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BJP shares clipped video to falsely claim TMC’s Byron Biswas conceded defeat

Ankita Mahalanobish26th April 2026

A couple of days after the first phase of polling in West Bengal, a video showing Trinamool Congress’s Sagardighi candidate, Byron Biswas, went viral, in which he appeared to be…

No bikes, no booze, no outsiders: Poll panel’s unprecedented orders stump Bengal

Oishani Bhattacharya25th April 202625th April 2026

When the Election Commission of India deployed 2.4 lakh Central Armed Police Forces across West Bengal — three times the number sent during the 2021 assembly elections — it sent…

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma’s speech at Varanasi varsity shared out of context, falsely linked to RSS

Anindya Hazra24th April 2026

A video circulating on social media claims that Delhi high court judge Swarana Kanta Sharma rose rapidly in her career due to frequent visits to events linked to the Rashtriya…

Police thrashing TMC workers in Bengal? 2023 video falsely viral on polling day

Prantik Ali24th April 202624th April 2026

A video is going viral in the context of the West Bengal assembly election. In the clip, two men can be spotted sitting under a large Trinamool Congress (TMC) banner,…

Uncle-niece video goes viral with false claims and Islamophobic comments

Abhishek Kumar24th April 2026

A video is going viral on social media showing a man dressed in groom’s attire sitting and speaking with a young girl, estimated to be 5–7 years old. In the…

No, Jhargram vendor who sold jhal muri to PM Modi is not an SPG commando

Prantik Ali24th April 202624th April 2026

While campaigning in West Bengal’s Jhargram on April 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stopped at a roadside stall to enjoy some ‘jhal muri’, a popular street-food in several parts of…

CRPF action on ‘Trinamool goons’? Old video from Bangladesh falsely viral

Pawan Kumar22nd April 2026

A video is being widely shared on social media linking it to the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. It shows two men arriving on a motorcycle, dismounting, and attacking a…

AI videos, fear, and communal polarization: Inside BJP’s hateful digital campaign in Bengal

Prantik Ali & Anindya Hazra21st April 202625th April 2026

The battle for West Bengal has, this election cycle, been defined less by governance and more by an unrelenting churn of communal politics. What was once one strand among many…

Women’s quota or delimitation? Media misrepresents facts, Modi misleads nation

Oishani Bhattacharya & Anindya Hazra20th April 202620th April 2026

A day after a Constitution amendment bill seeking to redistribute Lok Sabha seats on the basis of the 2011 Census was stalled in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an…

Video of security movement in Manipur shared as CRPF entering Bengal to ‘protect Hindus’

Shinjinee Majumder17th April 2026

A video of a convoy of vehicles carrying security personnel is viral with the claim that the visuals are from West Bengal in the run-up to the assembly elections. Several…

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T20 World Cup revelry video from Prayagraj shared as celebration of BJP win in Bengal

Day 1 of regime change in Bengal: Bulldozer in New Market, biriyani shop told to shift, Muslim names erased