

{"id":82016,"date":"2020-12-08T19:55:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T14:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=82016"},"modified":"2021-02-04T19:46:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:16:57","slug":"video-of-2016-rally-by-sikh-groups-against-punjab-govt-falsely-linked-to-farmers-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-2016-rally-by-sikh-groups-against-punjab-govt-falsely-linked-to-farmers-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of 2016 rally by Sikh groups against Punjab govt falsely linked to farmers&#8217; protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the backdrop of the violence that ensued at the tractor rally held against centre&#8217;s farm bills on Republic Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210204141003\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/AchVikrmaditya\/status\/1356445798666366976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acharya Vikramaditya<\/a> (@AchVikrmaditya) tweeted a video of Sikh men at a pro-Khalistan rally and wrote, &#8220;If anyone still feels what&#8217;s happening is Delhi is a movement by farmers, watch this video and open your eyes&#8221;. (\u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0905\u092d\u0940 \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0924\u094b \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0906\u0902\u0916\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0927\u094b\u0916\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u091a\u0936\u094d\u092e\u093e \u0939\u091f\u093e \u0932\u0947\u0964)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0905\u092d\u0940 \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0924\u094b \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0906\u0902\u0916\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0927\u094b\u0916\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u091a\u0936\u094d\u092e\u093e \u0939\u091f\u093e \u0932\u0947\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PMOIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsherSLive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShamsherSLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bcyOBSCb3y\">pic.twitter.com\/bcyOBSCb3y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acharya Vikramaditya (@AchVikrmaditya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AchVikrmaditya\/status\/1356445798666366976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100036305206607\/videos\/424792448740925\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> with the same caption.<\/p>\n<p>It was earlier tweeted by Pakistani-Canadian author <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/8UG7G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tarek Fatah<\/a> with the claim, &#8220;Chanting #KhalistanZindabad and brandishing drawn swords, so-called \u2018farmers\u2019 praise #Bhindranwale as they head to Delhi to bring down the Indian flag on India\u2019s #RepublicDay&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chanting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KhalistanZindabad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KhalistanZindabad<\/a> and brandishing drawn swords, so-called \u2018farmers\u2019 praise <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bhindranwale?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bhindranwale<\/a> as they head to Delhi to bring down the Indian flag on India\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RepublicDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RepublicDay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>80 police injured, one protestor dead. All smiles in Islamabad and Ottawa as <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v00dOkFC0q\">pic.twitter.com\/v00dOkFC0q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TarekFatah\/status\/1354342539374047232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Viral since December 2020<\/h4>\n<p>On December 7, 2020, YouTuber Ankur Arya tweeted the same video and sarcastically wrote, &#8220;These are India&#8217;s poor farmers, the government should accept their demands &#8230; Now some people will say this is not from Delhi, some will say these aren&#8217;t farmers and others will say Ankur Arya is spreading hate. So that the attention is diverted from the main issue.&#8221; This tweet gained over 6,000 views. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201208111739\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/AchAnkurArya\/status\/1335977279210487809\">archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0939 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u0917\u0930\u0940\u092c \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928 \u0939\u0948 \u0907\u0928\u0915\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0902\u0917\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u094b \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930&#8230; \ud83d\ude15 \u0905\u092c \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u0915\u0939\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u092f\u0939 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940, \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0915\u0939\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u092f\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0964<br \/>\n\u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0915\u0939\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0915\u0941\u0930 \u0906\u0930\u094d\u092f \u0928\u092b\u0930\u0924 \u092b\u0948\u0932\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \ud83d\ude44<br \/>\n\u0924\u093e\u0915\u093f \u092e\u0942\u0932 \u0938\u0902\u0915\u091f \u0938\u0947 \u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0928 \u092d\u091f\u0915\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0947\u0902\u0964<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitShah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmitShah<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shehzad_Ind?