{"id":201589,"date":"2024-04-12T17:13:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=201589"},"modified":"2024-04-12T18:09:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T12:39:43","slug":"chairs-fly-as-bjp-dmk-supporters-clash-at-news18-event-in-tn-video-falsely-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/chairs-fly-as-bjp-dmk-supporters-clash-at-news18-event-in-tn-video-falsely-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Chairs fly as BJP, DMK supporters clash at News18 event in TN; video falsely viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 21-second clip showing several people throwing chairs at one another in what appears to be a large conference hall is viral on social media. Users have shared the clip claiming that it is from a BJP meeting in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<p>Congress MLA from Vadgam, Gujarat, Jignesh Mevani (@jigneshmevani80) shared the viral video on X (formerly Twitter) with a caption in Hindi which said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know about crossing 400, but there definitely seem to be around 400 chairs jumping in the BJP meeting.&#8221; He later deleted the tweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-201619 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-09-at-20.07.52_d64cdeb1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-09-at-20.07.52_d64cdeb1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-09-at-20.07.52_d64cdeb1.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Arun Reddy, who is the Congress national coordinator for social media, posted the above-mentioned clip on X on April 8 stating: &#8220;Not sure about 400 seats.. but definitely 400 chairs were thrown at each other during a BJP meeting in Tamil Nadu.&#8221; The tweet has received over 37,000 views and has been retweeted over 500 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/owQ8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Not sure about 400 seats.. but definitely 400 chairs were thrown at each other during a BJP meeting in Tamil Nadu. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ChNVRCMi2\">pic.twitter.com\/3ChNVRCMi2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spirit of Congress\u270b (@SpiritOfCongres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpiritOfCongres\/status\/1777250378268254495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A premium subscribed X user, Zakir Ali Tyagi (@ZakirAliTyagi), who, according to his bio is a journalist, also shared the viral video on April 8 with a caption that stated, &#8220;The BJP, which claims to win 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, is currently conducting an examination of 400 chairs&#8230;&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/Qy3wP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u094b\u0915\u0938\u092d\u093e \u091a\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0935 \u092e\u0947\u0902 400 \u0938\u0940\u091f\u0947\u0902 \u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u093e\u0935\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 BJP 400 \u0915\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0938\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0907\u0902\u0924\u0947\u091c\u093c\u093e\u092e \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0907\u0938\u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u092f\u0947 \u0928\u093e \u0915\u0939\u0947 \u0915\u093f &#8220;\u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0947\u0902 BJP \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0939\u093e\u0925\u093e\u092a\u093e\u0908 \u091a\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0938\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0902!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ML10a8JSu9\">pic.twitter.com\/ML10a8JSu9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zakir Ali Tyagi (@ZakirAliTyagi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZakirAliTyagi\/status\/1777399362848444735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other users shared the viral video with the same claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-201589 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/chairs-fly-as-bjp-dmk-supporters-clash-at-news18-event-in-tn-video-falsely-viral\/screenshot-2024-04-10-145816\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1053\" height=\"989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145816.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145816.jpg 1053w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145816-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145816-1024x962.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145816-768x721.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1053px) 100vw, 1053px\" \/><\/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\/chairs-fly-as-bjp-dmk-supporters-clash-at-news18-event-in-tn-video-falsely-viral\/screenshot-2024-04-10-145754\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1057\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145754.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145754.jpg 1057w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145754-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145754-1024x987.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145754-768x740.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1057px) 100vw, 1057px\" \/><\/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\/chairs-fly-as-bjp-dmk-supporters-clash-at-news18-event-in-tn-video-falsely-viral\/screenshot-2024-04-10-145741\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1079\" height=\"1196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145741.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145741.jpg 1079w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145741-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145741-924x1024.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-145741-768x851.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1079px) 100vw, 1079px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>On watching the video closely, we noticed a banner carrying &#8220;News18&#8221; logos at the 12-second mark.