Lighthouse Journalism came across a video of actor Ashutosh Rana, where it was claimed that he has appealed to vote for the BJP. In the video he was seen reciting a poem. During the investigation, we found the claim to be misleading. Ashutosh Rana did not specifically ask to vote for BJP.
Claim:
X user Heisenberhbec shared the viral video along with the claim on their profile.
Check the archive version of the post here.
Other users too are sharing the same post.
Investigation:
We started our investigation by searching for this poem by Ashutosh Rana on several platforms.
We found that the Facebook page of Aaj Tak had shared the poem on 7th November 2023.
The caption mentioned that Ashutosh Rana has narrated the poem as an appeal to vote.
Ashutosh Rana too had posted the poem on his Facebook page on November 3, 2023.
This too was shared with a caption: देशहित में वोट कर… 
(Vote in national interest)
Conclusion: Poem narrated by actor Ashutosh Rana as an appeal to vote in national interest, now being shared with misleading claims.
