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BJP Flags Are Not Being Allowed to Enter Villages of Haryana-Punjab? The Viral Video is Two Years Old

A video is going viral on social media amidst the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the country. The video claims that BJP flags are not being allowed to enter the villages of Haryana-Punjab. These flags are also being burnt. However, investigation reveals that this video is more than two years old.

Journalist Dinesh Kumar shared this video on Instagram and wrote, “If there is a fire, many houses will be destroyed. Our house is not the only one in this street. Today in Ellenabad, Haryana, @BJP4India’s flags were taken off the campaign vehicle and burnt. While killing farmers, destroying homes, BJP probably forgot that no rule is permanent.”

Vinita Jain wrote, “I have heard that trends have started coming from Punjab.”

AAP leader Ashok wrote, “Now the camel has come down the mountain. This saying is proving to be true for BJP. Because those who dig a pit for others, in the end they are the ones who fall in that pit. Jai Jawan Jai Kisan. The video is being told of Ellenabad in Haryana where farmers removed the flags from the BJP campaign vehicle and burnt them. Farmers have stopped the entry of BJP and JJP in the village.”

Congress spokesperson Dr. Arunesh Yadav wrote, “In Ellenabad, Haryana, farmers removed the flags from the BJP party’s campaign vehicle and burnt them. Farmers have blocked the entry of BJP and JJP leaders into the village.”

Molitics wrote, “In Haryana’s Ellenabad constituency, the flags on BJP’s campaign vehicles were removed and burnt.”

At the same time, many others including Vinaysheel, Manish Kumar, Ramandeep Singh Mann, Vivek Singh, Kisan IT Cell, Congress leader Rahul Kajal and Payal Gupta have made the same claim.

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Fact Check

To verify the claim, we extracted key frames from the video and ran a reverse image search. With the help of a reverse image search, we found this video uploaded on a YouTube channel named Khaas Haryana on 7 October 2021. The headline of the video reads, “Farmers transported thousands of BJP flags in Ellenabad…”

Furthermore, we also found this video on a Facebook page named Bebak Awaaz. This video was shared on the Facebook page on 7 October 2021. Its caption reads – BJP’s condition in Ellenabad assembly by-election, farmers burnt BJP flags.

Conclusion: Our fact check has revealed that the video of farmers burning BJP flags in Haryana is two years old.

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