“The viral video shows a CPI(M) rally in Kerala held in support of slain Maoist leaders Nambala Keshav Rao and Pappu Lohara.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 28 May 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video actually shows the Red Volunteer March held in Madurai, Tamil Nadu on 06 April 2025, during the CPI(M) Party Congress conducted from April 2 to 6, many days before the deaths of the Maoist leaders. It has no connection to Kerala or any protest supporting them.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 May 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 June 2025, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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