A video showing people holding ‘No Vote To BJP’ placards at different locations abroad has gone viral on social media, linking it to the upcoming 2024 General elections.
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be misleading.
With a keyword search, we found the same clip uploaded on the YouTube channel, dated February 13, 2021, with a title: No Vote to BJP. Not a single vote for BJP.
In their X and Instagram pages, the Bengalis have also used the hashtag #BengalElections2021 in the bio.
Multiple media reports from 2021 talk about the ‘No Vote To BJP’ — a campaign led by common people. The media reports can be seen here, here and here.
Thus, it is clear that the viral video is old.
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