A video of Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai addressing the public is doing the rounds on social media, claiming that he makes inciting remarks and asking people to just shoot on PM Modi’s orders.
He can be heard saying in Tamil: “If you have a gun, and the gun has bullets, and Modi orders you to shoot, then just shoot and come to us… BJP will take care of you.”
A Twitter user shared this video and wrote: “This man is Annamalai K, former Police officer and now he is BJP Tamilnadu president. He is instigating violence in Tamil Nadu. Police office becoming riot instigators can happen only in Modi’s BJP.” “If you have a gun & the gun has bullets..& Modi orders to shoot then.. just shoot and come to us. BJP will take care of you..”
It is being widely shared on Facebook and Twitter with a similar claim.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be false.
Running the keyframes of the video through the Reverse Image Search, our NM team spotted the extended version of the video on a YouTube channel Tnnews 24 Digital on February 21, 2023.
Observing the video carefully, we found a placard placed on the dice, which reads in Tamil “இராணுவ வீரர்படுகொலை” [English version: “brutal murder of army hero”], indicating that Annamalai was speaking at an event about the death of an army personnel.
Annamalai can be heard saying: “Wish to tell the Army heroes at the border that even if the (State) government is not with you, we are with you. You have a gun in your hand, the gun has bullets, there is Modi to give the order, just shoot and come, BJP will take care of the rest in Tamil Nadu…” He also talks about Indian Air Force fighter pilot Abhinandan Varthaman during his speech.
According to a report in CNBC TV18.com, BJP workers held a protest in Krishnagiri against the alleged killing of an Army personnel — 29-year-old Lance Naik M Prabhu — by a DMK councillor over a minor altercation in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu.
Searching further, we also captured similar photographs from the said event on his official X account (earlier Twitter) on February 21, 2023. The placard in the photo reads: “Soldier Massacre, Bhartiya Janata Party Fasting”, while the caption of the tweet reads, “Along with veterans of the Indian Armed Forces who spent their lives in the service of our nation, brothers & sisters of @BJP4TamilNadu, sat on a one-day fast in solidarity with the bereaving family of Lance Naik Prabhu, who was brutally murdered by a DMK councillor…”
The @arivalayam govt is turning TN into a lawless state & @CMOTamilnadu is busy in misguiding people from pertinent issues. It is unfortunate that the DMK continues to maintain staunch silence on Lance Naik Prabhu’s death. (3/5) pic.twitter.com/hpJyCKvMXp
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) February 21, 2023
Therefore, it can be concluded that the viral video on Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai is clipped and circulated out of context.
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