{"id":33625,"date":"2019-04-17T17:31:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=33625"},"modified":"2019-04-17T18:06:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:36:29","slug":"atal-bihar-vajpayees-funeral-procession-viral-as-pm-modi-filing-nomination-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/atal-bihar-vajpayees-funeral-procession-viral-as-pm-modi-filing-nomination-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Atal Bihari Vajpayee&#8217;s funeral procession viral as PM Modi filing nomination papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video clip circulated on social media is being shared with the claim that it represents a massive crowd of people that gathered in support of prime minister Narendra Modi on his way to filing nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections.\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u0907\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u092b\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092e \u092d\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e,,\u0906\u0902\u0916\u0947\u0902 \u092b\u093e\u095c \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u094b \u091a\u092e\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0936\u0947\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u091a\u093e\u0932 (This is called filing nomination. Open your eyes wide, bootlickers, and see the walk of a lion),&#8221; <\/em>is the caption used to circulate the clip. From the individual account of one Srishtiraj Chauhan, the video received over 68,000 views.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/srishtiraj.chauhan\/videos\/2372134826403852\/\" data-width=\"350\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/srishtiraj.chauhan\/videos\/2372134826403852\/\"><p>\u0907\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u092b\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092e \u092d\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e,,\u0906\u0902\u0916\u0947\u0902 \u092b\u093e\u095c \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u094b \u091a\u092e\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0936\u0947\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u091a\u093e\u0932<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/srishtiraj.chauhan\">Srishtiraj Chauhan<\/a> on Tuesday, 9 April 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other individual users have also shared the identical clip with a similar narrative.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33626 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/rally.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/rally.png 792w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/rally-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/rally-768x372.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Video represents Vajpayee&#8217;s funeral procession<\/h2>\n<p>The viral video shows PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah surrounded by security personnel and walking behind a vehicle decorated with flowers. If one looks closely, hoardings with the photograph of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee are visible on the side of the procession.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33628 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/atal-e1555489029381.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/atal-e1555489029381.jpeg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/atal-e1555489029381-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/atal-e1555489029381-768x486.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News searched for videos on YouTube with the keywords &#8211; <em>&#8216;Atal Bihari Vajpayee procession&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>and the first result that turned up was a video similar to the one currently viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The video represents the funeral procession of former PM Vajpayee, which was broadcast by multiple media outlets. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/video-of-vajpayees-funeral-procession-shared-as-pm-modi-filing-his-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boomlive<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>had earlier fact-checked the viral clip.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PM Modi Present As Atal Bihari Vajpayee&#039;s Funeral Procession Begins\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bz-Y-TGF7oA?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>Moreover, prime minister Narendra Modi is yet to file his nomination papers. The PM will likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/national\/politics\/pm-modi-to-file-nomination-on-april-2620190415125944\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">file his nomination from Varanasi on April 26<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33659 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/ani.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/ani.png 588w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/ani-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/ani-298x300.png 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 17th Lok Sabha elections have witnessed numerous cases of misinformation circulated with regard to the polls. Another old, unrelated video was viral last week to portray <a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/FI-muslim.png?resize=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burqa-clad women giving fake votes<\/a> in the general elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video clip circulated on social media is being shared with the claim that it represents a massive crowd of people that gathered in support of prime minister Narendra Modi on his way to filing nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections.\u00a0&#8220;\u0907\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u092b\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092e \u092d\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e,,\u0906\u0902\u0916\u0947\u0902 \u092b\u093e\u095c \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u094b \u091a\u092e\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0936\u0947\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u091a\u093e\u0932 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":33650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-33625","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\/04\/vajpayee-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33625","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33625"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33679,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33625\/revisions\/33679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33625"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=33625"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=33625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}