“Video of Muslims celebrating the Congress party’s victory in the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections by slaughtering a cow on a BJP flag”
What FACTLY found
The incident captured in the video actually occurred in the Lilong area of Manipur state on 30 January 2022. This event was provoked when certain local leaders were denied BJP tickets for the 2022 Manipur assembly elections. Their followers, in response, initiated protests and acts of violence. This included the act of slaughtering a cow on a BJP flag and hurling abusive remarks towards the Chief Minister of Manipur and the state’s BJP president. In response to these actions, the police regis...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 May 2023. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/ravixdays/posts/pfbid02GuKbx732yYGjwwGozrqP6bBb87nnAGcyBCdVYFbmg…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.