{"id":74431,"date":"2020-09-02T00:51:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T19:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=74431"},"modified":"2020-09-02T00:51:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T19:21:42","slug":"old-video-of-protest-against-privatisation-in-railway-shared-as-recent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-protest-against-privatisation-in-railway-shared-as-recent\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of protest against privatisation of railways in Punjab viral as recent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a huge rally is being shared widely on social media. As per a banner visible in the video, the rally was organised in protest of the privatization of railways. It is being claimed on social media that these protests held by railway employees have been going for the past seven days. Facebook user Amanjeet Singh posted this video on July 28 with the caption, \u201c\u092a\u0942\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930 7 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0916\u094b\u0902 \u201c\u0930\u0947\u0932\u0935\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u091a\u093e\u0930\u0940\u201d \u0928\u093f\u091c\u0940\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092b \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u091a\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u2026.\u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 ???\u201d The post was viewed by over 18 lakh users and shared 50,000 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/rZU4k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/babbal.baiji\/videos\/128150438953647\/\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/babbal.baiji\/videos\/128150438953647\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u092a\u0942\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930 7 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0916\u094b\u0902 &#8220;\u0930\u0947\u0932\u0935\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u091a\u093e\u0930\u0940&#8221; \u0928\u093f\u091c\u0940\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092b \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \ud83e\udd37<\/p>\n<p>\u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u091a\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 ???<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/babbal.baiji\">Amanjeet Singh<\/a> on Tuesday, 28 July 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Facebook users <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/200354543854856?view=permalink&amp;id=712692072621098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kulvir Gill<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deepakkhatri812\/videos\/3393803143975135\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deepak Khatri<\/a>, along with Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bhiwanikiawaz\/videos\/2704520866533209\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bhavani ki Awaaz<\/a> also shared the video with the same claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-74431 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-08-31-14_39_18-5-\u092d\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0940-\u0915\u0940-\u0906\u0935\u093e\u095b-Posts.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-08-31-14_39_18-5-\u092d\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0940-\u0915\u0940-\u0906\u0935\u093e\u095b-Posts.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-08-31-14_39_18-5-\u092d\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0940-\u0915\u0940-\u0906\u0935\u093e\u095b-Posts-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-08-31-14_39_18-5-\u092d\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0940-\u0915\u0940-\u0906\u0935\u093e\u095b-Posts-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-08-31-14_39_18-5-\u092d\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0940-\u0915\u0940-\u0906\u0935\u093e\u095b-Posts-74x55.jpg 74w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/2020-08-31-14_39_18-5-\u092d\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0940-\u0915\u0940-\u0906\u0935\u093e\u095b-Posts-111x83.jpg 111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The video was also shared on Twitter by user Vishesh Yadav, who made the same claim. This was viewed over 12,000 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/x3SoF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u0942\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930 7 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0916\u094b\u0902 &#8220;\u0930\u0947\u0932\u0935\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u091a\u093e\u0930\u0940&#8221; \u0928\u093f\u091c\u0940\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092b \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \ud83e\udd37<\/p>\n<p>\u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u091a\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y0jawrkQ1G\">pic.twitter.com\/y0jawrkQ1G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vishesh Yadav (@Yvishesh1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yvishesh1\/status\/1297384384794783746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1762652810552837&amp;set=gm.608348609853038&amp;type=3&amp;theater&amp;ifg=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Big Fan Of Ravish Kumar\u2019<\/a> posted a picture of this rally which was shared over 1,500 times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1065\" height=\"825\" class=\"wp-image-74433 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image.jpeg 1065w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image-300x232.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image-1024x793.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image-768x595.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image-990x767.