{"id":34441,"date":"2019-04-25T17:11:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T11:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=34441"},"modified":"2019-05-21T18:00:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T12:30:47","slug":"did-a-tmc-leader-pull-out-a-gun-on-live-tv-no-it-was-a-mike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-a-tmc-leader-pull-out-a-gun-on-live-tv-no-it-was-a-mike\/","title":{"rendered":"Did a TMC leader pull-out a gun on live TV? No, it was a mike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video clip viral on social media is being shared with the claim that it shows a TMC worker pull-out a revolver at a BJP worker during a live debate on <em>Zee News. &#8220;\u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 TMC \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0947 BJP \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u090a\u092a\u0930 \u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0932\u094d\u0935\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0935\u0939 \u092d\u0940 \u0932\u093e\u0907\u0935 \u091c\u0940 \u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c \u0915\u0947 \u0921\u093f\u092c\u0947\u091f \u092e\u0947\u0902.? (In Bengal, a TMC worker pulled out a revolver at a BJP worker during a live Zee News debate.)&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>used the caption used by one MItali Shah<em> (@mitalishah121)\u00a0<\/em>to circulate the clip.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 TMC \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0947 BJP \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u090a\u092a\u0930 \u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0932\u094d\u0935\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0935\u0939 \u092d\u0940 \u0932\u093e\u0907\u0935 \u091c\u0940 \u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c \u0915\u0947 \u0921\u093f\u092c\u0947\u091f \u092e\u0947\u0902.?\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uwNod24iNx\">pic.twitter.com\/uwNod24iNx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mitali \u0936\u093e\u0939 \u092e\u093f\u0924\u093e\u0932\u0940 (@mitalishah121) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mitalishah121\/status\/1130393671365345280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video is also doing rounds on Facebook. A page<em> &#8216;<span class=\"_371z\">\u092a\u094b\u0932 \u0916\u094b\u0932. \u0915\u0949\u092e polkhol. com&#8217; <\/span><\/em><span class=\"_371z\">shared it with the caption,\u00a0<em>&#8220;TMC \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0935\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0947 zee news live \u092c\u0902\u0917\u0932\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 bjp \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0935\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0932\u094d\u0935\u0930 \u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0964 (TMC spokesperson pulled up a revolver at a BJP spokesperson during Zee News live.)&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>The video drew 23,000 shares at the time of writing this article.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/184668625791317\/videos\/360269651285741\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/184668625791317\/videos\/360269651285741\/\"><p>TMC \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0935\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0947 zee news live \u092c\u0902\u0917\u0932\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 bjp \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0935\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0932\u094d\u0935\u0930 \u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\u092a\u094b\u0932-\u0916\u094b\u0932-\u0915\u0949\u092e-polkhol-com-184668625791317\/\">\u092a\u094b\u0932 \u0916\u094b\u0932. \u0915\u0949\u092e polkhol. com<\/a> on Saturday, 18 May 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is viral on both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=TMC%20BJP%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%20TMC%20BJP%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Viral since last month<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>The same clip was posted by Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PiyushSinghk\/status\/1121262306380402689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chowkidar Piyush <em>(@piyushsinghk)<\/em><\/a> on April 25. He shared it with the claim that it depicts a TMC leader pulling out a gun during a live debate. Piyush is followed by railway minister Piyush Goyal and BJP Delhi spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, and his video received over 27,000 views and nearly 3,000 retweets (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/6CVmN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TMC MLA pulls out Gun during live TV debate. This is happening in India and we are talking of intolerance.<\/p>\n<p>Unbelievable but not shocking !<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MamtaKeGunde?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MamtaKeGunde<\/a><br \/>\nCC : <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KailashOnline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KailashOnline<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4Bengal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BJP4Bengal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TajinderBagga?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TajinderBagga<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/me_locket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@me_locket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H4FCJCILm2\">pic.twitter.com\/H4FCJCILm2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chowkidar Piyush (@PiyushSinghk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PiyushSinghk\/status\/1121262306380402689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several &#8216;chowkidar&#8217; handles retweeted Piyush&#8217;s tweet.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34452 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/retweets-e1556184648952.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/retweets-e1556184648952.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/retweets-e1556184648952-300x102.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/retweets-e1556184648952-768x261.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/retweets-e1556184648952-1024x348.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/retweets-e1556184648952-990x337.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>The video was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=tmc%20gun%20debate&amp;ref=eyJzaWQiOiIiLCJyZWYiOiJ0b3BfZmlsdGVyIn0%3D&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viral on Facebook<\/a>, with several individual users posting it with the identical claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34455 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/gun.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"812\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/gun.png 812w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/gun-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/gun-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/gun-130x86.png 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Not a gun, but a mike<\/h2>\n<p>Several people commented on Piyush&#8217;s tweet that the TMC leader had picked up a mike and not pulled out a gun. A careful analysis of the video revealed that this was indeed true. The live debate was organised by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yCzXdRiwNh4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zee News<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>in West Bengal&#8217;s Cooch Behar. The TMC leader who lost his cool and picked up a mike was state minister Rabindra Nath Ghosh. The slow-motion video posted below clearly shows that the object in the hand of the TMC leader is a mike.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Slowed down TMC leader\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/332420991?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"984\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A photo montage of relevant portions also shows Ghosh holding a mike.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34460 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/mike-e1556185629692.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/mike-e1556185629692.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/mike-e1556185629692-300x92.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/mike-e1556185629692-768x234.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/mike-e1556185629692-1024x312.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/mike-e1556185629692-990x302.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the TMC leader&#8217;s conduct was undoubtedly inappropriate for national television, the claim that he pulled out a gun\/revolver during a live debate is completely false. Such cases of misinformation, unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-rahul-gandhi-claim-that-women-in-up-give-52-births-per-year-clipped-video-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clipped<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-bengal-doctors-video-to-claim-mamata-banerjee-asked-people-to-vote-for-bjp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doctored<\/a> videos, can be easily debunked with a careful glimpse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video clip viral on social media is being shared with the claim that it shows a TMC worker pull-out a revolver at a BJP worker during a live debate on Zee News. &#8220;\u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 TMC \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0947 BJP \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u090a\u092a\u0930 \u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0932\u094d\u0935\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0935\u0939 \u092d\u0940 \u0932\u093e\u0907\u0935 \u091c\u0940 \u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c \u0915\u0947 \u0921\u093f\u092c\u0947\u091f \u092e\u0947\u0902.? 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