{"id":92116,"date":"2021-05-04T21:31:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=92116"},"modified":"2021-05-04T21:34:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T16:04:40","slug":"old-video-shared-as-tmc-celebrating-poll-victory-with-guns-and-swords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-shared-as-tmc-celebrating-poll-victory-with-guns-and-swords\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video shared as TMC celebrating poll victory with guns and swords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the TMC retained power in West Bengal, the State has been gripped with violence. At least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequint.com\/west-bengal-elections\/west-bengal-elections-post-poll-violence-death-misinformation-politics#read-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">14 people have died<\/a> as a result of the election results. While the opposition has blamed the TMC, leaders of TMC have claimed that a disinformation campaign has been started against the party. In the backdrop of this, several BJP members or supporters have shared a 16-second clip of men dancing with sword and guns to the Bengali song &#8216;Khela Hobe&#8217;. This song was AITC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-khela-hobe-bengal-assembly-polls-7201242\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anthem<\/a> in the recent elections.<\/p>\n<p>BJP leader Kuljeet Singh Chahal <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/qJiym\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> the video and wrote, &#8220;TMC\u2019s post result celebration&#8230; #BengalBurning&#8221;. This video has gained close to 40,000 views.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TMC\u2019s post result celebration&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BengalBurning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BengalBurning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3oYOR6Pna1\">pic.twitter.com\/3oYOR6Pna1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kuljeet Singh Chahal (@kuljeetschahal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kuljeetschahal\/status\/1389529036150378502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Social media manager for BJP Mahila Morcha Priti Gandhi also <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/xOQv0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> the video, gathering over 15,000 views.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Post result celebration in West Bengal&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KhelaHobe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KhelaHobe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s6nfzRjSno\">pic.twitter.com\/s6nfzRjSno<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Priti Gandhi &#8211; \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0924\u093f \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 (@MrsGandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsGandhi\/status\/1389530302922387458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>President of the Indian Film and Television Directors\u2019 Association Ashoke Pandit <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/SA9Cg\">wrote<\/a>, &#8220;This is not #Kashmir but TMC\u2019s post result celebration&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is not <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kashmir?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kashmir<\/a> but<br \/>\nTMC\u2019s post result celebration&#8230;<br \/>\nBengal is doomed.. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PresidentsRuleinBengal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PresidentsRuleinBengal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BengalBurning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BengalBurning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%93_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932_\u092c\u091a\u093e\u0913_\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940\u091c\u0940<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932_\u092c\u0928\u0947\u0917\u093e_\u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7UyN1FWn9p\">pic.twitter.com\/7UyN1FWn9p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashokepandit\/status\/1389555998306697222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/tDtDH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@impritamhalder<\/a>, propaganda media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/1EeTn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KreatelyOSINT<\/a> and BJP supporter Shefali Vaidya promoted the clip as well. Between these two accounts, the video gained over 1 lakh views. Similarly, multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=TMC%20goons%20weapons&amp;sde=AbrncOC9Eo4JY_OLJrNRxWbosfm1ezmJR0aX8OWKgLG1ilxgg98ELbozPbV_g85X9dPMRY0BVOKSo_9vqwB3JHXI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> users have posted this video.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-92116 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 href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-shared-as-tmc-celebrating-poll-victory-with-guns-and-swords\/screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8-12-13-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1094\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.12.13-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.12.13-PM.jpg 1094w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.12.13-PM-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.12.13-PM-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.12.13-PM-768x487.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1094px) 100vw, 1094px\" \/><\/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\/old-video-shared-as-tmc-celebrating-poll-victory-with-guns-and-swords\/screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8-00-44-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.00.44-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.00.44-PM.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.00.44-PM-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><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\/old-video-shared-as-tmc-celebrating-poll-victory-with-guns-and-swords\/674eeb75-71a9-463b-af0e-a6996a64e46e\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/674eeb75-71a9-463b-af0e-a6996a64e46e.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/674eeb75-71a9-463b-af0e-a6996a64e46e.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/674eeb75-71a9-463b-af0e-a6996a64e46e-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Old video<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search on <a href=\"https:\/\/yandex.com\/images\/search?rpt=imageview&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Favatars.mds.yandex.net%2Fget-images-cbir%2F4598258%2FFYb3Z0EHhBk7a2eIucfSnQ3364%2Forig&amp;cbir_id=4598258%2FFYb3Z0EHhBk7a2eIucfSnQ3364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yandex<\/a> and found that Instagram user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFmwXvPBh1c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pavan_patil26<\/a> had uploaded this video last year, however, a different song is playing in the background.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92131 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.28.10-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"805\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.28.10-PM.jpg 805w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.28.10-PM-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-04-at-8.28.10-PM-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, musician Tanmoy Abhinaba Banerjee released the song &#8216;Khela Hobe&#8217; in 2021 which means that the song could not have used last year. It is evident that the song was superimposed on the old video. Another Instagram user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKNuC_ClEwY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">manish_sagwania<\/a> uploaded the video in January with yet another song.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News was unable to determine the specific details of the video but it does not show TMC celebrating its victory after winning the West Bengal elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the TMC retained power in West Bengal, the State has been gripped with violence. At least 14 people have died as a result of the election results. While the opposition has blamed the TMC, leaders of TMC have claimed that a disinformation campaign has been started against the party. 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