{"id":88786,"date":"2021-03-22T20:18:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T14:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=88786"},"modified":"2021-03-22T21:15:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T15:45:02","slug":"2016-images-of-clash-in-bjp-party-workers-convention-in-howrah-west-bengal-shared-as-recent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2016-images-of-clash-in-bjp-party-workers-convention-in-howrah-west-bengal-shared-as-recent\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of BJP West Bengal workers clashing with each other is from 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP have been campaigning<\/a> ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal. On March 19, Newslaundry<\/a> reported that BJP workers in West Bengal were dissatisfied with the tickets distribution and angry party workers also vandalized the BJP office.<\/p>\n

In the backdrop of this, pictures of BJP workers resorting to physical alteration and vandalism inside what looks like a temporary party office has been shared. BJP flags and people sporting party scarves can be spotted. Rohan Gupta, chairman of the social media department of the Congress, tweeted the images and wrote, “BJP workers showing the trailer of Bengal’s golden future!” At the time of writing, his tweet amassed 8,000 likes and around 2,000 retweets. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Rohan Gupta (@rohanrgupta) March 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Twitter user @i_the_indian_<\/a> sarcastically remarked that BJP Bengal workers were practising making the state ‘Sonar Bangla’ from inside the party office. The tweet also carried the hashtag #NoVoteToBJP. Several people in the replies<\/a> believe that the images are recent.<\/p>\n

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Twitter user Kamesh Shivhare INC<\/a> also tweeted these photos. The replies to his post<\/a> too suggest that users are linking them with the upcoming polls.<\/p>\n

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The pictures have also been posted on Facebook with Bengali messages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We found these photos in a tweet dated April 5, 2016, after performing a keyword search<\/a> on Twitter. According to the tweet, these pictures were taken during a clash between BJP workers in Howrah, West Bengal.<\/p>\n

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BJP workers clash in Howrah at a party workers’ convention for Rupa Ganguly,actress&BJP candidate from Howrah North. pic.twitter.com\/toDFHVma6T<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Scotchy(Team) (@scotchism) April 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Firstpost<\/a> report dated March 3, 2016, carries two of the viral images. According to the outlet, a clash broke out between BJP workers in Howrah at a party-wide convention for actress and BJP candidate Rupa Ganguly. The photo has been attributed to PTI. The viral photo was also published in a report in The Times of India<\/a> report from April 2016.<\/p>\n

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On April 3, 2016, India TV shared video footage of the skirmish.<\/p>\n