{"id":307622,"date":"2025-11-19T14:56:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T09:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=307622"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:52:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:22:01","slug":"video-of-singer-zubeen-garg-funeral-procession-shared-as-people-protest-after-bihar-poll-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-singer-zubeen-garg-funeral-procession-shared-as-people-protest-after-bihar-poll-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests in Bihar over &#8216;vote theft&#8217;? Zubeen Garg&#8217;s funeral procession video falsely viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"auto\">A video a wide road chock-a-block with hundreds of people and several cars is going viral on social media with the claim that it shows a protest in Patna against the Election Commission and the BJP over allegations of vote theft in the recently concluded Bihar polls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">An X user named Arun Kumar posted a viral video claiming that people in Bihar were protesting against the BJP after the Bihar election results. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/j4llm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span dir=\"auto\">Archive link<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\ud83d\udea8\u091a\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0935 \u0928\u0924\u0940\u091c\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u093e\u091c\u092a\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092b \u0935\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928\ud83d\udea8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aksOt8GtNx\">pic.twitter.com\/aksOt8GtNx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arun Kumar (@arunbwn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arunbwn\/status\/1989739767400219068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">A user named Nazneen Akhtar posted the video claiming that people in Patna were protesting against &#8216;vote theft&#8217;. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QRO1W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span dir=\"auto\">Archive link<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-307629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-124753-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-124753-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-124753-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-124753-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-124753.jpg 997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/yeoC5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span dir=\"auto\">A user named Karishma Aziz<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\">\u00a0also shared this video, claiming it was from Bihar. Similarly,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/VCmA4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span dir=\"auto\">@tadarahim_offic<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\"> shared the video, writing that there were post-election protests against the Election Commission and the BJP over alleged rigging in the Bihar assembly polls.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-307622 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><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\/video-of-singer-zubeen-garg-funeral-procession-shared-as-people-protest-after-bihar-poll-results\/ss2-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/ss2-629x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/ss2-629x1024.jpg 629w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/ss2-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/ss2-768x1250.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/ss2.jpg 891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/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\/video-of-singer-zubeen-garg-funeral-procession-shared-as-people-protest-after-bihar-poll-results\/ss1-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/ss1-775x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/ss1-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/ss1-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/ss1-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/11\/ss1.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">A reverse image search with some key frames from the viral video led us to a video uploaded by the Instagram account <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DO2uFnuD7IN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span dir=\"auto\">ilovebongaigaon<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\"> on September 21, 2025. The caption reads, &#8220;He belongs to the people and here, lakhs of people are attending his funeral.&#8221; This clearly indicates that the video is not related to Bihar assembly polls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Elections in Bihar were held in two phases on November 6 and 11. Results were announced on November 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-wrap-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/image-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1360\" height=\"1207\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">We also found an X post by Nagaland tourism and higher education minister Temjen Imna Along, dated September 21, 2025. He shared a video, writing that thousands had gathered to bid a tearful farewell to Assam&#8217;s heartthrob, Zubin Garg. The viral part appears from the 25-second mark onwards in this video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u099c\u09af\u09bc \u099c\u09c1\u09ac\u09bf\u09a8 \u09a6\u09be \ud83e\ude75<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>An ocean of love, a sea of emotions\u2026<br \/>\nThousands gathered to bid a tearful farewell to the heartthrob of Assam, Zubeen Garg.<\/p>\n<p>Your voice will forever echo in our hearts. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H1TDRolEWU\">pic.twitter.com\/H1TDRolEWU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Temjen Imna Along (@AlongImna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlongImna\/status\/1969684831450595703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also found <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jv4dVCX64jo?si=YCtS-66RJDaNdtG8&amp;t=160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news reports<\/a> on the late singer&#8217;s funeral procession in Guwahati, which carried the viral video.<\/p>\n<p>To sum up, a video showing singer Zubeen Garg&#8217;s funeral procession in Guwahati is being falsely shared as a protest in Patna against the poll panel and BJP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video a wide road chock-a-block with hundreds of people and several cars is going viral on social media with the claim that it shows a protest in Patna against the Election Commission and the BJP over allegations of vote theft in the recently concluded Bihar polls.\u00a0 An X user named Arun Kumar posted a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":307623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[701],"class_list":["post-307622","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\/11\/crowd.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307622","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\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307622"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307637,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307622\/revisions\/307637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307622"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=307622"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=307622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}