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Edited image of ‘Sikh without moustache’ viral to discredit farmers’ protest

Priyanka Jha4th December 202017th February 2024

An image of a Sikh man apparently without a moustache is being shared on social media with the claim that a Muslim man was posing as a Sikh in the…

Old video of workers alleging AAP paid them to join rally viral with farmers’ protest spin

Archit3rd December 20207th December 2020

A video is being shared on Facebook and Twitter in which multiple labourers from Haryana’s Bahadurgarh claim they haven’t been given the agreed-upon sum of ₹350 per person before coming…

Photo from 2018 viral as thousands gather for ongoing farmers’ protest

Kinjal3rd December 2020

Several old pictures and videos have been shared on social media with the claim that they represent the ongoing farmers’ protests. In the latest spree, a photo of thousands of…

Farmers’ protests: Old image falsely viral as woman standing up against policemen

Anuradha Prasad3rd December 2020

A photograph of a woman branding a lathi at policemen in riot gear has been linked to the farmers’ protest and shared on social media. A parody Twitter account that…

Banner from a 2018 farmers’ protest by AIKS shared as recent

Archit2nd December 20202nd December 2020

An image that shows a banner inscribed with the slogan, “Not Modi, Not Yogi, Not Jai Shri Ram, if someone rules the nation it has to be labourers and farmers”…

Farmers’ protest: Old video viral as thousands of Nihang Sikhs march for Delhi from Punjab

Archit2nd December 20203rd December 2020

A one-minute video is viral on Facebook and Twitter with the claim that 20,000 Nihang Sikhs have departed for Delhi from Punjab on 2,000 horses to support protesting farmers. @SanjayV_INC,…

Old photo of Asaduddin Owaisi and Smriti Irani falsely viral as BJP-AIMIM ‘alliance’

Anuradha Prasad2nd December 20208th September 2021

National secretary of Congress student wing NSUI, Roshan Lal Bittu, tweeted a photo of AIMIM head Asaduddin Owaisi with Union Minister Smriti Irani and wrote, “Internal Meeting of RSS Propaganda…

Ravish Kumar’s photo covering 2018 farmers’ protest shared as him joining recent movement

Pooja Chaudhuri2nd December 2020

A photograph of Ravish Kumar has been shared on social media to mock the journalist by claiming he is heading for “biryani” during farmers’ protest. The dish has again become…

No, Sikh man injured during farmers’ protest is not Captain PPS Dhillon (Retd.)

Archit1st December 20202nd December 2020

Amidst the recent farmers’ protest, Alt News has verified multiple claims where unrelated individuals were linked to the movement — Bilkis Bano and Dr Rajkumari Bansal — in an attempt…

Old, unrelated photo shared as farmers protesting revocation of Article 370

Archit30th November 202030th November 2020

In the last week on November, thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh began their march towards the national capital in protests against new farm bills introduced…

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Javed Akhtar, Banu Mushtaq and the contagion of religious sentiments getting hurt

Letter claiming ‘RSS did not participate in anti-British movement’ is morphed