2021 video of tractor and protest convoy falsely linked to recent protests in Delhi, says PIB
2021 video of tractor and protest convoy falsely linked to recent protests in Delhi, says PIB
Executive Summaryसारांश
A viral video of a large convoy of tractors, bikes and people on a highway claims to show a huge crowd heading to Delhi for the recent protests. PIB Fact Check has called the claim fake. The video is from 2021 and has no link to the current protests.A viral video of a large convoy of tractors, bikes and people on a highway claims to show a huge crowd heading to Delhi for the recent protests. PIB Fact Check has called the claim fake. The video is from 2021 and has no link to the current protests.
Full Reportपूरी रिपोर्ट
The X fan account “Girish Chandra (Fan of Rahul Gandhi)” (@girish663) shared a 25-second clip with a Hindi caption addressing “vote chors”. It said that even if they shut down 250 trains, 45 metro stations and the internet and detained leaders, they could not stop the massive crowd coming for the movement, and ended with “Inquilab Zindabad”. The video shows tractors, motorcycles and people moving along a highway towards Delhi. PIB Fact Check found that the footage is old, from 2021, and was earlier shared by the media page TV1 (tvfirstnews) with the caption "मेट्रो बंद, स्टेशन बंद". The tractors and flags in the clip match the farmers’ protests of that period. Using it in the context of the recent protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and against the Election Commission is misleading. This is the latest in a series of recycled crowd videos used to exaggerate protest turnout, so a clip’s date and source should be checked before it is shared.
The X fan account “Girish Chandra (Fan of Rahul Gandhi)” (@girish663) shared a 25-second clip with a Hindi caption addressing “vote chors”. It said that even if they shut down 250 trains, 45 metro stations and the internet and detained leaders, they could not stop the massive crowd coming for the movement, and ended with “Inquilab Zindabad”. The video shows tractors, motorcycles and people moving along a highway towards Delhi. PIB Fact Check found that the footage is old, from 2021, and was earlier shared by the media page TV1 (tvfirstnews) with the caption "मेट्रो बंद, स्टेशन बंद". The tractors and flags in the clip match the farmers’ protests of that period. Using it in the context of the recent protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and against the Election Commission is misleading. This is the latest in a series of recycled crowd videos used to exaggerate protest turnout, so a clip’s date and source should be checked before it is shared.