{"id":153603,"date":"2023-04-18T14:41:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T09:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=153603"},"modified":"2023-04-18T15:32:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:02:35","slug":"fact-check-stone-pelters-on-mathura-jai-bhim-rally-were-not-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-stone-pelters-on-mathura-jai-bhim-rally-were-not-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Stone-pelters on Mathura Jai Bhim rally were not Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 30-second video clip is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that some people from the Muslim community pelted stones at the participants of a Shobha Yatra taken out by the Jai Bhim supporters in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti on April 14. The viral video purportedly shows some miscreants, with their faces covered, pelting stones (from their rooftops) at the gathering in the presence of police officers.<\/p>\n

Several social media users shared the video suggesting that the attackers were Muslims. Some took a jibe at the \u2018brotherhood\u2019 between the Muslims and the members of the scheduled caste.<\/p>\n

In Republic Bharat’s coverage of the incident, senior anchor Amit Kumar Singh says at the 1:37<\/a> minute mark, \u201c\u092a\u0924\u094d\u0925\u0930 \u092c\u0930\u0938\u093e\u090f \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u2026.\u0914\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u092e \u0928\u0935\u092e\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b \u092f\u093e\u0926 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u0940 \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u092c\u0930\u0947 \u0938\u0935\u093e\u0932 \u090f\u0939\u093f \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0925\u0930\u092c\u093e\u095b\u094b \u0915\u0947 \u0918\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092c\u0941\u0932\u0921\u094b\u095b\u0930 \u091a\u0932\u093e\u0915\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \u0907\u0932\u093e\u091c \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0902 ?\u201d (Translation: Stones are being pelted…. and you must remember the incident of Ram Navami but the bigger question is can these stone pelters be treated by bulldozers?).<\/p>\n

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Twitter user \u0939\u092e \u0932\u094b\u0917 We The People (@ajaychauhan41) shared the clip, which received over 31.5k views and over 900 retweets. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/b>Deputy mayor of Ajmer and former national vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Neeraj Jain shared the clip on Twitter, asking \u201cSecular supporters of Bhim Army and Meem Army, have these stone-pelters come from any other country?? …Your any expert comment on this #SecularGang??\u201d<\/p>\n

The readers most note that the term \u201cMeem Army\u201d is an indirect reference to the Muslim community. The tweet has garnered over 3,000 views and 14 retweets. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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ISKCON-Kolkata vice-president Radharamn Das, who frequently puts out communal misinformation on social media, shared the tweet, stating \u201cThe Meemtas stopped bhimtas from entering their colony by throwing bricks upon them. Where are the so-called proponents of Meem+Bheem unity hiding? For meem\u2019s, we all are Kafirs. Thats it. Don’t get fooled by them. Unite under the banner of Sanatan Dharm.\u201d The tweet, which had received over 1,000 views, was later deleted by Das.<\/p>\n

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Several other users tweeted along similar lines. They include @MrSinha_,@GemsOfSanatan<\/a>, @mysatish20<\/a>, @nagmakhatun786, @akashsh82276183<\/a>, @citizenship108<\/a>.<\/p>\n