There has been a video circulated that shows a crowd destroying the vehicles of elected representatives. It purports that BJP candidate Ashok Tanwar was attacked by an enraged mob in Sirsa, Haryana, recently.

@PradnyaPawar121 tweeted “BJP candidate from Shirsa Lok Sabha constituency Ashok Tanwar was literally chased out of the village by angry people. BJP candidates are being barred from villages across the country. There is tremendous anger against BJP everywhere. So Modi and Shah are divided. #SayNoToBJP #BJPhataoDeshBachao #ModiFailedIndia” on April 11, 2024. The tweet has received an about 27.4k views on X.

शिरसा लोकसभा मतदारसंघातील भाजप उमेदवार अशोक तंवर यांना संतप्त जनतेने गावातून अक्षरशः हाकलून लावले. देशभरात भाजप उमेदवारांना गावबंदी केली जात आहे. सर्वत्र भाजप विरोधात जबरदस्त राग दिसत आहे. म्हणून मोदी आणी शहा बिथरले आहेत. #SayNoToBJP #BJPhataoDeshBachao #ModiFailedIndia pic.twitter.com/2uUAa5eKT5

— Adv. Pradnya Pawar (@PradnyaPawar121) April 11, 2024

Several other accounts, including @Manishkumarttp, @AmitYji127, @ManthanDalmia90, @virjust18, @ghoshi_manjeet, @Dr_MonikaSingh_ made the same claim that the crowd destroyed the vehicles of the elected representatives’ and attacked them. The archive can be read from above.

What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact

In actuality, this is an old video that shows attacks on Haryana Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa’s vehicle during a farmers’ protest that was directed towards BJP leaders’ officials’ events in July 2021. The video is not current, and it is unrelated to Ashok Tanwar. We visited Times of India, which published an article on this incident on July 13, 2021 with the headline “Haryana deputy speaker car’s attack incident: Sirsa police books over 100 protesters”. In relation to the incident on Sunday in which Haryana Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa’s car was attacked during a farmers’ protest targeting events of BJP officials, Sirsa police has filed a case against more than 100 protestors on a number of offences. The video was uploaded in Youtube on July 11, 2021.

Check out the Youtube Video:

D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:

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ANALYSIS: Misleading

FACT: A video showing a crowd attacking elected representatives' vehicles has been shared, claiming that in a recent incident, an angry mob attacked BJP candidate Ashok Tanwar in Sirsa, Haryana. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/8ktP2hKYdS

— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) April 11, 2024

Intent:

Political influencers circulate old videos with false claims to set their political narrative to influence the upcoming general elections. A video showing a crowd attacking elected representatives’ vehicles has been shared, claiming that in a recent incident, an angry mob attacked BJP candidate Ashok Tanwar in Sirsa, Haryana. The fact is that this is an old video of Haryana Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa’s car being destroyed during a farmers’ demonstration targeting BJP officials in July 2021. The video is not new, and it has nothing to do with Ashok Tanwar.

Conclusion:

Claim : A video of a crowd destroying elected politicians’ vehicles has been circulated, saying that an angry mob attacked BJP candidate Ashok Tanwar in Sirsa, Haryana.

Fact : The fact is that this is an old video showing Haryana Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa’s car being attacked during a farmers’ protest targeting events of BJP leaders in July 2021. The video is not recent and has nothing to do with Ashok Tanwar.

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