Fact-Check: Did Akhilesh Yadav Attend Iftar Party But Skip Maha Kumbh 2025? No!

A video showing Samajwadi Party () chief at an is being shared on social media, where the text accompanying the clip claims that Yadav skipped the but attended an iftar party.

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This post by Facebook page 'Troll indian Politics' was shared by over 3,100 users at the time of writing this report.

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But...?: The claim is false.

• Akhilesh Yadav took the holy dip during the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on 27 January.

How did we find out the truth?: We carried out a reverse image search on the video, and found that the clip in the claim indeed showed Yadav at an iftar party in Lucknow, on 29 March.

UP : लखनऊ में सपा प्रमुख अखिलेश यादव इफ्तार पार्टी में शामिल हुए @yadavakhilesh | #AkhileshYadav | Akhilesh Yadav pic.twitter.com/H6x5QG8dsT

— News24 (@news24tvchannel) March 29, 2025

• To verify whether Yadav had attended the Maha Kumbh Mela, we ran a keyword search for the same.

• It led us to a video uploaded on Live Hindustan's verified YouTube channel, where a video of Yadav taking the holy dip was published on 27 January.

• The video was shared by several news organisations, including , , and .

• The SP leader had also

  महाकुंभ की पुण्य-यात्रा!
  
  महाकुंभ 144 साल में एक बार आता है, वो भी संगम के किनारे ही मतलब जीवन में एक बार और वो भी नदियों के मिलन स्थल पर, इसीलिए इससे ये संकल्प लेना चाहिए कि हमें जो जीवन मिला है वो अलग-अलग दिशाओं से आती हुई धाराओं के मिलन से ही अपना सही अर्थ और मायने पा सकता है।… pic.twitter.com/ml4MJuNNai

  — Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) January 27, 2025

  of him attending the religious gathering on his X (formerly Twitter) account on the same day.

Yadav had shared photos of his visit.

Conclusion: A clip of Akhilesh Yadav at an iftar party is being shared to falsely claim that he attended iftar parties but did not go to the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela.

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