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Video from 2018 shared as 88 BJP MPs request Rajnath Singh to roll-back CAA, NRC

Nibedita Sen11th January 202014th January 2020

A 33-second video is viral on social media. The caption claims that the video shows BJP MPs requesting defence minister Rajnath Singh to revoke the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and…

BJP MLA Himanta Biswa posts cropped photo of anti-CAA rally in Assam to portray poor turnout

Jignesh Patel11th January 2020

On January 10, 2020, Assam BJP minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted an image where a crowd gathered at an anti-CAA rally was compared with the one at a pro-CAA rally…

Video from 2008 viral as female students of JNU abusing during protests

Nitika Amin11th January 202011th January 2020

A video is viral on Twitter and Facebook with the claim, “Most vulgar language used by the girl students of JNU in the Campus protest. And, we pay Tax to subsidise their…

Delhi police probe or ABVP investigation? DCP releases images shared earlier by ABVP

Pratik Sinha & Pooja Chaudhuri11th January 202011th January 2020

“In my SIT (Special Investigation Team), there are three ACPs and seven officers, and we have been working day and night“, announced DCP (Crime) Joy Tirkey during a January 10…

Mirror image used to portray JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh faked her injuries

Pooja Chaudhuri10th January 2020

Two photographs of JNSU president Aishe Ghosh have been juxtaposed together to portray that she plastered different arms at different times. Thus suggesting that her injuries are fake. Ghosh was…

Old video viral as “communists” in Kerala attack pro-CAA rally by BJP-RSS

Jignesh Patel9th January 202010th January 2020

A video of a group of bikers attacked by a mob is circulating on social media. It is being shared with the claim that a BJP-RSS rally, in support of…

Old, unrelated video shared as CAA support rally by Sadhus, Agoras in Haridwar

Nitika Amin9th January 20209th January 2020

A video is viral on Twitter and Facebook with the claim, “A procession of Sadhus, Agoras, in Haidwar in support of Modi’s CAA. No one knows where these people live…

Old video from Rajasthan falsely shared as Hindu women assaulted by Muslims in Pakistan

Jignesh Patel8th January 202016th January 2020

A video, where two men can be seen attempting to take a girl hostage while an elderly woman tries to stop the duo, was shared by Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy…

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