{"id":71287,"date":"2020-07-17T20:37:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T15:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=71287"},"modified":"2020-07-17T20:38:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T15:08:32","slug":"congress-leader-acharya-pramod-shares-old-image-as-brahmans-burning-bjp-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-leader-acharya-pramod-shares-old-image-as-brahmans-burning-bjp-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress leader Acharya Pramod shares old image as &#8216;Brahmans&#8217; burning BJP flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 15, Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam posted an image of men burning BJP flags on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AcharyaPramodk\/status\/1283415953196216320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/OtcPw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AcharyaPramodKrishnam\/photos\/a.827847320609584\/3234435673284058\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>. Krishnam claimed that members of the Brahman community burned the flags. Cumulatively, both posts were shared over 5,000 times and liked over 20,000 times.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-71287 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-leader-acharya-pramod-shares-old-image-as-brahmans-burning-bjp-flags\/screenshot-2020-07-17-at-13-02-23\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-at-13.02.23.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-at-13.02.23.jpg 592w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-at-13.02.23-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-leader-acharya-pramod-shares-old-image-as-brahmans-burning-bjp-flags\/screenshot-2020-07-17\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-768x666.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sidhujaihind\/status\/1271476700933570560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Sidhujaihind<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/FUvOJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>) also shared this image. Alt News has received multiple requests on Twitter to fact-check this image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71292 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-at-13.19.16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-at-13.19.16.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-at-13.19.16-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search using multiple search engines but could not find relevant results. However, we came across a 2019 fact-check report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vishvasnews.com\/politics\/fact-check-of-bjp-flag-burning-in-siwan-bihar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vishvas News<\/a>. According to the report, the image was viral last year with a similar claim. As per their investigation, the building in the background resembles a BJP office and the turban worn by the politician in the BJP banner resembles a Rajasthani turban. Using this as a clue they performed a reverse image search and found that Dainik Bhaskar had published the image in their article around 2018 assembly elections in Rajasthan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vishvasnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/Untitled-12-3-1024x783.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Supporters of local politician Hansraj Patel burnt the effigies of UP BJP organization general secretary Sunil Bansal and Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71294 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-at-13.50.32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"985\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-at-13.50.32.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-at-13.50.32-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-17-at-13.50.32-768x312.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News tried to find the Dainik Bhaskar report, however, it is no longer available online. We did find a cached preview of the 2018 article on <a href=\"https:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:https:\/\/www.bhaskar.com\/rajasthan\/zila-news\/news\/in-the-last-list-of-bjp-candidates-made-by-mukesh-goyal-from-kotputli-044121-3234168.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a>, but it doesn&#8217;t include the viral image (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/WibOy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>). However, after a keyword search on YouTube, we found that the channel Lokvarta uploaded a news report where the burning of flags has been captured on video.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"\u0939\u0902\u0938\u0930\u093e\u091c \u092a\u091f\u0947\u0932 \u0915\u093e \u091f\u093f\u0915\u091f \u0915\u091f\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u0902\u0938\u0930\u093e\u091c \u092a\u091f\u0947\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0915 \u092d\u093e\u091c\u092a\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0917\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0915\u0930 \u092a\u0930\u094d\u091a\u093e \u0926\u093e\u0916\u093f\u0932 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H9W1cLp9my4?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>\n<p>Thus, Acharya Pramod Krishnam&#8217;s claim that Brahmans burnt BJP flags is false. The image is from the 2018 assembly elections in Rajasthan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 15, Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam posted an image of men burning BJP flags on Twitter (archive link) and Facebook. Krishnam claimed that members of the Brahman community burned the flags. Cumulatively, both posts were shared over 5,000 times and liked over 20,000 times. Twitter user @Sidhujaihind (archive link) also shared this image. 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