{"id":299841,"date":"2025-06-02T12:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=299841"},"modified":"2025-06-02T12:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:42:33","slug":"women-protesting-in-bangladesh-video-shared-as-west-bengal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/women-protesting-in-bangladesh-video-shared-as-west-bengal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhaka women&#8217;s &#8216;friendship march&#8217; video falsely shared as West Bengal, inviting filthy comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A video clip of a group of women raising slogans on the roadside has been gathering a lot of traction on social media. The women in the video are seen holding placards and chanting in Bengali, \u201c\u099a\u09c7\u09df\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u09be\u09ae \u09b9\u09bf\u09b8\u09b8\u09be, \u09b9\u09df\u09c7 \u0997\u09c7\u09b2\u09be\u09ae \u09ac\u09c7\u09b6\u09cd\u09af\u09be&#8217; (We asked for our rights, but we were called prostitutes).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indian social media users have shared the video with the caption, \u201cGuess which state\u201d, obliquely implying that the clip is from West Bengal. Among them is the X handle of propaganda account Kreately Media. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/WV0kE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Guess the state <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lfxkBTYTZQ\">pic.twitter.com\/lfxkBTYTZQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kreately.in (@KreatelyMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KreatelyMedia\/status\/1926316186192535839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quote-tweeting this post, a number of users directly claimed that the visuals were from West Bengal. One user also suggested that they could tell this was West Bengal without even opening the video. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sarvamshivamaya\/status\/1926492912075911200?t=lLjvEXVYgIa-NbEQb9_EdQ&amp;s=08\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fuckthefeg\/status\/1926558201257893959?t=EL3n1OlUN-4SdQjcsiLl3A&amp;s=08\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fuckthefeg\/status\/1926558201257893959?t=EL3n1OlUN-4SdQjcsiLl3A&amp;s=08\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link 3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-299841 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\/women-protesting-in-bangladesh-video-shared-as-west-bengal\/screenshot-2025-05-27-175109\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-27-175109.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-27-175109.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-27-175109-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/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\/women-protesting-in-bangladesh-video-shared-as-west-bengal\/screenshot-2025-05-27-175101\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-27-175101.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-27-175101.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-27-175101-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/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\/women-protesting-in-bangladesh-video-shared-as-west-bengal\/screenshot-2025-05-27-175054\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-27-175054.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-27-175054.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-27-175054-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right-wing user Amitabh Chaudhary, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=amitabh+chaudhary+site%3Aaltnews.in&amp;rlz=1C1UEAD_enIN1022IN1022&amp;oq=amitabh+chaudhary+site%3Aaltnews.in&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAtIBCTg3NDlqMGoxNagCCLACAfEFW_9wdug244U&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shares disinformation and propaganda on a regular basis<\/a>, also posted this clip with the same caption of \u2018Guess the state\u2019. In comments, users have made filthy remarks targeting women of West Bengal. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/VDNDW\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/2025-05-28-14_49_49-1-Amitabh-Chaudhary-on-X_-_Guess-the-state-%F0%9F%A4%AE-https___t.co_bElYd1Eapy_-_-X-B-1024x869.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X user @satyaagrahindia also promoted this video. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/DWKGz\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived version<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News performed a reverse image search using frames taken from the video on YouTube. We discovered that Bangladeshi news channel \u2018Voice24NEWS\u2019 had posted this video on May 17, 2025. The words &#8216;\u09a8\u09be\u09b0\u09c0\u09b0 \u09a1\u09be\u0995\u09c7 \u09ae\u09c8\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0\u09c0 \u09af\u09be\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0\u09be&#8217; (Friendship March convened by Women) are embedded on the clip. The caption also says the same.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"\u09a8\u09be\u09b0\u09c0\u09b0 \u09a1\u09be\u0995\u09c7 \u09ae\u09c8\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0 \u09af\u09be\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0\u09be #shorts #shortsvideo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hJz5Fgo-33I?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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The march was held along Manik Mia Avenue in Dhaka, a major thoroughfare on the south boundary of the national parliament house Complex. Several media reports covered the event held on May 16 of this year to demand equality for women. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HvC3ADR4O9I\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3sHVPexCtAs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a screengrab from BBC Bangla&#8217;s video report covering the march:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-299919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-01-124934-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2219\" height=\"1147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-01-124934-min.jpg 2219w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-01-124934-min-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-01-124934-min-1024x529.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-01-124934-min-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-01-124934-min-1536x794.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-01-124934-min-2048x1059.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2219px) 100vw, 2219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bangladeshi newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ajkerpratidin.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExWUxmbkZrNmROQ2VJVTJWbwEeLvFq-fJOiHFTk3HBoz0l9XC3fzw17LwIjdHVBFiKbc7Iar6KzUmPHYaiHDA_aem_5kyGkkZtXbrWIQE5VwIwsw&amp;h=AT38Mdn7DMw6UlhZtvZHOfkaHAWU2DwXFool4Radirouh9nPt7PFWO4YTUP6bYz7U2Prs7ETEge59rkWLvF0d-IHTBbyLs1thjutiOeCjk60GwnuRDjKdvE-Kf6GJk9MmJonNX1OHwezCJSrfq4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018\u0986\u099c\u0995\u09c7\u09b0 \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09a4\u09bf\u09a6\u09bf\u09a8\u2019<\/a> also posted a video about the initiative on Facebook. This video report also contains the video clip in question.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dainikajkerpratidin\/videos\/3029043257260977\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dainikajkerpratidin\/videos\/3029043257260977\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dainikajkerpratidin\/videos\/3029043257260977\/\">\u09a8\u09be\u09b0\u09c0\u09b0 \u09a1\u09be\u0995\u09c7 \u09ae\u09c8\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0\u09c0 \u09af\u09be\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0\u09be<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u099a\u09c7\u09af\u09bc\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u09cb \u09b9\u09bf\u09b8\u09cd\u09af\u09be \u09b9\u09af\u09bc\u09c7 \u0997\u09c7\u09b2\u09cb \u09ac\u09c7&#8221;\u09b6\u09cd\u09af\u09be, \u09a8\u09be\u09b0\u09c0\u09b0 \u09a1\u09be\u0995\u09c7 \u09ae\u09c8\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0\u09c0 \u09af\u09be\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0\u09be<br \/>\n#news #viralvideo #womensmovement #womensrights<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dainikajkerpratidin\">\u0986\u099c\u0995\u09c7\u09b0 \u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u09a4\u09bf\u09a6\u09bf\u09a8<\/a> on Thursday 22 May 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, social media users falsely claimed that a clip of a demonstration led by women in Bangladesh was from West Bengal, India.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video clip of a group of women raising slogans on the roadside has been gathering a lot of traction on social media. The women in the video are seen holding placards and chanting in Bengali, \u201c\u099a\u09c7\u09df\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2\u09be\u09ae \u09b9\u09bf\u09b8\u09b8\u09be, \u09b9\u09df\u09c7 \u0997\u09c7\u09b2\u09be\u09ae \u09ac\u09c7\u09b6\u09cd\u09af\u09be&#8217; (We asked for our rights, but we were called prostitutes).\u00a0 Indian social media users [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":299916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-299841","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\/2025\/05\/bangla-women.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299841","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\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299841"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299930,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299841\/revisions\/299930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299841"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=299841"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=299841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}