A video purporting to show farmers engaged in a disagreement over the distribution of money to protestors in the ongoing farmers’ protests 2024 has gone viral, featuring a man being scolded from a group of people.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @drpawantyagi07 tweeted “Punjab farmers’ movement started with the collusion of Congress + AAP party, fight over rates – On the border of the month* *Unable to determine rate for going to #FarmerProtest * *35 thousand or 50 thousand*” on Feb 22, 2024. The tweet has received an about 20.5k views on X.
कांग्रेस + AAP पार्टी की मिलीभगत से चला पंजाब के किसानों का आंदोलन रेट पर हुआ झगडा –
— PAWAN TYAGI (मोदी का परिवार ) (@drpawantyagi07) February 21, 2024
महीने का बॉर्डर पर*
*#FarmerProtest में जाने का रेट तय नहीं हो पा रहा*
*35 हज़ार या 50 हज़ार* pic.twitter.com/0dIwgZhtN3
Several other accounts, including @ManojSr60583090, @Dilsedes, @scribe9104, @Prakash12Joshi, @jpsin1 made the same claim that there was a debate for the money distirbution to the protestors and the farmers were involved in it in the ongoing farmers protest 2024. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The same video, which has been online at least since January 28, 2024, was discovered on YouTube. According to the uploaders, it depicts a fight over a tractor sale. The protests from Farmers are unrelated to this.
The video was uploaded in Youtube on Jan 28, 2024 and Feb 17, 2024.
Check out the Youtube Video:
Intent:
Propagandists are circulating unrelated videos with false claims to set their narrative over farmer protests. A video that shows a man being scolded by a group of people has been shared, claiming to be of farmers involved in a dispute over money distribution to the protestors in the ongoing farmers protests 2024. We discovered that the same video, which has been online since January 28, 2024, depicts a fight over a tractor sale, according to the uploaders. Farmers’ protests are unrelated to this.
Conclusion:
Claim : According to a shared video, farmers engaged in a disagreement over the distribution of money to protestors in the ongoing farmers’ protests of 2024 are being circulated.
Fact : We found the same video on YouTube, which has been available at least since 28 January 2024; as per the uploaders, this video shows a brawl over a tractor sale. It has nothing to do with Farmers’ protests.
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