{"id":109224,"date":"2021-12-25T12:59:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T07:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=109224"},"modified":"2021-12-25T12:59:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T07:29:41","slug":"false-claim-that-pakistan-zindabad-slogans-raised-after-panchayat-election-results-in-dudhai-village-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-that-pakistan-zindabad-slogans-raised-after-panchayat-election-results-in-dudhai-village-gujarat\/","title":{"rendered":"No, ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan was not raised gram panchayat polls in Kutch, Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of a group of people chanting slogans in Gujarat\u2019s Kachchh is viral on social media. It has been claimed that locals in the Dudhai village of Kachchh allegedly chanted \u2018Pakistan Zindabad\u2019 after election results were announced.<\/p>\n

News24 reported that the incident took place after the gram panchayat election results. The channel later took down the tweet but an archived link can be accessed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Several local media outlets, including VTV Gujarati<\/a> also promoted the claim. A web portal named \u2018Vibes of India<\/a>\u2019 also gave coverage to the viral claim.<\/p>\n

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The video is viral on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> with the claim that ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised in Dudhai, Kutch.<\/p>\n

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After watching the video carefully, we discovered that the slogan being raised was not \u2018Pakistan Zindabad\u2019. This video was taken after the results of the gram panchayat elections were announced, where Reenaben Radhubhai Kothiwad was declared as the winning candidate.<\/p>\n

We performed a keyword search and came across a report published in Divya Bhaskar<\/a>, Dainik Bhaskar\u2019s Gujarati publication. The outlet reported that people chanted slogans in the Anjar area of the Dudhai village of Kachchh following the announcement of the election results. A video of this was circulated with the false claim of anti-India sloganeering, even as police investigated the claim and found it to be misleading. The report quoted Kachchh Superintendent of Police Mayur Patel as saying that locals were actually chanting \u2018Radhubhai Zindabad\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The Twitter handle of SP East Kutch also clarified that the viral claim is false. The tweet said that the people in the video were not chanting \u2018Pakistan Zindabad\u2019 but \u2018Radhubhai Zindabad\u2019. Radhubhai is the husband of Reenaben, the winning candidate.<\/p>\n

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This video\u2019s circulating on social media FALSELY claiming that “Pakistan Zindabad” slogan was raised in election victory rally!
\nCrowd in the video they told us that person hailed “Radhubhai Zindabad” twice. Radhubhai is name of Rinaben’s (victorious Sarpanch candidate’s) husband! pic.twitter.com\/GV8O3XUSFS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SP East Kutch (@SP_EastKutch) December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alt News contacted SP Mayur Patel’s office and was informed again that pro-Pakistan slogans were not raised. We were sent a video statement of the SP.<\/p>\n