{"id":37350,"date":"2019-05-28T18:02:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T12:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=37350"},"modified":"2019-05-28T18:02:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T12:32:29","slug":"mahatma-gandhis-statue-dishonoured-after-bjps-win-no-old-video-from-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/mahatma-gandhis-statue-dishonoured-after-bjps-win-no-old-video-from-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s statue dishonoured after BJP&#8217;s win? No, old video from Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;\u092e\u0939\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0947 \u0939\u093e\u0932\u093e\u0924 \u0939\u0948, BJP \u092f\u0947 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0940 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u093e\u0938\u0924 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0907\u0924\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0938 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b \u0917\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0917\u093e (This is the condition of Mahatma, &#8216;BJP&#8217; this is your legacy. History will abuse you -translated)&#8221;,\u00a0<\/em>tweeted an individual user with a video of two men slapping a statue of Mahatma Gandhi with chappals. The tweet accuses the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, calling the act its legacy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u091a\u091f\u094d\u091f\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u093f\u0930 \u092a\u0940\u091f\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u092c\u0947\u0935\u0915\u0942\u092b \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0948 \u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u092e\u0939\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0947 \u0939\u093e\u0932\u093e\u0924 \u0939\u0948, BJP \u092f\u0947 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0940 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u093e\u0938\u0924 \u0939\u0948\u0964<br \/>\n\u0907\u0924\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0938 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b \u0917\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0917\u093e \ud83d\ude4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PMOIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajnathsingh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rajnathsingh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nitin_gadkari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nitin_gadkari<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SushmaSwaraj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SushmaSwaraj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BDUTT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BDUTT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abhisar_sharma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@abhisar_sharma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akashbanerjee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@akashbanerjee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sakshijoshii?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sakshijoshii<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bainjal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bainjal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dhruv_rathee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dhruv_rathee<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArvindKejriwal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ArvindKejriwal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9LzVftUiQd\">pic.twitter.com\/9LzVftUiQd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KamDev Baba (@TheKamDevBaba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheKamDevBaba\/status\/1133044694663991301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This video was also tweeted by an account named <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Khabar_Bar\/status\/1132992641950294018?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khabar Bar<\/a> with a message directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take action against the culprits.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PMOIndia<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>The below video in which two citizens are insulting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MahatmaGandhi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MahatmaGandhi<\/a> is extremely disturbing. We hope the culprits are traced and due action be taken.<\/p>\n<p>The date and location of the video is unknown.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HMOIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Democracy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Democracy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cConNDiSxo\">pic.twitter.com\/cConNDiSxo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Khabar Bar (@Khabar_Bar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Khabar_Bar\/status\/1132992641950294018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Fact-check<\/h3>\n<p>With a simple keyword search on Google, Alt News was able to establish that the incident took place in Canada in August 2015. <em>&#8220;Two men of South Asian descent have been filmed slapping a statue of Mahatma Gandhi with their hands and later their shoes. A third person has recorded this whole episode.&#8221;,\u00a0<\/em>reads the caption posted with a video uploaded on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oVSXyFdTxjY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bayside Journal<\/a> on August 17, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Idiots Slap Mahatma Gandhi Statue With Shoes\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oVSXyFdTxjY?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>Two men of Indian origin were seen slapping Gandhi&#8217;s statue in Winnipeg a city in Manitoba, Canada. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.india.com\/news\/india\/mahatma-slapped-in-canada-gandhi-statue-hit-with-shoes-by-indians-507843\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>India.com<\/em><\/a>, the video surfaced on Facebook on August 15, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a three-year-old video of two Indian origin men slapping a statue of Gandhi in Canada was shared as citizens in India doing the shameful act in the backdrop of the recent electoral victory of the BJP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u092e\u0939\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0947 \u0939\u093e\u0932\u093e\u0924 \u0939\u0948, BJP \u092f\u0947 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0940 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u093e\u0938\u0924 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0907\u0924\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0938 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b \u0917\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0917\u093e (This is the condition of Mahatma, &#8216;BJP&#8217; this is your legacy. 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