{"id":31582,"date":"2019-03-26T14:43:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T09:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=31582"},"modified":"2021-02-19T11:49:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T06:19:13","slug":"false-claim-of-pakistani-flag-waved-at-congress-rally-in-karnataka-resurfaces-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-pakistani-flag-waved-at-congress-rally-in-karnataka-resurfaces-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"False claim of Pakistani flag waved at Congress rally resurfaces on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photo has been shared on social media with the claim that the Pakistani flag was waved at a rally of the Congress party. A green-coloured flag with a crescent and star can be seen in the picture that carries the text, &#8220;Forget about Rs 80\/ litre petrol. I will happily fill up my car tank with Rs 90\/ litre petrol but never vote for a party that raises &#8216;Hindistan Murdabad&#8217; slogans and hoists the flag of Pakistan in its rallies. (\u20b980 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0947\u091f\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0932 \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u092e\u0948 \u20b990 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0947\u091f\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0932 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0917\u093e\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940-\u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940 \u092d\u0930\u0935\u093e \u0932\u0942\u0902\u0917\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091f\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0935\u094b\u091f \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0926\u0942\u0902\u0917\u093e \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 &#8220;\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926&#8221; \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u094b \u0914\u0930 &#8220;\u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u091d\u0902\u0921\u093e&#8221; \u092b\u0948\u0930\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0939\u094b.)&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deepaktyagi.garh\/posts\/246648123626615\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deepaktyagi.garh\/posts\/246648123626615\"><p>\u0938\u0941\u0928 \u0932\u094b \u091a\u092e\u091a\u094b \u0915\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e\u0928 \u0916\u094b\u0932 \u0915\u0930 \u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deepaktyagi.garh\">Deepak Tyagi Garh<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deepaktyagi.garh\/posts\/246648123626615\">Monday, 15 February 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The claim is widespread on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos?q=%E2%82%B980%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%9B%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%88%2090%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86816 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/e947a551-07dc-44c4-91b1-5f9183892131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"654\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/e947a551-07dc-44c4-91b1-5f9183892131.jpg 654w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/e947a551-07dc-44c4-91b1-5f9183892131-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Video of the same rally viral in 2019<\/h4>\n<p>A video of the rally depicted in the picture was circulating with identical claim two years ago. It was alleged that the Congress rally where Pakistani flag was raised was held in\u00a0Tumkur, Karnataka.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the Congress Party rally in Tumkur, Karnataka where Pakistan&#8217;s flag were seen with party flag.<\/p>\n<p>Think and Vote in the lokshabha 2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AZvB9ScH1e\">pic.twitter.com\/AZvB9ScH1e<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhyCongHatesHindus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WhyCongHatesHindus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0938\u0936\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 (@bpjIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bpjIndia\/status\/1109992856641593344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=pakistan%20flag%20tumkur&amp;epa=FILTERS&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lIjoie1wibmFtZVwiOlwiY3JlYXRpb25fdGltZVwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwie1xcXCJzdGFydF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOVxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDE5XFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0xMlxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMTItMzFcXFwifVwifSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> mostly by individual users in both English and Kannada captions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31656\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-1.32.24-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-1.32.24-PM.png 500w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-1.32.24-PM-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Not the flag of Pakistan<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This claim was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sushilkedia\/status\/994892209081278464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared earlier<\/a> in 2018, ahead of the Karnataka assembly election. It has already been<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-fake-news-of-pakistan-flag-waved-at-congress-rally-in-karnataka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> debunked<\/a> by Alt News. The green-coloured flag seen in the video is not the Pakistani flag. It is in fact the banner of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a political party based in Kerala.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-31598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/flag2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/flag2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/flag2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/flag2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/flag2-990x557.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/flag2-1320x742.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/flag2-470x264.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/flag2-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/flag2-215x120.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/flag2-414x232.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/flag2.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are clear and visible differences between the IUML banner and the Pakistani national flag. The two have been juxtaposed below for comparison.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-31589\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/JUXTA_FLAGPAK2-1024x383.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/JUXTA_FLAGPAK2-1024x383.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/JUXTA_FLAGPAK2-300x112.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/JUXTA_FLAGPAK2-768x287.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/JUXTA_FLAGPAK2-990x370.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/JUXTA_FLAGPAK2.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Pakistan flag&#8217; bogey is raised every time elections are on the anvil. Earlier in May 2018, ahead of the Karnataka assembly election, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-fake-news-of-pakistan-flag-waved-at-congress-rally-in-karnataka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">same video<\/a> had been circulated with the same narrative. It was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-false-claim-of-pakistani-flag-waved-at-congress-victory-rally-in-rajasthan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">falsely claimed<\/a> that the Pakistani flag was waved at a victory rally of the Congress party in Rajasthan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo has been shared on social media with the claim that the Pakistani flag was waved at a rally of the Congress party. A green-coloured flag with a crescent and star can be seen in the picture that carries the text, &#8220;Forget about Rs 80\/ litre petrol. I will happily fill up my car [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":86819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[132],"class_list":["post-31582","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\/2019\/03\/Untitled-design-15.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31582","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31582"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86818,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31582\/revisions\/86818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31582"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=31582"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=31582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}