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Shehzad_Ind<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpIndia_in?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OpIndia_in<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diljitdosanjh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@diljitdosanjh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dvLniI6qkr\">pic.twitter.com\/dvLniI6qkr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ach. Ankur Arya (@AchAnkurArya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AchAnkurArya\/status\/1335977279210487809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This video was shared by a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B9%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AC%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%20%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0..&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\">few Twitter users<\/a> as well. Alt News had received several requests to authenticate the claim on our WhatsApp helpline number (+917600011160) and on our <a title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" data-from-md=\"\">official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82019 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201208_151059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201208_151059.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201208_151059-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201208_151059-992x1024.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/IMG_20201208_151059-768x793.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Video from 2016<\/h4>\n<p>Multiple reverse image search attempts on various search engines led us to the same clip uploaded on YouTube account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t5oP0XGk4Cw\">Khalsa Gatka Group<\/a> on May 25, 2016. This video has over 17 million views.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82020 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-08-17_20_35-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1877\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-08-17_20_35-.jpg 1877w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-08-17_20_35--300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-08-17_20_35--1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-08-17_20_35--768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/2020-12-08-17_20_35--1536x653.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1877px) 100vw, 1877px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As per its title, the video was shot live at Beas, riverfront town in the Amritsar district of Punjab. The screenshot below compares the viral video with the video by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t5oP0XGk4Cw\">Khalsa Gatka Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82022 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/In-story-chart-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Facebook user had uploaded another video of the protest taken from a different angle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jatindersingh.khalsa.121\/videos\/481100972080110\/\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/jatindersingh.khalsa.121\/videos\/481100972080110\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0a2c\u0a3f\u0a06\u0a38 \u0a39\u0a48\u0a21 \u0a17\u0a41\u0a30\u0a26\u0a41\u0a06\u0a30\u0a3e \u0a26\u0a47 \u0a2c\u0a3e\u0a39\u0a30 \u0a2d\u0a3e\u0a30\u0a40 \u0a07\u0a71\u0a15\u0a20 \u0a16\u0a3e\u0a32\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a24\u0a3e\u0a28 \u0a1c\u0a3f\u0a70\u0a26\u0a3e\u0a2c\u0a3e\u0a26 \u0a26\u0a47 \u0a32\u0a71\u0a17\u0a47 \u0a28\u0a3e\u0a06\u0a30\u0a47<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jatindersingh.khalsa.121\">\u0a1c\u0a24\u0a3f\u0a70\u0a26\u0a30 \u0a38\u0a3f\u0a70\u0a18 \u0a38\u0a4b\u0a22\u0a40<\/a> on Wednesday, 25 May 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>On May 25, 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/punjab\/sikh-hardliners-hold-anakh-rally-at-beas-bridge-to-challenge-shiv-sena-in-absentia-after-cancellation-of-lalkar-rally\/story-v6KzHSiNeju8Vcbt8rlHXK.html\">Hindustan Times<\/a> reported that Sikh hardliners assembled at the Beas bridge for &#8216;Anakh Rally&#8217; (Rally for Pride) to protest against the Shiv Sena and the Punjab government. The rally was held in opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-news-india\/a-rally-to-protest-against-a-cancelled-rally-2817821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lalkar rally<\/a> organised by Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Suraksha Samiti (ABHSS) Punjab. Even as Lalkar rally was cancelled, Sikh groups assembled at Beas bridge. \u201cLalkar Rally smelt of a nexus between SAD-BJP government and the communal forces. We will not let anyone create tension in the state,\u201d said Dhian Singh Mand, one of the leaders who addressed the protest.<\/p>\n<p>The protest was also covered by local Punjabi media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WRF7JxKA_aQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WRF7JxKA_aQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thus, a four-year-old video of a protest held by Sikh groups against the Punjab government and the Shiv Sena was falsely linked to the farmers&#8217; protest in Delhi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the backdrop of the violence that ensued at the tractor rally held against centre&#8217;s farm bills on Republic Day, Acharya Vikramaditya (@AchVikrmaditya) tweeted a video of Sikh men at a pro-Khalistan rally and wrote, &#8220;If anyone still feels what&#8217;s happening is Delhi is a movement by farmers, watch this video and open your eyes&#8221;. 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