As farmer unions initiated their protest march towards Delhi to push the Union government to meet their demands, a video capturing an elderly woman slamming a group of sit-in protesters on a road is gaining momentum across social media platforms.
A Facebook user shared the video with a caption: “Punjab Public is fed-up with daily blockades.” An elderly lady from Punjab breaks down, slams andolanjeevi farmersm, saying: “Your demand never ends. You want everything for free. The Centre is giving you so much for free, yet you are harassing the public and blocking the roads.”
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be FALSE.
Running a Reverse Image Search of the video keyframes, the NM team traced a Facebook post, dated November 06, 22 with a caption: ਕਿਸਦੀ ਆਮਦ ਦੇ ਵਿਰੋਧ ‘ਚ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਦੇ ਰਹੇ ਸੀ ਧਰਨਾ? ਸੜਕ ਤੇ ਫਸੀ ਬੀਬੀ ਨੇ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਪਿੱਟ-ਸਿਆਪਾ-“ਸਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਕਸੂਰ ਆ ?” #ScrollPunjab #punjab #new #news #kissan #protest#Hungama (English translation: Farmers were protesting against whose arrival? Stuck on the road, the lady began to complain, “What’s wrong with us?”) The video matches exactly with the viral clip, describing that the incident happened when an elderly woman yelled at the sit-in protesters.
We also found another post on Facebook, dated November 05, 2022, with a caption: “ਆਹ ਬੀਬੀ ਦੀ ਵੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣੋ , ਕਿਉਂ ਕਰ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ ਪਿੱਟ ਸਿਆਪਾ ? ਕੀ ਇਸ ਬੀਬੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਸੱਚੀਆਂ ਨੇ ?? ਕਮੇਟੀ ਕਰ ਕੇ ਦੱਸਿਓ ?? ਨਿੱਕੀ ਜਿਹੀ ਗਲ ‘ਤੇ ਵੀ ਧਰਨਾ ਲਗਾ ਕੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਾਨ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਤੁਕ ??pls like, Share and subscribed this channel focus punjabi te” which clarifies that the video is old.
A video news report, containing statements of the police and agitators, corroborated the protest’s cause — a financial dispute between petrol pump owners and a liquor shop proprietor in 2022.
Hence, it is clear that the viral clip is old and not related to the recent farmers’ protest.
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