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Old Video Misleadingly Linked to Recent Protests Against CEC
A video showing many people in a street has spread online.
People in the video chant, “Remove EVMs, save the nation.”
Some posts say the video shows a recent protest in Delhi.
They claim the protest was against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
They also connect it to a review of voter lists called the Special Intensive Revision.
However, the video is old.
It is not from the recent protest being described.
This means the video has been shared with a false connection.
A video of a large crowd chanting “EVM hatao, desh bachao” has circulated online.
It was shared as footage from recent protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
The alleged protests reportedly demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
The claim linked the protests to the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
The video is old and unrelated to the recent protests described in the claim.
- Who
- The viral claim concerns protesters, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and the Election Commission.
- What
- An old video was falsely presented as recent footage of protests against Gyanesh Kumar.
- Where
- The claim said the footage was from Jantar Mantar in Delhi, but the video is unrelated to those protests.
- When
- The video’s original date is not stated; it was shared as showing recent protests.
- Why
- It was shared to suggest that the video showed opposition to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and demands for the CEC’s resignation.
Viral Claim
Fact-Checking Finding
Source of the footage
Viral Claim
The video is presented as recent footage from a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
Fact-Checking Finding
The video is identified as old and unrelated to the recent protests.
Meaning of the video
Viral Claim
The post uses the crowd’s anti-EVM chant to support claims against Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision.
Fact-Checking Finding
The chant does not establish that the footage came from the recent protests or concerned the stated demands.
Key facts
- Video content
- A large crowd chants “EVM hatao, desh bachao.”
- Viral claim
- The footage shows recent protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
- Finding
- The video is old and unrelated to the claimed protests.
- Protest demand
- The claim says protesters sought Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- Related issue
- The claim refers to the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- Location named in claim
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi
Quotes
The crowd in the video
A crowd shown chanting in the viral street video
“EVM hatao, desh bachao”
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Sources
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