{"id":82073,"date":"2020-12-09T14:25:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T08:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=82073"},"modified":"2020-12-09T15:16:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T09:46:50","slug":"old-unrelated-images-viral-as-vandalism-by-farmers-during-bharat-bandh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-unrelated-images-viral-as-vandalism-by-farmers-during-bharat-bandh\/","title":{"rendered":"Old, unrelated images viral as vandalism by farmers during Bharat bandh"},"content":{"rendered":"

An image of vegetables scattered on the road is being widely shared on social media against the backdrop of Bharat bandh called by protesting farmers on December 8. The image was shared on Instagram by a user named pushpendrakulshresth<\/a> with the Hindi caption, “Is this Bharat bandh, you illiterate people? Do you have no shame hampering the daily bread of the poor! Just because there is no support, you’ll stoop down to this level. (\u091c\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092c\u0902\u0926 \u0925\u093e \u0924\u0941\u092e \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0925\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u092d\u0940 \u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0906\u092f\u0940 \u0917\u0930\u0940\u092c\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u094b\u091c\u0940-\u0930\u094b\u091f\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0916\u093f\u0932\u0935\u093e\u0921\u093c \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902!! \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092e\u093f\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0924\u094b \u0924\u0941\u092e \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u092d\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0917\u0947, \u0927\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u0948\u0902)”, which garnered over 24,000 likes. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Twitter handle @ThePushpendraK shared this image with a Hindi caption alluding that the bandh was called by ‘traitors’ in the garb of farmers.<\/span>\u00a0(Archive link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Many have posted the image with claims of vandalism during Bharat bandh.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Arpita Jana \u2653 (@arpispeaks) December 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A similar claim is also widespread with a Marathi caption.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Pooja Alhat (@PoojaAlhat1) December 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This image is massively viral on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> with the same Hindi caption.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The same photograph along with several others was used in an article by Kreately<\/a>, a website promoted by BJP leader Kapil Mishra. The article suggests that Bharat bandh was ‘anti-national’.<\/p>\n

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Alt News received a request on our WhatsApp helpline number (+917600011160) to authenticate the claim.<\/p>\n

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Old image unrelated to farmers’ protest<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Alt news performed a reverse image search and found a Twitter post where the same image was used on May 5, 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sharab se pet nahi bharta saheb
\nRoti sabji se bharta h pic.twitter.com\/uaa55z61qB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mohd Suleman Saifi (@MohdSulemanSai3) May 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A subsequent search with Hindi keywords led us to a tweet by Congress media panelist<\/span> Surendra Rajput. He shared two images of the same incident including the viral image. He claimed that the photograph was taken during coronavirus lockdown when liquor shops were allowed to operate under government supervision and incidents of violence against fruit and vegetable vendors were reported from across the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014 Surendra Rajput (@ssrajputINC) May 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We noticed a number plate in the background that reads ‘WB’ which is the vehicle code for West Bengal. Several shops also have boards inscribed with Bengali text.<\/p>\n