Achi news desk-
5 days ago
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People of Punjab are strongly boycotting BJP in Lok Sabha elections 2024. This claim is made by sharing a video on social media. It can be seen in the video that a crowd of people are collecting BJP flags and preparing to set them on fire on the road.
- This video was shared by many authenticated and unauthenticated users on X. By sharing the video, it is alleged that BJP people are not even allowed to enter the villages of Punjab.
Congress leader Atul Londhe Patil shared the video and wrote – It is difficult for BJP to run in Punjab villages but it is winning 6 seats in media exit poll. Don’t be fooled by the media and unite with all your might in the fight to save democracy.
So far, more than 18 thousand people have seen the Congress leader’s post and more than 2 thousand people have liked it.
A genuine user named Vineeta Jain shared the video and wrote – I have heard that trends have started coming from Punjab.
More than 67 thousand people have watched the video shared by the user so far. More than 2 thousand people have liked and more than 1 thousand retweeted.
A genuine user named Payal Gupta wrote – Congratulations, now BJP government has come to Punjab too.
A user named Vivek Singh wrote – BJP leaders can’t campaign in Punjab villages but they win 6 seats in media exit polls. Do not be misled by the media, let us unite with all our strength in the fight to save democracy.
The truth about the viral video…
To know the truth about the viral video, we reverse-engineered its keyframe on Google. While searching we found this video on a YouTube channel called Khas Haryana.
According to the channel, this video is from Ellenabad, Haryana. Where farmers set fire to thousands of BJP flags. It is worth noting that this video was uploaded on the YouTube channel on 7 October 2021.
Screenshot of the video available on the YouTube channel.
During the investigation, we also found this video on a Facebook page called Bebaak Awaaz. This video was shared on a Facebook page on 7 October 2021. At the same time, its caption reads – state of BJP in Ellenabad Assembly by-election, that farmers burnt BJP flags.
Haryana State Congress General Secretary Vikas Bansal also shared this video from his X account 3 years ago on 9 October 2021. Link to the post…
Screenshot from Vikas Bansal’s post.
He shared the post and wrote – state of BJP in Ellenabad assembly by-election, farmers burnt BJP flags. This is clearly being done with viral videos on social media. The claim is completely wrong. This video is from now but 3 years ago during Ellenabad assembly by-election in Haryana.
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