Lungi of Congress leaders caught fire while burning effigy of PM Modi, know the truth of viral claims

Congress Leader Fact Check: Voting for three phases has ended. Meanwhile, a video is going viral on social media, in which some people are seen burning an effigy. By sharing this video on Facebook, it is being claimed that these people belong to the Karnataka Congress Party and they have burnt the effigy of PM Modi, due to which the lungi of some people caught fire.

Claim is being made to burn Modi’s effigy

A user named chintamunnee.amalanand posted this video on the social media platform Facebook and wrote, “While burning the effigy of Modi in Karnataka, the lungi of five Congressmen caught fire! See how all this happened. Now Modi ji’s effigies should also teach a lesson.” Have started. This is the strength of Modiji.”

This video is from the year 2012

Fact Crescendo investigated this video and found that this viral video is from Kerala and is old. Actually, those seen in this video are KSU workers and they were burning the effigy of the Vice Chancellor of MG University. During investigation, after taking some screenshots of this video and searching, reports of this video were published in many private news channels and websites.

The claim made in the viral post turned out to be fake

This video was uploaded on Asia Net News in the year 2012, in which there was mention of the protest march of KSU workers against the Vice Chancellor of MG University. This makes it clear that this video is old and has no connection with the current general elections.

The KSU flag can be seen in the video published on the YouTube channel. KSU is the student union of the All India Congress Committee, which is active in Kerala. This confirms that the viral video has nothing to do with Karnataka. The video is from Kerala.

A report regarding this video was published in The Times of India on 24 July 2012. According to this report, the students seen in the video were protesting against the alleged corruption committed by the Vice Chancellor of MG University. Some protesters were also injured due to the fire and were admitted to the hospital.

Disclaimer: This story was originally published by Fact Crescendo and republished by ABP Live Hindi as part of the Shakti Collective.

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