{"id":34165,"date":"2019-04-23T14:31:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=34165"},"modified":"2019-04-23T14:31:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:01:30","slug":"2016-images-viral-as-congress-workers-recently-thrashed-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2016-images-viral-as-congress-workers-recently-thrashed-in-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 images viral as Congress workers recently thrashed in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A set of photographs are being circulated on social media with the claim that Congress workers were thrashed in Punjab.\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u0920\u094b\u0915\u094b \u0920\u094b\u0915\u094b \u0924\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0920\u094b\u0915\u094b (\u0938\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0942) \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0927\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0908 \u092a\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092c \u092e\u0947\u00a0<span class=\"_5mfr\"><span class=\"_6qdm\">\ud83d\ude05<\/span><\/span><span class=\"_5mfr\"><span class=\"_6qdm\">\ud83d\ude05<\/span><\/span><span class=\"_5mfr\"><span class=\"_6qdm\">\ud83d\ude05<\/span><\/span> IPL T20 \u0915\u0947 \u091b\u0915\u094d\u0915\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u0947 (Clap your hands (Sidhu). Congressi were beaten in Punjab, got IPL sixes),&#8221; <\/em>is the most widely used caption circulated with the images. From a Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mebhichowkidaar\/posts\/399566320630964?__tn__=-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u092e\u0948 \u092d\u0940 \u091a\u094c\u0915\u0940\u0926\u093e\u0930<\/a>, the post received over 5,000 shares.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34167 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/download-13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/download-13.png 504w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/download-13-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Individual users on Facebook have also circulated the images (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=131925517968883&amp;id=100034543057672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/harimohan.saini.9212\/posts\/286331845629091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>), drawing thousands of shares.<\/p>\n<p>Another claim floating on social media suggests that Congress MP Navjot Singh Sidhu was chased and thrashed by a crowd in Punjab. A Twitter handle,\u00a0<em><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sir_jenishpatel\/status\/1120330914838405120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@sir_jenishpatel<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">was among those who circulated the images. He is followed by BJP Delhi spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga and his post received over 500 retweets and more than 700 likes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34169 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/download-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/download-14.png 454w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/download-14-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From what it seems, the photographs are viral on WhatsApp as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34168 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-22-at-6.48.02-PM-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-22-at-6.48.02-PM-1.png 407w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-22-at-6.48.02-PM-1-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>2016 images<\/h2>\n<p>A simple reverse-image search on Google reveals that the images do not pertain to a recent event. The incident took place on September 25, 2016, when a group of around 10 youths, suspected to be Akalis workers, attacked a Congress bike rally in Ajnala, Punjab. Congress party workers had reportedly taken out a rally against drugs.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/punjab\/3-hurt-as-akalis-attack-congress-workers-during-bike-rally-in-ajnala\/story-ByUD8WRrp0lWlOKsoopQxM.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hindustan Times<\/a>,\u00a0&#8220;&#8230;the bike rally, led by District Congress Committee (rural) president Gurjit Singh Aujla, reached the community centre at Guru Ka Bagh. The youths allegedly started beating Congress workers with rods and baseball bats. \u201cThe attackers belonged to the ruling party, alleged Aujla in a press conference.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34172 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/hindustan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/hindustan.png 742w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/hindustan-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congress MP Sidhu is not in the photograph. The man on the bike with the pink turban was &#8220;<em>Congress (rural) district president Gurjeet Singh Aujla&#8221;, <\/em>per a report by\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/amritsar\/cong-workers-attacked-attempt-to-murder-case-registered\/301242.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Tribune<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34175 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/tribune.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/tribune.png 510w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/tribune-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><em>ABP News\u00a0<\/em>had also uploaded a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WTcnnfpb4-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> of the brawl.<\/p>\n<p>Old images and videos have recently resurfaced on social media with the claim that they represent a recent event. Alt News has debunked several such cases &#8211; a video of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-alleged-evm-malfunction-during-2017-up-civic-polls-viral-as-that-of-lok-sabha-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged EVM malfunction<\/a> during 2017 UP civic polls was viral as that of Lok Sabha elections, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2017-video-from-gujarat-shared-as-pm-narendra-modis-rally-in-hyderabad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 video from Gujarat<\/a> was shared as PM Narendra Modi\u2019s rally in Hyderabad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/atal-bihar-vajpayees-funeral-procession-viral-as-pm-modi-filing-nomination-papers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atal Bihari Vajpayee\u2019s funeral procession<\/a> was viral as PM Modi filing nomination papers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A set of photographs are being circulated on social media with the claim that Congress workers were thrashed in Punjab.\u00a0&#8220;\u0920\u094b\u0915\u094b \u0920\u094b\u0915\u094b \u0924\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0920\u094b\u0915\u094b (\u0938\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0942) \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0927\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0908 \u092a\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092c \u092e\u0947\u00a0\ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05 IPL T20 \u0915\u0947 \u091b\u0915\u094d\u0915\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u0947 (Clap your hands (Sidhu). Congressi were beaten in Punjab, got IPL sixes),&#8221; is the most widely used caption circulated with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":34189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-34165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2016 images viral as Congress workers recently thrashed in Punjab - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2016 images viral as Congress workers recently thrashed in Punjab - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A set of photographs are being circulated on social media with the claim that Congress workers were thrashed in Punjab.\u00a0&#8220;\u0920\u094b\u0915\u094b \u0920\u094b\u0915\u094b \u0924\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0920\u094b\u0915\u094b (\u0938\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0942) \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0927\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0908 \u092a\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092c \u092e\u0947\u00a0\ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05 IPL T20 \u0915\u0947 \u091b\u0915\u094d\u0915\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u0947 (Clap your hands (Sidhu). 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