{"id":6964,"date":"2023-05-15T11:12:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=6964"},"modified":"2023-05-16T01:22:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T01:22:29","slug":"minister-of-housing-in-india-did-not-fall-into-a-septic-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/minister-of-housing-in-india-did-not-fall-into-a-septic-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"This is NOT an instance of an Indian housing minister falling into a septic tank!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thumbnail-Post-No-08-kaln-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thumbnail-Post-No-08-kaln-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thumbnail-Post-No-08-kaln-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thumbnail-Post-No-08-kaln-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thumbnail-Post-No-08-kaln-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Thumbnail-Post-No-08-kaln.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Asian region, politicians are usually highly criticized and mocked by the public. Several politicians are also considered corrupt and involved in various malicious activities. As a result, many misleading social media content insulting politicians gets viral. This is one of our investigations about viral posts stating a video depicts the\u00a0 Indian Housing minister falling into a septic tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social Media Posts&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A video is being spread on Facebook with the following statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMinister of Housing in India Fell into a Septic Tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameBorder='0' width='640' height='360' webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen src=\"https:\/\/www.awesomescreenshot.com\/embed?id=17368627&#038;shareKey=c4af7cfedde6db99a9a6a20a450b7a2e\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/100011713243806\/videos\/254505550424310\/\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awesomescreenshot.com\/video\/17368627?key=c4af7cfedde6db99a9a6a20a450b7a2e\">Archived<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Videos viral on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-51.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-51.png 452w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-51-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This video went viral on WhatsApp, also.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-50.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-50.png 407w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-50-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-50-136x102.png 136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Is she India`s Housing Minister? So we decided to investigate the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fact Check<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the Invid tool We-Verify Tool, we found details about the actual incident related to this video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A BJP parliamentarian from Gujarat named Poonam Madam fell into a 10 feet sewage drain when the concrete slab beneath her gave away in Jamnagar in May 2016. The report reveals that the freak incident happened while she was talking to municipal officials over a drive to remove encroachers in Gujarat\u2019s fifth-biggest city. The Hindustan Times report can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india\/bjp-s-poonamben-madam-falls-into-a-drain-in-vadodra\/story-X8DgvLtiQcru334uEeHxvJ.html\">here<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230513114838\/https:\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india\/bjp-s-poonamben-madam-falls-into-a-drain-in-vadodra\/story-X8DgvLtiQcru334uEeHxvJ.html\">Archived<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And media reports further reveal that she got some injuries but recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India Today reported the incident on the 16<sup>th<\/sup> of May 2016; the below video is breaking news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"BJP MP,  Poonam Caught On Camera Falling Into 10 feet Drain\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bjeJYTIemRs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poonam Madam, Was she an Indian Minister of Housing in 2016?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/Poonamben.Maadam?_rdc=1&amp;_rdr\">Poonam Madam<\/a> is a lady parliamentarian representing the Gujarat State of India; she was selected in 2014 as a BJP parliamentarian to the Lock Sabha and also reflected in subsequent elections. Still, she has been working as a Lock Sabha member but has yet to be a minister. Details about her political career can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poonamben_Maadam\">here<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230513120845\/https:\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poonamben_Maadam\">Archived<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is the Indian Housing Minister? <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Former diplomat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HardeepSPuri\">Shri Hardeep Singh Puri<\/a> is the current Union Minister for Housing &amp; Urban Affairs in India. And from 2014 to 2017, the Indian Minister of Housing was Venkaiah Naidu, a male and not a lady politician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us and stay up to date with our latest fact checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/factcrescendosl\/\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/factcrescendosl\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/factcrescendo_sl\/\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMODMpgswyNe-Aw\">Google News<\/a><strong> | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@factcrescendosl\">TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Our investigation found that the viral video depicting a lady falling into a septic tank is not recent, and the freak accident happened in 2016. The lady, however, is not the housing minister of India. 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