{"id":104717,"date":"2021-10-08T16:30:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=104717"},"modified":"2021-10-08T16:52:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T11:22:12","slug":"fact-check-did-farmer-protestors-stop-indian-army-convoys-heading-to-china-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-farmer-protestors-stop-indian-army-convoys-heading-to-china-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Did farmer protestors stop Indian Army convoys heading to China border?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of an Indian army man negotiating for passage of military convoys with a group of Sikh men has gone viral. In the opening few seconds, we see that there is a long queue of military trucks and other civilian vehicles. It is shared along with a Hindi text insinuating that farmers stopped the convoy heading to the Indo-China border. The video is widespread against the backdrop of a <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/minor-face-off-at-tawang-after-chinese-troops-intrude-into-indian-territory\/articleshow\/86858282.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minor face-off at Tawang<\/a> after Chinese troops intruded into Indian territory. Viral messages suggest that farmers are obstructing the Indian Army from carrying its duties.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 426px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-104717-1\" width=\"426\" height=\"234\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/244264223_2887119911505854_736382584673733445_n.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/244264223_2887119911505854_736382584673733445_n.mp4\">https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/244264223_2887119911505854_736382584673733445_n.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Alt News received requests to fact-check this claim on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160).<\/p>\n<p>(Viral text: \u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0938\u0940\u092e\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u091a\u095d \u0906\u092f\u093e 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\/><\/p>\n<p>This video has been shared in several pro-government Facebook pages with members ranging from a few thousand to 10 lakhs \u2014\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/401488093969265\/posts\/1082594055858662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u092d\u093e\u091c\u092a\u093e \u0932\u0915\u094d\u0937\u094d\u092f 2024 ( \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u091c\u0941\u095c\u0947 )<\/a> [close to 10 lakh members] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/270527864280146\/posts\/467057991293798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0906\u0926\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0928\u093e\u0925 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092b\u0948\u0928 (\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0941\u092a)<\/a> [ over 3 lakh members], <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/235728510438697\/posts\/840383973306478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091f\u0940 (2024)<\/a> [over 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rel=\"noopener\">\u0915\u091f\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941 (official group)<\/a> [14,000 members],<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/896518480794516\/posts\/1282873382159022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0\ud83d\udea9\u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0906\u0926\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0928\u093e\u0925 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e\ud83d\udea9 ( \ud83d\udea9\u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u091c\u0941\u095c\u0947 \ud83d\udea9)<\/a> [11,000 members] and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1704603966435583\/posts\/3183782131851085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Love &amp; Support PM MODI<\/a> [2,000 members]<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-104717 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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This video was also tweeted by Anil Chopra, an Indian Airforce veteran, on September 28.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Army convoy stopped. Was highly avoidable <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gEmViHoePg\">pic.twitter.com\/gEmViHoePg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aviator Anil Chopra (@Chopsyturvey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chopsyturvey\/status\/1442781004381319182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In order to verify the video, we spoke with a concerned Indian Army official. He told Alt News, &#8220;This video is from September 27.&#8221; Readers should note that on this day a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/please-focus-on-our-concern-rakesh-tikait-tweets-to-us-president-biden-101632469463037.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bharat Bandh<\/a> was called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farm unions from 6 AM to 4 PM to mark one year since President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the three controversial farm laws.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Twenty vehicles were headed from Kapurthala to Bir Sarangwal (Jalandhar) as a part of the field exercise,&#8221; he added, which means the convoy was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/Kapurthala,+Punjab\/Ludhiana,+Punjab\/@31.1691635,75.3398227,10z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a4854dcaaea2b:0x613bdd0931c8e3c9!2m2!1d75.4017654!2d31.3722571!1m5!1m1!1s0x391a837462345a7d:0x681102348ec60610!2m2!1d75.8572758!2d30.900965!3e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travelling<\/a> within the State of Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A section of the convoy was stopped by members of the Kisan Aandolan Morcha near Jalandhar. The stoppage was only for 20 minutes. The farmers were courteous and shook hands while departing which is not shown in the viral video,&#8221; the officer said. When we specifically asked if the convoy was heading to the Indo-China border, the officer refuted the claim.<\/p>\n<p>To conclude, another video was shared on social media to discredit the ongoing farmers&#8217; protest. Last year, Alt News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/army-pro-denies-viral-claim-of-troops-artillery-deployed-in-delhi-to-quash-farmers-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debunked<\/a> a video of military trucks passing by on a highway with the false claim that the army has been deployed to control the protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of an Indian army man negotiating for passage of military convoys with a group of Sikh men has gone viral. 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