{"id":31742,"date":"2019-04-02T19:17:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T13:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=31742"},"modified":"2019-04-02T19:17:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T13:47:38","slug":"2017-video-viral-as-bjp-minister-thrashed-and-chased-away-while-asking-for-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2017-video-viral-as-bjp-minister-thrashed-and-chased-away-while-asking-for-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 video viral as BJP minister thrashed and chased away while asking for votes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;\u0935\u094b\u091f \u092e\u093e\u0902\u0917\u0928\u0947 \u0906\u092f\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0948\u0921\u093c\u093e &#8211; \u0926\u094c\u0921\u093c\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e (People chased and beat up BJP minister who came asking for votes),&#8221; <\/em>was the caption used to circulate a video where BJP members can be seen getting beat up by a crowd of people. From a Facebook page Akhilesh Yadav-The Lion, the video was shared over 8,000 times and had over 1.6 lakh views at the time of writing this report (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/xlD4Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AkhileshTheLion\/videos\/386029288646371\/\" data-width=\"350\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/AkhileshTheLion\/videos\/386029288646371\/\"><p>\u0935\u094b\u091f \u092e\u093e\u0902\u0917\u0928\u0947 \u0906\u092f\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0948\u0921\u093c\u093e &#8211; \u0926\u094c\u0921\u093c\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e \u0964\u0907\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0939\u093e\u0925 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u092b\u093e\u0908.. \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AkhileshTheLion\/\">Akhilesh Yadav-The Lion<\/a> on Wednesday, 20 March 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>From another Facebook page <span class=\"_371z\">Viral Story Insight, the video attracted 78,000 views and over 4,000 shares (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/m3vLx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/viralstoryinsightofficial\/videos\/303750926976940\/\" data-width=\"350\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/viralstoryinsightofficial\/videos\/303750926976940\/\"><p>\u0935\u094b\u091f \u092e\u093e\u0902\u0917\u0928\u0947 \u0906\u092f\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0948\u0921\u093c\u093e &#8211; \u0926\u094c\u0921\u093c\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/viralstoryinsightofficial\/\">Viral Story Insight<\/a> on Wednesday, 20 March 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/viralstoryinsightofficial\/videos\/303750926976940\/\" data-width=\"350\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<h2>Old video<\/h2>\n<p>The footage viral on social media does not represent a recent event. It dates back to 2017 when BJP West Bengal President Dilip Ghosh was chased and heckled in Darjeeling. The incident was reported across media platforms, including <em>ABP News\u00a0<\/em>that ran the same clip which is currently viral.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Attack on BJP President Dilip Ghosh in Darjeeling\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mixfhRixiTk?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><\/p>\n<p>A BJP delegation led by the party President was visiting the city after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/gjm-ends-104-day-strike-all-about-darjeeling-crisis-gorkhaland-demand\/story-cYX1lHkt2QyHURqeD1GowK.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">104-day strike<\/a> for a separate Gorkhaland state was withdrawn by GJM. Ghosh was in Darjeeling on October 5, 2017, when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/bjp-delegation-led-by-state-president-dilip-ghosh-chased-and-heckled-in-darjeeling-4875851\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">allegedly thrashed<\/a> by supporters of GTA chairman Binay Tamang.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31746 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1240\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-16.png 1240w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-16-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-16-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-16-1024x461.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/download-16-990x446.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video viral on social media, thus, has nothing to do with the coming elections but represents a two-year-old unrelated event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u0935\u094b\u091f \u092e\u093e\u0902\u0917\u0928\u0947 \u0906\u092f\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0948\u0921\u093c\u093e &#8211; \u0926\u094c\u0921\u093c\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u092a\u0940\u091f\u093e (People chased and beat up BJP minister who came asking for votes),&#8221; was the caption used to circulate a video where BJP members can be seen getting beat up by a crowd of people. 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