{"id":65495,"date":"2020-04-30T17:25:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T11:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=65495"},"modified":"2020-04-30T17:25:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T11:55:27","slug":"akali-dals-manjinder-sirsa-shares-video-from-surat-as-lockdown-violation-in-delhis-daryaganj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/akali-dals-manjinder-sirsa-shares-video-from-surat-as-lockdown-violation-in-delhis-daryaganj\/","title":{"rendered":"Akali Dal&#8217;s Manjinder Sirsa shares video from Surat as lockdown violation in Delhi&#8217;s Daryaganj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a large group of people mostly wearing a skull cap has gone viral on social media with the claim that these are scenes from Delhi&#8217;s Daryaganj locality where lockdown rules are being violated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0917\u0902\u091c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u094b\u0936\u0932 \u0921\u093f\u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u0902\u0938\u093f\u0917, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0932\u093e\u0945\u0915\u0921\u093e\u0909\u0928<\/a> \u0915\u093e \u092a\u093e\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u091c\u093f\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0947\u0926\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zlZNePJM3G\">pic.twitter.com\/zlZNePJM3G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jai Shri Ram (@bjplao) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjplao\/status\/1255518674259230720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Akali Dal leader Manjinder Sirsa too tweeted the video with the same claim and took a jibe at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal accusing him of &#8220;pushing the lives of Delhi resident towards death&#8221; by not enforcing the social distancing norms. The tweet had garnered close to 4,000 retweets before it was taken down. An archived version of the tweet can be accessed <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/hr5Xa#selection-3037.0-3037.18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2020-04-30-13_38_55-Manjinder-S-Sirsa-on-Twitter_-_\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940-\u0915\u0947-\u0926\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0917\u0902\u091c-\u0915\u093e-\u0939\u093e\u0932-\u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u090f-@ArvindKejriwal-\u091c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2020-04-30-13_38_55-Manjinder-S-Sirsa-on-Twitter_-_\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940-\u0915\u0947-\u0926\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0917\u0902\u091c-\u0915\u093e-\u0939\u093e\u0932-\u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u090f-@ArvindKejriwal-\u091c.jpg 482w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2020-04-30-13_38_55-Manjinder-S-Sirsa-on-Twitter_-_\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940-\u0915\u0947-\u0926\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0917\u0902\u091c-\u0915\u093e-\u0939\u093e\u0932-\u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u090f-@ArvindKejriwal-\u091c-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several other individuals on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C%20Social%20Distancing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C%20Social%20Distancing%20filter%3Avideos&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> posted the video with the identical claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65501\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2020-04-30-14_00_05-2-Facebook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2020-04-30-14_00_05-2-Facebook.png 502w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2020-04-30-14_00_05-2-Facebook-300x284.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News found that the video tweeted Sirsa is from actually Surat, Gujarat. It shows a market in the Limbayat area where lockdown rules were allegedly flouted by the locals on April 26, 2020. The same video was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parul.mahadik.90\/posts\/228680908405805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> by journalist Parul Mahadik on the same day with the caption, &#8220;The video is from Surat&#8217;s coronavirus hotspot Limbayat area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parul.mahadik.90\/videos\/228680831739146\/\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/parul.mahadik.90\/videos\/228680831739146\/\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parul.mahadik.90\">Parul Mahadik<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/parul.mahadik.90\/videos\/228680831739146\/\">Sunday, 26 April 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to a report by media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.oneindia.com\/news\/surat\/watch-crowd-in-the-surat-market-near-madina-mosque-social-distancing-failed-557528.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>One India<\/em><\/a>, a video from the area went viral on social media following which policemen reached the spot in huge numbers. Seeing the police, the crowd went helter-skelter. The report stated that the police has registered three different cases and nabbed 25 people in the matter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65507\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2020-04-30-15_11_53-\u0938\u0942\u0930\u0924-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092e\u0926\u0940\u0928\u093e-\u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u093e\u0938-\u091c\u092e\u093e-\u0939\u0941\u0908-\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0940-\u092d\u0940\u0921\u093c-\u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b-\u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932-\u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947-\u092a\u0930-25-\u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"911\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2020-04-30-15_11_53-\u0938\u0942\u0930\u0924-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092e\u0926\u0940\u0928\u093e-\u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u093e\u0938-\u091c\u092e\u093e-\u0939\u0941\u0908-\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0940-\u092d\u0940\u0921\u093c-\u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b-\u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932-\u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947-\u092a\u0930-25-\u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930.png 911w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2020-04-30-15_11_53-\u0938\u0942\u0930\u0924-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092e\u0926\u0940\u0928\u093e-\u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u093e\u0938-\u091c\u092e\u093e-\u0939\u0941\u0908-\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0940-\u092d\u0940\u0921\u093c-\u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b-\u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932-\u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947-\u092a\u0930-25-\u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/04\/2020-04-30-15_11_53-\u0938\u0942\u0930\u0924-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u092e\u0926\u0940\u0928\u093e-\u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926-\u0915\u0947-\u092a\u093e\u0938-\u091c\u092e\u093e-\u0939\u0941\u0908-\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0940-\u092d\u0940\u0921\u093c-\u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b-\u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932-\u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947-\u092a\u0930-25-\u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930-768x539.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/>In conclusion, a video of a crowd in Surat flouting the lockdown rules was shared with the false claim that the video depicted scenes from Delhi&#8217;s Daryaganj.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a large group of people mostly wearing a skull cap has gone viral on social media with the claim that these are scenes from Delhi&#8217;s Daryaganj locality where lockdown rules are being violated. \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0930\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0917\u0902\u091c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u094b\u0936\u0932 \u0921\u093f\u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u0902\u0938\u093f\u0917, #\u0932\u093e\u0945\u0915\u0921\u093e\u0909\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u093e\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u091c\u093f\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0947\u0926\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915\u0964 pic.twitter.com\/zlZNePJM3G \u2014 Jai Shri Ram (@bjplao) 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