{"id":110778,"date":"2022-01-28T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=110778"},"modified":"2022-01-28T20:52:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T15:22:06","slug":"did-tmc-members-unfurl-party-flag-while-singing-national-anthem-on-r-day-no-cropped-video-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-tmc-members-unfurl-party-flag-while-singing-national-anthem-on-r-day-no-cropped-video-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Did TMC members unfurl party flag while singing national anthem on R-Day? No, cropped video viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 26, the leader of the opposition in West Bengal, BJP&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220126174130\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuvenduWB\/status\/1486393794908291080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suvendu Adhikari<\/a> posted a video and alleged that All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader and former MLA Purna Chandra Bauri and other leaders sang the national anthem while hoisting the AITC flag. In the video, we can see people singing the national anthem in front of an AITC flag.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shameful that TMC members are desecrating the National Anthem in the presence of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AITCofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AITCofficial<\/a> Ex MLA; Purna Chandra Bauri of Raghunathpur Assembly of Purulia &amp; other leaders.<br \/>\nAlso, unfurling TMC flag in place of National Flag to celebrate Republic Day is extremely unfortunate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8PlwsEWHYT\">pic.twitter.com\/8PlwsEWHYT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suvendu Adhikari \u2022 \u09b6\u09c1\u09ad\u09c7\u09a8\u09cd\u09a6\u09c1 \u0985\u09a7\u09bf\u0995\u09be\u09b0\u09c0 (@SuvenduWB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuvenduWB\/status\/1486393794908291080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter accounts <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220127053801\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/BefittingFacts\/status\/1486573958119841792\">@BefittingFacts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/muIwX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MeghBulletin<\/a> shared Adhikari&#8217;s tweet. Their tweets gained over 1,000 retweets each. Both these users are influencers in the counterfactual community in India. Alt News has documented multiple instances of them spreading misinformation &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=%22BefittingFacts%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BefittingFacts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=%22MeghBulletin%22\">@MeghBulletin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TMC leaders singing National Anthem after hoisting National Flag of West Bengal \ud83e\udd32\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3zEKoIaKmX\">pic.twitter.com\/3zEKoIaKmX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Facts (@BefittingFacts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BefittingFacts\/status\/1486573958119841792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Purulia: Reportedly some TMC leaders unfurled TMC Party flag instead of Indian National Flag and desecrated National Anthem.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RepublicDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RepublicDay<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B4BjoMxrqS\">pic.twitter.com\/B4BjoMxrqS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MeghUpdates\ud83d\udea8\u2122 (@MeghBulletin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghBulletin\/status\/1486579437122379778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter-based news portal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsArenaIndia\/status\/1486732464798134281\">News Arena India<\/a>, RSS-mouth piece <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eOrganiser\/status\/1486604011549515780?s=20&amp;t=OWkxDv2UBNCcDzwcK-bwnQ\">Organiser Weekly<\/a> and Hindi media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/punjabkesari\/status\/1486602955348656130?s=20&amp;t=OWkxDv2UBNCcDzwcK-bwnQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Punjab Kesari<\/a> tweeted the same claim or &#8220;reported&#8221; the incident based on Adhikari&#8217;s tweet.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-110778 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-tmc-members-unfurl-party-flag-while-singing-national-anthem-on-r-day-no-cropped-video-viral\/screenshot-2022-01-28-at-14-06-17\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-28-at-14.06.17-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-tmc-members-unfurl-party-flag-while-singing-national-anthem-on-r-day-no-cropped-video-viral\/screenshot-2022-01-28-at-14-06-36\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-28-at-14.06.36-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-tmc-members-unfurl-party-flag-while-singing-national-anthem-on-r-day-no-cropped-video-viral\/screenshot-2022-01-28-at-14-07-45\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-28-at-14.07.45-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Using the social media tool, CrowdTangle, we found that about 20 prominent Facebook users posted this video on January 21. A majority of them were by\/on pro-government Facebook pages\/groups such as \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=352064950096068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nation with NaMo<\/a> [over 14 lakh followers], <i class=\"hu5pjgll m6k467ps\" data-visualcompletion=\"css-img\" aria-label=\"posted to\"><\/i><span dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"nc684nl6\"><a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2494821103962479\/?__cft__[0]=AZXFD6NBbFvo-uoC3vlBzGfehIB2CIhJHPZ4uy0kuoGnDFdNdqoDjGArZ_P7gbE9BuDP7aMxot9QZlvIJ12bRj8YNCU7pi5ViNRXvndL292z6Tt1Y2GdcGYKm79zbatsCojTZHCyyAjJkz1ztPd4y-wAmUECOLn9DO9dK-_MOhK6dA&amp;__tn__=-UC%2CP-R\">JP Nadda BJP Group<\/a><\/span><\/span> [over 35K followers]; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=511664800267342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Saffron Sword<\/a> [over 40K followers]; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1738364856450197\/posts\/3326540080965992\">Achievements of Modi Govt<\/a> [over 1K followers].<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-110793 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-28-at-14.13.34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1130\" height=\"1508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-28-at-14.13.34.jpg 1130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-28-at-14.13.34-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-28-at-14.13.34-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-28-at-14.13.34-768x1025.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1130px) 100vw, 1130px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Video verification<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News spoke with AITC member Purnachandra Bauri from the Raghunathpur assembly in Purulia. He confirmed that the viral video shows him and his associates during January 26 Republic Day celebrations. He told Alt News over a telephonic call that this event took place at Raghunathpur and the viral video is misleading.<\/p>\n<p>He shared multiple images and videos from the same event that prove the viral video is either cropped or shot in a way that it doesn&#8217;t show the national flag next to the AITC flag. It&#8217;s worth noting that the national flag is hoisted on a higher flagstaff.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_110797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110797\" style=\"width: 1040px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110797 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-28-at-14.37.52.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1040\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-28-at-14.37.52.jpeg 1040w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-28-at-14.37.52-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-28-at-14.37.52-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-28-at-14.37.52-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Purnachandra Bauri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The video below is shot from an angle where only the national flag can be spotted.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 352px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-110778-1\" width=\"352\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-01-28-at-143.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-01-28-at-143.mp4\">https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-01-28-at-143.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The following image compares two screenshots from the viral video with a screenshot from the above-mentioned video shared by Bauri. Both videos were taken at the same event. This is established as the same people can be spotted in both videos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-110799 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-In-story-chart-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-In-story-chart-1-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-In-story-chart-1-2-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-In-story-chart-1-2-1024x525.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-In-story-chart-1-2-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-In-story-chart-1-2-1536x788.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Regional news media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/aPtvNbzngf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khabar Ananda<\/a> fact-checked this video on January 27. BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari thus posted a misleading video alleging that TMC members sang the national anthem on Republic Day while unfurling the party&#8217;s flag. The video had cropped out the Indian national flag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 26, the leader of the opposition in West Bengal, BJP&#8217;s Suvendu Adhikari posted a video and alleged that All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader and former MLA Purna Chandra Bauri and other leaders sang the national anthem while hoisting the AITC flag. In the video, we can see people singing the national anthem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":110818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-110778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Did TMC members unfurl party flag while singing national anthem on R-Day? 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