Archive · 25 Aug 2026
2018 Video Misrepresented as Current Punjab School Condition
A video shows badly damaged toilets at a government school.
The person recording it says the school is in Jalla, Punjab.
Some social media users shared the video as if it were filmed recently.
They said it showed the condition of schools under the Aam Aadmi Party government.
But the video was actually recorded in 2018.
That means it cannot prove what the school looks like today.
The posts also criticized Abhijeet Dipke, who has been visiting schools in Maharashtra.
He is part of a campaign called School Thik Karo.
A nearly two-minute video shows dilapidated girls’ toilets with no ceiling and running water.
The footage identifies the location as a government school in Jalla, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab.
The video is from 2018, not a current depiction of Punjab government schools.
BJP-linked accounts shared it as evidence of school conditions under the Aam Aadmi Party government.
Posts also questioned Abhijeet Dipke’s Maharashtra school-auditing campaign, School Thik Karo.
- Who
- BJP-linked accounts, including Pradeep Bhandari, BJP Punjab, and MP Harbhajan Singh, shared the video; the footage features a man identifying the school.
- What
- A 2018 video of damaged girls’ toilets was falsely shared as a current view of a Punjab government school.
- When
- The footage is from 2018; the social-media posts shared it as current.
- Where
- A government school in Jalla, Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab.
- Why
- The video was used to criticize the condition of Punjab government schools under the Aam Aadmi Party government and to question Abhijeet Dipke’s school-auditing campaign in Maharashtra.
Those Sharing the Claim
What the Video’s Date Shows
Whether the footage is current
Those Sharing the Claim
BJP-linked accounts presented the video as a recent depiction of a government school in Punjab.
What the Video’s Date Shows
The video is from 2018, so it was falsely represented as current footage.
Political criticism
Those Sharing the Claim
The posts used the footage to criticize Punjab government schools under the Aam Aadmi Party government and question the School Thik Karo campaign.
What the Video’s Date Shows
Because the footage is old, it does not establish the current condition of Punjab schools or directly assess the Maharashtra campaign.
- Video date
- 2018
- Video length
- Nearly two minutes
- Reported location
- Government school in Jalla, Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab
- Visible condition
- Broken girls’ toilets with no ceiling and running water
- Misleading claim
- The video shows the current condition of Punjab government schools under the Aam Aadmi Party government
- Accounts cited
- Pradeep Bhandari, BJP Punjab, and MP Harbhajan Singh
- Related campaign
- School Thik Karo, involving school visits and audits in Maharashtra