{"id":45304,"date":"2019-09-04T18:43:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T13:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=45304"},"modified":"2019-09-04T18:43:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T13:13:39","slug":"video-of-anti-reservation-rally-in-nagpur-shared-as-protest-against-modi-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-anti-reservation-rally-in-nagpur-shared-as-protest-against-modi-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of anti-reservation rally in Nagpur shared as protest against Modi govt"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video filmed from a moving vehicle shows a long queue of people lined up under a bridge holding banners and marching forward. The video is being shared on social media with the claim that it depicts a protest against the Modi government in the wake of rising religious discrimination in the country.\u00a0The caption, along with the video tweeted<\/a> by a user, reads, “People have taken rally to show to Modi government, that all religions people are the citizens of this country, no discrimination will be accepted.”.\u00a0<\/em>The tweet has garnered more than 1000 retweets so far.<\/p>\n

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Huge protest in Nagpur
\nPeople have taken rally to show to Modi government, that all religions people are the citizens of this country, no discrimination will be accepted. Plz Retweet. pic.twitter.com\/trnX1Kys9y<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Retweet Sarkar \ud83d\udcaf (@GoSlowplz) September 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A few other individuals on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> have shared the video with a similar narrative.<\/p>\n

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Also shared with a claim of protest for Kashmir<\/h2>\n

Facebook user Enam Qureshi posted<\/a> the same video with the caption, “#Save Kashmir”, <\/em>suggesting that it was a protest against the government\u2019s move to revoke the provisions of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution.<\/span>\u00a0The post has garnered over 18,000 shares.<\/p>\n

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Fact-check<\/h2>\n

Alt News found that protest shown in the video did take place in Nagpur but it has nothing to do an agitation against religious discrimination or Kashmir. It actually depicts a rally organised on August 25, 2019, and carried out by activists and supporters of \u2018Save Merit Save Nation\u2019 forum to stage a protest against the state government\u2019s reservation policy. The SMSN movement began as a protest against the Maharastra government’s policy to exceed the limit of reservation in education and jobs. “Thousands of men, women, youngsters and children representing general (unreserved) category communities on Sunday opposed the state government\u2019s policy to exceed limit of reservation in education and jobs up to 74% against the ceiling of 50% fixed by the Supreme court”, <\/em>stated a Times of India<\/em><\/a> report published on August 26, 2019.<\/p>\n

You can see a video of the rally posted by Twitter handle of Save Merit Save Nation.<\/p>\n

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@narendramodi<\/a> @Dev_Fadnavis<\/a> @DrMohanBhagwat<\/a> @rammadhavbjp<\/a> @chitratripathii<\/a> @RenukaJain6<\/a> @ravishndtv<\/a> @ppbajpai<\/a> #savemeritsavenation<\/a> Mega Rallies at Nagpur..solapur..mumbai..
\nMore than 50000 people on roads… government pls notice anger of common people..we want our rights pic.twitter.com\/nDRuosRBPf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Save Merit Save Nation (@Fight4justiceA) August 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A video report of the same protest by Awaaz India TV<\/em><\/a>\u00a0can be seen posted below.<\/p>\n