A video showing angry farmers destroying vegetables on the road during a protest is being shared with the claim that Bangladesh has stopped importing Indian vegetables, leading to massive protests in India due to a drop in local market prices. However, the video is actually from 2018 and has no connection to recent events in the subcontinent.
Sharing the video on X (Formerly Twitter) @Defres360 wrote, “Indian farmers are in dire situation as Bangladesh has stopped importing onions from India this season. Farmers in Kolkata are telling the media outlets that, Indian farmers have started committing suicide due to not getting fair prices for onions due to reduced exports.”
Indian farmers are in dire situation as Bangladesh has stopped importing onions from India this season. Farmers in Kolkata are telling the media outlets that, Indian farmers have started committing suicide due to not getting fair prices for onions due to reduced exports. pic.twitter.com/lXBut9ithQ
— Defence research forum DRF (@Defres360) December 31, 2024
The truth about the video of farmers destroying vegetables on the road, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the video and claims came to our notice. Subsequently, we conducted research and analysis of the video. We found that the video was old and unrelated to the relations between India and Bangladesh.
To verify the claims made by the users. We performed a reverse image search of some key frames from the video using Google Lens. This led us to a media report containing the same visuals. According to the media reports, this video depicts farmers protesting against the government in 2018. As per the report the video was recorded in Haryana, in June 2018.
Therefore, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that it is an old clip from 2018 and has no connection to the relations between India and Bangladesh.
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) December 31, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT:A video showing angry farmers destroying vegetables on the road during a protest is being shared with the claim that Bangladesh has stopped importing Indian vegetables,leading to massive protests in India due to a drop in local market prices.(1/2) pic.twitter.com/l9rA3Lqzco
Intent
Propagandists are circulating old videos with misleading claims to set their narrative over the relations between India and Bangladesh.
Conclusion
Claim– Indian farmers are protesting and destroying vegetables because Bangladesh has stopped importing Indian vegetables.
Fact– This is an old video from 2018. It has no to recent events in the subcontinent.
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