BJP, RSS Not Letting Muslims Vote? No, It’s an Old Video from Guj
A viral video falsely claims that BJP, RSS and Shiv Sena are not allowing Muslims to vote.
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CLAIM
A viral video on social media claims that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Shiv Sena are not allowing Muslims to vote. The claim reads: “ ताजा खबर मुसलमानों को वोट देने से रोक रहे है मोदी सरकार बीजेपी आरएसएस शिवसेना वाले बुड्ढे बच्चे और महिलाओं पर मारपीट कर रहे हैं इस वीडियो को मीडिया वाले शेयर नहीं करेगा इसलिए इस वीडियो को ज्यादा से ज्यादा शेयर करें और आर एस एस और मोदी के खिलाफ कार्रवाई होनी चाहिए”
(Translated: The latest news is that Modi government, BJP, RSS , Shiv Sena are stopping Muslims from voting. The elderly, children and women are being beaten up. Since, the media will not share this video, share it as much as you can. Action should be taken against the RSS and Modi. )
Several social media users have shared the video on Facebook and Twitter with a similar claim.
The Quint also received a query about the claims made about the same video via our WhatsApp helpline.
TRUE OR FALSE?
The claims made about the viral video are false. The video is from Viramgam town in Ahmedabad district, Gujarat where a clash between two communities had taken place in April.
WHAT WE FOUND OUT?
We did a frame-to-frame analysis using InVID, a video verification tool and then reverse searched each frame on reverse search image engine Yandex. This analysis led us to a tweet that was shared by ‘Cloudy Swaraj’ on 3 April.
The tweet had earlier shared the same video that is viral now and claimed that it was from Viramgam, Ahmedabad.
Fake news busting site Alt News carried out a Google search with Gujarati keywords. Through this search, they came across a news article that was published by a Gujarati media house Akila News on 1 April. The article was headlined as, ‘વિરમગામમાં કબ્રસ્તાનની દિવાલ બાબતે ઠાકોર-મુસ્લિમ વચ્ચે જૂથ અથડામણ’’
(Translation: A group clash between Thakor-Muslim in connection with the wall of the cemetery in Viramgam)
The news article carried several photographs of the reported incident. The photographs that are labelled in the below image were same as the individual frames in the video that is viral on social media platforms.
WHY DID THE CLASH HAPPEN?
According to an Indian Express report, at least six people were left injured and 15 detained after a clash broke out between two communities in Viramgam, Ahmedabad on 31 March. The incident took place in Viramgam’s Bhathipura area after a woman tried to hang washed clothes on a burial ground’s wall. Consequently, few people objected her action. The police had filed two FIRs, The Indian Express report added.
“Six-seven persons were injured in the clash. An FIR was registered in the incident and when police personnel went to the spot to identify and arrest the accused, stones were pelted at police. Following this, another FIR was registered against the persons who pelted stones at police,” a police officer told The Indian Express.
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