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This video has been shared over 2,000 times and has 32,000 views.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100071110364646\/videos\/248706093715774\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100071110364646\/videos\/248706093715774\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930 \u0918\u094b\u0937\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0938\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0905\u092f\u094b\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0939\u0941\u0902\u091a \u091a\u0941\u0915\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902<br \/>\n\u0939\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u0915\u093e \u090f\u0915 \u0939\u0940 \u0938\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930 \u0939\u094b \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u091c\u092f \u091c\u092f \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u092e\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4\/100071110364646\/\">\u0930\u093e\u092e \u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924<\/a> on Wednesday, 29 September 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two days later, FB user Ramesh Pandey also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100007711805107\/videos\/274646087843760\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> the video on the group titled &#8216;Pushpendra Kulshrestha (\u092a\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0941\u0932\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0937\u094d\u0920)&#8217;. It was shared over 1,000 times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104492 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.52.38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1184\" height=\"1380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.52.38.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.52.38-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.52.38-879x1024.jpg 879w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.52.38-768x895.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1184px) 100vw, 1184px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, multiple FB users have posted this video on pro-Hindutva or pro-BJP groups\u00a0including \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/412166019205453\/posts\/1328955904193122\">Hindu Ekta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/241101223955922\/posts\/734710594594980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u092d\u093e\u0935\u0940 \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/258930444576850\/posts\/1319742111829006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0906\u0926\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0928\u093e\u0925 \u092b\u0948\u0928 \u0917\u094d\u0930\u0941\u092a, \u0913\u092e\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0936 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/360130547382636\/posts\/4543966202332362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e\u0923\u093e\u0902 \u091c\u0928\u0928\u0940 \u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u0943\u0924 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104491 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.44.42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"1430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.44.42.jpg 714w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.44.42-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.44.42-511x1024.jpg 511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Old video from Maharashtra<\/h4>\n<p>Despite multiple reverse image searches via InVid, a video verification tool, we could not find other instances of the viral video. However, analysing the video based on keyframes, we identified that at the 3-second mark one of the shops in the background is called &#8216;Laxmi Sports&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.57.19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2142\" height=\"1568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.57.19.jpg 2142w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.57.19-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.57.19-1024x750.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.57.19-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.57.19-1536x1124.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-17.57.19-2048x1499.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2142px) 100vw, 2142px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Using this as a clue, we looked up the said shop on Just Dial and rummaged until we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justdial.com\/photos\/new-shree-laxmi-sports-miraj-sangli-sports-goods-dealers-adl44syhq3-pc-94709849-sco-99iemi6q6my\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> New Shree Laxmi Sports located in Miraj town of Maharashtra&#8217;s Sangli district. The store has identical hoarding as seen in the viral video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104495 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.23.28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1654\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.23.28.jpg 1654w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.23.28-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.23.28-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.23.28-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.23.28-1536x869.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1654px) 100vw, 1654px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News spoke with the owner of the store. He said, &#8220;The video shows a rally that took place around Navratri two years ago. This video is not recent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Next, we performed a keyword search on YouTube, based on inputs from the above-mentioned call, and found that YouTube user <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qjRaD_hKFIc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Akshay Shinde<\/a> had uploaded the viral video in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104496 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.34.05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1882\" height=\"1452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.34.05.jpg 1882w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.34.05-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.34.05-1024x790.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.34.05-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-04-at-18.34.05-1536x1185.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1882px) 100vw, 1882px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A 2019 video from Maharasthra&#8217;s Sangli district that shows a festive rally was shared with the false claim that followers of Hindu deity Ram marched to Ayodhya to declare India a &#8216;Hindu rashtra&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 29, Facebook user &#8216;Ram Bhakt&#8217; posted a video of a large number of men marching and chanting &#8216;Jai Shree Ram&#8217;. 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