“The video shows protesters beating the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah with shoes and slippers and burning them in protest against the 2026 UGC guidelines.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 27 Jan 2026.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
These visuals belong to protest against SIR in Murshidabad, West Bengal, and has nothing to do with the new UGC regulations. This protest erupted following allegations of harassment of ordinary citizens and Booth Level Officers in the name of the SIR process
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 27 January 2026. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 February 2026, 5 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/2027860901443967
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