exposing the Cockroach Janta Party.

A video is going viral, falsely claiming to show Dhruv Rathee exposing the Cockroach Janta Party for buying fake followers.  

(Source: X/Altered by The Quint)

A video has been making the rounds on social media claiming to show Indian content creator Dhruv Rathee exposing the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a recent satirical political movement. The video allegedly shows the creator calling out the party for buying followers.

An archived version of this claim can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot)

(Archived versions of more claims can be found here and here.)

Is it true?: No, the video is edited. The video was originally made about Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Raghav Chadha.

How did we find out the truth?: We ran a reverse image search on the video using Google Lens, but we couldn't find any credible reports supporting the claim.

• Through reverse image search, we found a video shared by Dhruv Rathee, in which he claims that Raghav Chadha is buying fake followers.

• In the original video, Rathee claims that Raghav Chadha is buying followers and has added screenshots of it as well, which has been altered to make the viral claim.

• We also found a video of Dhruv Rathee talking about the Cockroach Janta Party, but he doesn't mention the movement buying fake followers.

Conclusion: An edited video is being shared with the viral claim that it shows Dhruv Rathee exposing the Cockroach Janta Party for buying fake followers.  

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