{"id":156494,"date":"2023-05-23T20:44:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=156494"},"modified":"2023-05-24T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T06:55:24","slug":"congress-war-room-video-viral-as-it-firm-staff-celebrating-karnataka-poll-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-war-room-video-viral-as-it-firm-staff-celebrating-karnataka-poll-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress war room video viral as IT firm staff celebrating Karnataka poll results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Against the backdrop of Congress&#8217;s victory in the Karnataka elections, a clip has gone viral with the claim that it shows employees at an IT company celebrating the results. User @DalviNameet tweeted the video and garnered close to 2000 likes and retweets. The user wrote, &#8220;Celebration at an Indonesian based IT Co, @Anabatic_India Technologies in Bengaluru! We have to share this until it reaches their Co HR and if they can take action&#8221;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230523070824\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/DalviNameet\/status\/1658857214701096960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Celebration at an Indonesian based IT Co, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anabatic_India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Anabatic_India<\/a> Technologies in Bengaluru!<br \/>\nWe have to share this until it reaches their Co HR and if they can take action. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zkQ4106cPm\">pic.twitter.com\/zkQ4106cPm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Madridista (@DalviNameet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DalviNameet\/status\/1658857214701096960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter Blue subscriber @RajeswariAiyer tweeted the clip and claimed that employees of Anabatic were celebrating Congress&#8217; win. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230523074052\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/RajeswariAiyer\/status\/1660659660670619648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MNC tech co employees in Bengaluru (Anabatic technologies) owned by some Japs celebrating BJP defeat in Karnataka&#8230;<br \/>\nCompany name\/logo visible at 1:02 time of the video. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eE8rhobsyn\">pic.twitter.com\/eE8rhobsyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RajeIyer (@RajeswariAiyer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RajeswariAiyer\/status\/1660659660670619648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other users also shared the clip with the same claim, including verified user <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230523071622\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/trunicle\/status\/1659044877106028544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@trunicle<\/a>. (Archives: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230523071637\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/MithilaWaala\/status\/1659092969691963394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santhos79067945\/status\/1658367767177998342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230523071623\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/HindRshtrBharat\/status\/1658758613866016768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230523071606\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/naveenthakur019\/status\/1659079798088409088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-156494 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/congress-war-room-video-viral-as-it-firm-staff-celebrating-karnataka-poll-results\/chrome_r3ittxgbc6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"915\" height=\"1298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_R3ITtxGbC6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_R3ITtxGbC6.jpg 915w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_R3ITtxGbC6-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_R3ITtxGbC6-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_R3ITtxGbC6-768x1089.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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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\/congress-war-room-video-viral-as-it-firm-staff-celebrating-karnataka-poll-results\/chrome_jusd4s9vph\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"910\" height=\"1557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_jUSD4s9VPH.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_jUSD4s9VPH.jpg 910w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_jUSD4s9VPH-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_jUSD4s9VPH-598x1024.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_jUSD4s9VPH-768x1314.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_jUSD4s9VPH-898x1536.jpg 898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><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\/congress-war-room-video-viral-as-it-firm-staff-celebrating-karnataka-poll-results\/chrome_yy50jlz1gl\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_yY50JlZ1Gl.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_yY50JlZ1Gl.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_yY50JlZ1Gl-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_yY50JlZ1Gl-822x1024.jpg 822w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_yY50JlZ1Gl-768x957.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><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\/congress-war-room-video-viral-as-it-firm-staff-celebrating-karnataka-poll-results\/chrome_uu5039fyp4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1098\" height=\"1469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_uu5039fyP4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_uu5039fyP4.jpg 1098w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_uu5039fyP4-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_uu5039fyP4-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_uu5039fyP4-768x1027.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1098px) 100vw, 1098px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The clip is viral with the same claim on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/594214428\/videos\/pcb.10160839426154429\/1387715872069076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-156503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_8QO1mnQWGi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1236\" height=\"1138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_8QO1mnQWGi.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_8QO1mnQWGi-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_8QO1mnQWGi-1024x943.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/chrome_8QO1mnQWGi-768x707.