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-201613 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-165108-min-min-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-165108-min-min-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-165108-min-min-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-165108-min-min-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-165108-min-min-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-10-165108-min-min-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We broke down the video into several key frames and ran a reverse image search on a few of them. This led us to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjp4kanchi\/status\/1776695325581050264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> by the official handle of BJP Kanchipuram (@bjp4kanchi) which contained the same viral clip. The caption in Tamil could be translated as, &#8220;On 6.4.24, at the solo debate event held in Kanchi, BJP state secretary @SuryahSG continued to give fitting replies to the false accusations of DMK. \u00a0Kanchi MLA Ehilarasan was unable to answer the question of what DMK had done to Kanchipuram constituency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The handle added <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjp4kanchi\/status\/1776695329431413031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another tweet<\/a> to the thread stating, &#8220;DMK members were at a loss on how to answer, and to deal with it, DMK members immediately started talking to the BJP executives and then started attacking the BJP members with their troops.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ta\">\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba3\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b9a\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0b89\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9c\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc8 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc7\u0b9a \u0b86\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9c\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc0\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b88\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bb0\u0bcd.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BJP Kanchipuram Official (@bjp4kanchi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjp4kanchi\/status\/1776695329431413031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also came across a <a href=\"https:\/\/thecommunemag-com.translate.goog\/dmk-goons-create-ruckus-at-news-18-tamil-nadus-debate-show-unable-to-take-criticism-from-bjps-sg-suryah\/?_x_tr_sl=en&amp;_x_tr_tl=ta&amp;_x_tr_hl=ta&amp;_x_tr_pto=tc#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news report<\/a> by The Commune that said that News18 Tamil Nadu had organized a live event called \u201cMakkah Sabha\u201d on April 6 at Uma Murugan Mahal, Kanchipuram. The committee included representatives of various political parties, including sitting MLAs who presented their views and criticisms of the ruling party and opposition parties in Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<p>DMK leader and MLA Ehilarasan, BJP leader Dr SG Surya, CPI(M) leader K Balabharathi, Kalyana Sundaram from AIADMK, Basha from DMK and Kalanjiyam from NTK were among the invitees. The program was hosted by New18 Tamil Nadu senior anchor Balavel Chakravarthi.<\/p>\n<p>The report further mentioned that at the event a heated debate between the BJP and the DMK representatives irked the supporters of the parties present in the audience and a physical fight erupted.<\/p>\n<p>Taking a cue from the above we ran a relevant keyword search and found a video on News18 Tamil Nadu&#8217;s channel posted on April 6. The title of the video said, &#8220;&#8216;All parties are against us. When we say Tamil Nadu BJP, there is unity.&#8217; &#8211; Kalanjiyam&#8221;. In the description section of the video the hashtag &#8220;Makkal Sabai&#8221; has been carried and Balavel Chakravarthi could be seen hosting the event. The persons mentioned in The Commune report could be seen sitting on the dais of the event.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m2VAq_lv7cY?si=E_Szb5qqMWen8us3]<\/p>\n<p>Below is a comparison between a frame from the viral video and one from the above video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-201615 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/FI-Template-32-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/FI-Template-32-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/FI-Template-32-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/FI-Template-32-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/FI-Template-32.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hence, from the above findings, it can be concluded that contrary to viral claims, the video of the scuffle was not from a BJP meeting in Tamil Nadu. The clash broke out among the audience at a debate hosted by News18 Tamil Nadu in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, where representatives from ruling and opposition political parties were invited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 21-second clip showing several people throwing chairs at one another in what appears to be a large conference hall is viral on social media. Users have shared the clip claiming that it is from a BJP meeting in Tamil Nadu. Congress MLA from Vadgam, Gujarat, Jignesh Mevani (@jigneshmevani80) shared the viral video on X [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":202365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[722],"class_list":["post-201589","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>Chairs fly as BJP, DMK supporters clash at News18 event in TN; video falsely viral - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chairs fly as BJP, DMK supporters clash at News18 event in TN; video falsely viral - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A 21-second clip showing several people throwing chairs at one another in what appears to be a large conference hall is viral on social media. 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