“Procession following Congress victory in Telangana during which individuals replaced the Ashoka Chakra on the tricolor with Islamic phrases (Kalma)”
What FACTLY found
The video in question actually captures a protest by the Muslim community in June 2022 in Mahbubnagar, Telangana, reacting to remarks made by the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma against Prophet Mohammed. Various news agencies reported on this footage at that time; however, none of these reports linked the protests to the Congress party. Importantly, the video is unrelated to the recently concluded Telangana elections, where the Congress emerged victorious
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 December 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 December 2023, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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