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1236px) 100vw, 1236px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>We found that the social media coordinator for Indian Overseas Congress had tweeted the viral clip on the day of the results of the election with the caption &#8220;Celebrations will continue like this for some time &amp; who else can celebrate more than the war room guys ??? It\u2019s your day guys enjoy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Celebrations will continue like this for some time &amp; who else can celebrate more than the war room guys ??? It\u2019s your day guys enjoy \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KarnatakaElectionResults?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KarnatakaElectionResults<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7JotEDAvFF\">pic.twitter.com\/7JotEDAvFF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vijay Thottathil (@vijaythottathil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijaythottathil\/status\/1657314459881283585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Paul Koshy, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paul_Koshy\/status\/1657450964427628544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">part of Congress&#8217;s state-level election war room<\/a>, also tweeted several videos and images in a thread documenting the functioning of the war room. The Anabatic Technologies nameplate can be seen in the videos that Koshy tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And the team danced in the War Room <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A5ASZauZZw\">pic.twitter.com\/A5ASZauZZw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Koshy (@Paul_Koshy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paul_Koshy\/status\/1657448372259926017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In one of his tweets, he was seen posing with Sasikanth Senthil who was appointed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/congress-war-room-team-karnataka-upcoming-election-sasikanth-senthil-chairman-1973154-2022-07-07#:~:text=The%20AICC%20has%20approved%20the%20appointment%20of%20Sasikanth%20Senthil%20as%20the%20Chairman%20of%20the%20war%20room%20of%20Karnataka%20Pradesh%20Congress%20Committee%20for%20the%20upcoming%20poll.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chairman of the War Room<\/a> for Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Senthil can also be seen in the viral video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Working with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShashikanthSenthil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShashikanthSenthil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/s_kanth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@s_kanth<\/a> ,ex IAS , now Head of the War room was one of the most enriching experiences <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ZNgxo8B8e\">pic.twitter.com\/3ZNgxo8B8e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Koshy (@Paul_Koshy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Paul_Koshy\/status\/1657447951478951936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sasikanth Senthil, too, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/s_kanth\/status\/1657282421610651648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> images from the War Room on May 13. The people celebrating in the viral video are also seen in Senthil&#8217;s tweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-156527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Viral-Image-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Viral-Image-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Viral-Image-6-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Viral-Image-6-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Viral-Image-6-768x448.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a statement refuting the viral claims, Sasikanth Senthil told Alt News, &#8220;It is the Congress War Room. It is a rental space which was earlier used by the said company. Hence, the board is there. Anabatic Inc has nothing to do with the celebrations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>We noticed that India Today also had visited the War Room on the morning of May 13. The people seen in the viral video are also visible in India Today&#8217;s coverage. &#8220;We have a dispersed model because we have very clear-cut functional distribution. We work in these functional areas in different centres and this (the War Room) is where we coordinate everything, this is where we come for end-of-the-day coordination and all the sections feed into this particular space&#8221; Senthil told India Today journalist Preeti Choudhry.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Watch India Today Team Reaches Congress War Room In Karnataka Ahead Of Assembly Polls\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/63boba6bO74?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>We also looked up Anabatic Technologies India&#8217;s profile on Zauba Corp and noticed that the company was currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zaubacorp.com\/company\/ANABATIC-TECHNOLOGIES-INDIA-PRIVATE-LIMITED\/U74900KA2014PTC074779#:~:text=Company%20Status-,Under%20Liquidation,-RoC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under liquidation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, a viral video of workers in the Congress War Room celebrating Congress&#8217; win in the Karnataka elections is viral with the claim that employees of IT company Anabatic Technologies India are celebrating the win. In reality, the office space used as Congress&#8217;s War Room was earlier used by the company, which is currently under liquidation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Against the backdrop of Congress&#8217;s victory in the Karnataka elections, a clip has gone viral with the claim that it shows employees at an IT company celebrating the results. User @DalviNameet tweeted the video and garnered close to 2000 likes and retweets. The user wrote, &#8220;Celebration at an Indonesian based IT Co, @Anabatic_India Technologies in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":156564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[706],"class_list":["post-156494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/Copy-of-Feature-Image-Template-77.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156494"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156732,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156494\/revisions\/156732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156494"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=156494"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=156494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}