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Those who have shared it have claimed that this is the handiwork of the Congress party which has resorted to vandalism in order to enforce the Bharat bandh it had announced for September 10 to protest the record high in fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who have shared these images with the aforementioned claim include\u00a0Anil Shirole who is a BJP Lok Sabha MP from Pune, who tweeted that school children have been targeted and public property has been damaged.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So called \u2018Opposition Parties\u2019 u have every right to protest but misguiding youth, targeting innocent school children, destroying public property &amp; trying to instill fear in citizens for ur own cheap political gains is really deplorable. Shows Pathetic desperation of ur leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ioYcSWewfg\">pic.twitter.com\/ioYcSWewfg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anil Shirole (@AnilShiroleBJP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnilShiroleBJP\/status\/1039039148974202880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rishi Bagree,who is a vocal supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who follows him on Twitter also posted this claim along with the pictures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congress Goons targeting innocent school children, destroying public property &amp; trying to instill fear in citizens for cheap political gains is really deplorable <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BharatBandh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BharatBandh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DllTx6hXDu\">pic.twitter.com\/DllTx6hXDu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rishi Bagree \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@rishibagree) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rishibagree\/status\/1039048969882685440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another right-wing social media user Sankrant Sanu <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sankrant\/status\/1039023354575908864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attempted to communalise<\/a> the issue by suggesting that the attack had something to do with the name of the school. On Facebook, pages which are supportive of the BJP have posted these pictures claiming that Congress goons are responsible for this vandalism. The post by the page<em> Rohit Sardana Fans Club<\/em> has been shared over 12,000 times so far. Another page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ModiNama1\/photos\/a.1375372209171563\/2215427531832689\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Modi Nama<\/em><\/a> too uploaded these pictures with the claim, which has been shared over 6500 times.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RohitSardanaZee\/posts\/2184861885135578\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RohitSardanaZee\/posts\/2184861885135578\"><p>\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u094c\u0902\u0928-\u0938\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092c\u0902\u0926 \u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u094b \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0901\u0927\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0938\u094d\u0915\u0942\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0938\u0942\u092e \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u094b \u092a\u0930 \u092a\u0925\u0930\u093e\u0935 \u0915\u0930\u0935\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RohitSardanaZee\/\">Rohit Sardana Fans Club<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RohitSardanaZee\/posts\/2184861885135578\">Sunday, September 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The photographs of the damaged bus of Sanskriti School were also used by <em>India Today<\/em> and <em>Republic TV<\/em> who claimed that it was the result of the Bharat bandh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/FB_IMG_1536595917416-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/FB_IMG_1536595917416-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/FB_IMG_1536595917416-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/FB_IMG_1536595917416-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/FB_IMG_1536595917416-696x352.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/FB_IMG_1536595917416-1068x540.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/FB_IMG_1536595917416-831x420.jpg 831w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/FB_IMG_1536595917416.jpg 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IndiaToday\/posts\/10157432819157119\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IndiaToday\/posts\/10157432819157119\"><p>#BharatBandh<br \/>\nBus services resume in parts of Karnataka<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IndiaToday\/\">India Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IndiaToday\/posts\/10157432819157119\">Monday, September 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>What is the truth?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Two of the images of the damaged bus presented in this article and shared on social media are of the Sanskriti school at Undri in Pune. Alt News spoke to Praneet Mungali who is a trustee of the school. Mungali clarified, <em>&#8220;Last night, one of the school buses which was parked in one of our parking spots was vandalised. Because we have a fleet of more than 100 buses, once every couple of months, there are such instances wherein there is attempted robbery or vandalism. This is not the first time that such a thing has happened. However, the bus was sent to pick up students in the morning due to exams. Some of the parents clicked photographs of the damaged bus and subsequently, rumours started spreading on social media.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/Untitled-design-11.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/Untitled-design-11.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/Untitled-design-11-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/Untitled-design-11-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/Untitled-design-11-696x348.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He added that parents of the school children have been intimated regarding the incident, asking them not to panic. <em>&#8220;We sent a message to parents on the official school app saying there is nothing to worry, as parents were concerned. We have also informed the police about the incident.&#8221;<\/em> A screenshot of the message sent by the school management to parents is posted below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19419\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/IMG-20180910-WA0084-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/IMG-20180910-WA0084-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/IMG-20180910-WA0084-1-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/IMG-20180910-WA0084-1-696x635.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/IMG-20180910-WA0084-1-460x420.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Readers may note that an incident of a school bus being attacked due to Bharat bandh protests <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiaToday\/status\/1039140248955965441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">did indeed occur<\/a>, but the school bus which was attacked over Bharat bandh protest belongs to Caelum school in Pune.<\/p>\n<p>While it is true that the school bus of Caelum school in Pune was indeed attacked during Bharat bandh, the photographs of the damaged school bus of Sanskriti school are misleading as they had been vandalised the previous day i.e. on September 9 and had nothing to do with the bandh. 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