The video of a massive demonstration is doing the rounds on social media, claiming that it’s the ‘Halla Bol’ rally organised by Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on December 17 against the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government over a number of issues.
The video is being shared with a caption: देवेंद्र फडणवीस ज्यास नॅनो मोर्चा म्हणून हिणवत आहेत तो हाच! महाराष्ट्र प्रेमी जनतेचा बुलंद आवाज. देवेंद्र जी..हे वागणे बरे नाही. जय महाराष्ट्र ! (English translation: This is what Devendra Fadnavis is calling Nano Morcha! The loud voice of the loving people of Maharashtra. Devendra ji.. this behaviour is not good. Jai Maharashtra!)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile checked the above post, and found it to be false.
Extracting keyframes from the above video, we traced the same video on a Facebook page in 2017.
A user shared the same video on August 9, 2017, with a caption: “जे.जे.फ्लाय ओव्हर मुंबई मराठा सागर…” (English Translation: JJ Flyover Mumbai Maratha Sagar)
The same video had also been shared on Twitter in 2017 with a similar caption.
The ABP News had published a report titled: “Maratha Kranti Morcha rally engulfs Mumbai”, dated August 9, 2017, with similar visuals.
The description of the video reads: “According to reports, nearly 5-8 lakh members of the politically powerful community are participating in the mammoth ‘mook morcha’ (silent procession) to demand reservations in jobs and education.”
Similar visuals were also shared in a 2017 report — titled: Maratha Kranti Morcha In Mumbai – Protest For Reservation — by Republic TV.
Hence, from the above information, it is clear that a 2017 video is being shared with a false claim.
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