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1065px) 100vw, 1065px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>The video does not represent a recent event which is evident from the fact that no person can be seen wearing a mask. Additionally, the banner visible in the video has \u201cKapurthala\u201d written on it. Kapurthala is a city in Punjab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"442\" class=\"wp-image-74434 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image.png 486w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Upon conducting a keyword search, we found that this video was posted on July 9, 2019, by The Tribune. As per the news outlet, this was a protest against privatization of railways by workers of the rail coach factory. Apart from this, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mahiyar.sharma\/videos\/2455886387802889\/?story_fbid=2455886387802889&amp;id=100001446558403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook user<\/a> had shared this video on July 7, 2019, along with the same message which has gone viral now.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Employees of Rail Coach factory hold protest rally against privatisation in Kapurthala\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5w-v4Vk2mTk?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>Moreover, the viral picture was also shared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/railsamachar.com\/?p=1722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rail Samachar website<\/a> on July 12, 2019, along with a few more pictures of the same event. Maharashtra cabinet minister Nawab Malik had tweeted a few pictures of this rally on July 15, 2019, which includes the viral picture.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092d\u0930 \u0932\u093e\u0916\u094b\u0902 \u0930\u0947\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093f\u091c\u0940\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092b \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0905\u0928\u0926\u0947\u0916\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964<br \/> \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0932\u094b\u0915\u0924\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u091a\u094c\u0925\u093e \u0905\u0938\u094d\u0924\u092e\u094d\u092d \u0922\u0939 \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/railandolan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#railandolan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RZBcuBOEFG\">pic.twitter.com\/RZBcuBOEFG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nawab Malik \u0646\u0648\u0627\u0628 \u0645\u0644\u06a9 \u0928\u0935\u093e\u092c \u092e\u0932\u093f\u0915 (@nawabmalikncp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nawabmalikncp\/status\/1150695754492628992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jagran.com\/punjab\/kapurthala-workers-on-the-road-protesting-privatization-19371970.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dainik Jagran\u2019s report<\/a> from July 5, 2019, the rally was organized by railway employees in protest against privatization of the rail coach factory. The employees raised slogans against the government which is clearly audible in the video. The report also mentioned that the employees, along with their family members, rallied across the factory\u2019s Ramleela Maidan, where others around also joined in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"659\" class=\"wp-image-74435 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image-1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image-1.png 945w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image-1-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/word-image-1-768x536.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/>In order to confirm whether there has been any recent protest in Kapurthala against the privatization of railways, we conducted another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3+%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7+%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=578&amp;sxsrf=ALeKk03bA8TQuPqlUzs8-2Adfmzo5GbfRg%3A1598870408218&amp;source=lnt&amp;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F2020%2Ccd_max%3A8%2F31%2F2020&amp;tbm=nws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">keywords search<\/a>. As per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jagran.com\/punjab\/kapurthala-employees-protest-rally-against-privatization-19913434.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dainik Jagran\u2019s report<\/a> from January 7, 2020, railways employees organised a protest rally on January 6, 2020. The report mentioned that the RCF Bachao Sangharsh Committee organised this rally in support of the central labour organisations\u2019 rally which was to be held on January 8. The main objective was to protest the railway ministry\u2019s plans of privatisation and introduction of the contracting system in factory production. After January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3+%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7+%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=578&amp;sxsrf=ALeKk03bA8TQuPqlUzs8-2Adfmzo5GbfRg%3A1598870408218&amp;source=lnt&amp;tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F2020%2Ccd_max%3A8%2F31%2F2020&amp;tbm=nws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no rallies have been reportedly held in Kapurthala<\/a>. However, protests continue in other parts of the country, most significantly in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jagran.com\/punjab\/ludhiana-demonstrated-against-privatization-of-railway-20352966.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ludhiana<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/jharkhand\/protests-in-dhanbad-against-privatisation-of-mines-and-railways\/cid\/1788685#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dhanbad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An old video of protests by railways employees in Punjab\u2019s Kapurthala was misrepresented as a recent video with the false claim that these protests are going on since the past seven days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a huge rally is being shared widely on social media. As per a banner visible in the video, the rally was organised in protest of the privatization of railways. It is being claimed on social media that these protests held by railway employees have been going for the past seven days. 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