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BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra quote-tweeted one of the tweets that had shared the clip and wrote,\u00a0<em>&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">This video is shocking &#8230;how can any protest have a right to defile the tenets of Hinduism ..who gives them the right to burn the pictures of Hindu Gods &amp; Goddesses ..why should any protest be an Anti-Hindu protest?? Is this is what the Congress &amp; Communists promote?? <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Shame<\/span>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This video is shocking &#8230;how can any protest have a right to defile the tenets of Hinduism ..who gives them the right to burn the pictures of Hindu Gods &amp; Goddesses ..why should any protest be an Anti-Hindu protest??<br \/>\nIs this is what the Congress &amp; Communists promote??<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Shame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9rn2gIwQ9T\">https:\/\/t.co\/9rn2gIwQ9T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sambitswaraj\/status\/1212595468968042497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another user @pratheesh_Hind <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/dOcGw\">tweeted<\/a>, <em>&#8220;Pics of Hindu Gods were burnt in an anti CAA protest.&#8221; <\/em>This post was retweeted over 5,000 times.<\/p>\n<p>A Facebook user Satya Bhat Suda posted a longer clip &#8211; 4:30 minutes &#8211; of the same incident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/satya.suda\/videos\/2973716469313785\/\" data-width=\"350\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/satya.suda\/videos\/2973716469313785\/\"><p>the protesrors against CAA slapping Hindu GOD photos with sandals and burnt<\/p>\n<p>Why the Religion and God is coming into their protest? I feel it is the indication of their hatred against Hinduism not CAA<\/p>\n<p>As an Hindu why should I tolerate such hatred protests under Secularism?<\/p>\n<p>It all shows that instead of Rohingya, the Indian secular muslim are dangerous to nation<\/p>\n<p>Does JAI BHIM \/ BABA SAHEEB taught them to hate Hindus in their own land?<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/satya.suda\">Satya Bhat Suda<\/a> on Wednesday, 1 January 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Update: The clip is also circulating with the claim that this took place in Kerala. It alleges that the Muslim community in the state threw shoes at posters of Hindu deities, then burned them. \u00a0<em>&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0915\u0947\u0930\u0932<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u092e\u0947\u0902<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">CAA<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0915\u0947<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0935\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u092e\u0947\u0902<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0935\u0939\u093e\u0902<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0915\u0947<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0914\u0930<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0924<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0938\u092e\u0941\u0926\u093e\u092f<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0915\u0947<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0928\u0947<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0915\u0947<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0926\u0947\u0935\u0924\u093e\u0913\u0902<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u091c\u0942\u0924\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u0914\u0930<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u0917 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0926\u0940 \u0917\u0908\u0964 is this secularism,&#8221;<\/span><\/em><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> reads the complete message.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u0947\u0930\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 CAA \u0915\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0935\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0924 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0938\u092e\u0941\u0926\u093e\u092f \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0935\u0924\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u091c\u0942\u0924\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u0917 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0926\u0940 \u0917\u0908\u0964 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u0938\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u094b, \u091c\u092c \u0924\u0915 \u0915\u093f \u092f\u0947 \u0906\u0917 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0918\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0918\u0941\u0938\u0947\u0917\u0940, \u0924\u092c \u0924\u0915 \u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0928\u0940\u0902\u0926 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u091f\u0942\u091f\u0947\u0917\u0940\u0964<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Real_Anuj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Real_Anuj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JfJH5PQ3Kf\">pic.twitter.com\/JfJH5PQ3Kf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aman Mishra Radhe (@AmanMishraRadhe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmanMishraRadhe\/status\/1214991671613517824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The clip is widely circulating on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Pics%20of%20Hindu%20Gods%20were%20burnt%20in%20an%20anti%20CAA%20protest&amp;src=typed_query\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=Pics%20of%20Hindu%20Gods%20were%20burnt%20in%20an%20anti%20CAA%20protest&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\">Facebook<\/a>. Alt News has also received a verification request on its official mobile application where the claim suggests that pictures of Hindu gods were set ablaze by members of the Muslim community.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55343 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-02-at-4.18.30-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-02-at-4.18.30-PM.png 556w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-02-at-4.18.30-PM-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-02-at-4.18.30-PM-74x55.png 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Old video, false claim<\/h2>\n<p>If one carefully listens to the audio, the people in the clip can be heard chanting slogans in Kannada. At the 58-second mark in the video shared by Satya Bhat Suda, one can hear the protestors chant, <em>&#8220;Zindabad, Zindabad! Ambedkar Zindabad!&#8221;<\/em> Using this as a cue, Alt News performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=ambedkar%20burning%20hindu%20god&amp;epa=FILTERS&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lIjoie1wibmFtZVwiOlwiY3JlYXRpb25fdGltZVwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwie1xcXCJzdGFydF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOFxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOC0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDE4XFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOC0xMlxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTgtMS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTgtMTItMzFcXFwifVwifSJ9\">keyword search<\/a> on Facebook and found a link to this video from 2018.<\/p>\n<p>On August 23, 2018, Facebook user Prashanth Venkataswamy <span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;,P&quot;}\">posted the viral video in question with the claimed and wrote, <em>&#8220;Why this hell&#8230; What Hindus god have done to you&#8230; Secularism should be banned &#8230; Bring uniform civil code.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prashanth.venkataswamy\/videos\/10217152468902611\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/prashanth.venkataswamy\/videos\/10217152468902611\/\"><p>Why this hell&#8230; What Hindus god have done to you&#8230; Secularism should be banned &#8230; Bring uniform civil code<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prashanth.venkataswamy\">Prashanth Venkataswamy<\/a> on Thursday, 23 August 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other users had also shared the clip that same month, blaming supporters of B R Ambedkar of burning the posters. (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/4ceMN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/ambedkar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58195\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/ambedkar.png\" alt=\"ambedkar\" width=\"480\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/ambedkar.png 480w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/ambedkar-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alt News couldn&#8217;t verify the exact nature of the protest however, it is clearly not linked with CAA protests. The claim made in social media that the viral video shows CAA protestors are burning posters of Hindu deities is false.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Update: The claim &#8216;Muslim community burns posters of Hindu deities in Kerala&#8217; has been added to the report.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 2, several social media users shared a video and claimed that anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters burned pictures of Hindu gods during a rally. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra quote-tweeted one of the tweets that had shared the clip and wrote,\u00a0&#8220;This video is shocking &#8230;how can any protest have a right to defile the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":55331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-55318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Old video falsely shared as posters of Hindu deities burnt during CAA protests - 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=\"Old video falsely shared as posters of Hindu deities burnt during CAA protests - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On January 2, several social media users shared a video and claimed that anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters burned pictures of Hindu gods during a rally. 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