Two unrelated videos of an influencer dancing at an event and an artist performing traditional martial arts with a sword, are viral claiming it shows newly elected Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
BOOM was able to identify the influencer as Sangita Mishra, a dancer, and the woman performing with a sword as Payal Jadhav, an artist-actor from Maharashtra
An experienced councillor and a first-time MLA from the Shalimar Bagh area, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Gupta was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Delhi on 20 February. Though a surprise choice for the CM position, 50-year-old Gupta has been an integral part of the BJP’s Delhi team and previously held leadership positions in the Delhi Mahila Morcha wing. She is also part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
The first video shows a group of women dancing to a Bollywood song, highlighting one of them. The video is viral with a caption in Hindi that translates to, “These cheap ministers search for Sanghis and bring them…Dalli Chiep Minister… Sorry Delhi”.
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The second video features a woman showcasing her traditional martial arts skills and is viral as an old video of Gupta. The video caption claims, “Old video of RSS Worker Rekha Gupta, now Delhi CM.”
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Fact Check
BOOM found that both the videos do not feature Rekha Gupta. The first video shows a dance influencer with a popular Instagram account and the second shows an actor and artist from Maharashtra performing martial arts with a sword.
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Mishra who regularly uploads videos of her solo dancing or with her other women at events, has a following of over 80,000 on Instagram.
Second Video is of a woman performing martial arts with a sword.
A reverse image search with specific keywords showed the same video uploaded on artist and actor Payal Jadhav’s verified Instagram account on 19 February 2025.
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Jadhav, who hails from Maharashtra, is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer and has featured in Marathi films and TV shows.
This story was originally published by BOOM as part of the Shakti Collective. Apart from the headline, excerpt and introduction, this story has not been edited by ThePrint staff.