2025 tea community protest from Assam’s Tinsukia falsely shared as CJP-opposition rally against CEC at Jantar Mantar
2025 tea community protest from Assam’s Tinsukia falsely shared as CJP-opposition rally against CEC at Jantar Mantar
Executive Summaryसारांश
A viral video of a massive crowd claims to show the opposition and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. PTI Fact Check has rated the claim misleading. The video is from a 2025 protest by members of the tea community in Tinsukia, Assam.A viral video of a massive crowd claims to show the opposition and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. PTI Fact Check has rated the claim misleading. The video is from a 2025 protest by members of the tea community in Tinsukia, Assam.
Full Reportपूरी रिपोर्ट
Following the October 10, 2026 demonstration at Jantar Mantar against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, a video showing a huge crowd filling a road, with flags and banners visible, spread on social media as footage of the protest by opposition parties and the CJP. PTI Fact Check found that the video is neither from Delhi nor from the recent protest. It shows a 2025 demonstration by members of the tea community in Tinsukia, Assam, more than a year earlier. It joins a long list of recycled crowd videos, including clips from Bangladesh, Kolkata’s Sealdah station, the 2021 farmers’ protests and a Delhi Police recruitment drive, that have been used to exaggerate turnout at the Jantar Mantar protest. A video’s date and location should be checked before it is shared.
Following the October 10, 2026 demonstration at Jantar Mantar against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, a video showing a huge crowd filling a road, with flags and banners visible, spread on social media as footage of the protest by opposition parties and the CJP. PTI Fact Check found that the video is neither from Delhi nor from the recent protest. It shows a 2025 demonstration by members of the tea community in Tinsukia, Assam, more than a year earlier. It joins a long list of recycled crowd videos, including clips from Bangladesh, Kolkata’s Sealdah station, the 2021 farmers’ protests and a Delhi Police recruitment drive, that have been used to exaggerate turnout at the Jantar Mantar protest. A video’s date and location should be checked before it is shared.