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Pakistan Zindabad Slogan Raised In Gujarat? No, Viral Video is Misleading!
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India, 27 Dec 2021 5:13 AM GMT | Updated 27 Dec 2021 5:14 AM GMT
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A video showing people chanting slogans in Kutch, Gujarat after an election result is being shared with a false claiming that the groups were shouting 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogan.
A video that shows a group chanting slogans in Dudhai Gram Panchayat located in Kutch, Gujarat, is being shared on social media for the past few days. The video is being shared claiming that people raised 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans after gram panchayat election results were announced.
Several handles on Twitter and Facebook spread the viral claim. The tweets are in Hindi. One of the tweets says, "Gujarat: Slogans of Pakistan Zindabad raised after victory in Gram Panchayat elections in Dudhai village of Kutch. You are in India, and we implore you to listen in whose favour our minorities are shouting; why is it not heard by any secular leader, why statements are not made to stop such slogans, would you call it intolerance?".
गुजरात: कच्छ के दुधई गांव में ग्राम पंचायत चुनाव में जीत के बाद लगे पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद के नारे
— Pratyancha(प्रत्यंचा) (@Pratyancha_news) December 22, 2021
आप भारत मे है और सुनिए किनका उदघोष हमारे अल्पसंख्यक लगा रहे है, ये किसी सेक्युलर नेता को क्यों सुनाई नहीं देता, क्यों इस उदघोष को रोकने के बयान नहीं दिए जाते, इसको क्या कहोगे असहिष्णुता pic.twitter.com/0evC4RBU3p
देखो इन देशद्रोहियों को...
— डी.के.चौरसिया🇮🇳🚩 (@Dk84ya) December 22, 2021
गुजरात में कच्छ के दुधई गांव का एक कथित वीडियो जिसमे ग्राम पंचायत चुनाव की विजयी रैली के दौरान 'पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद' के नारे लगाये गए।।
इन देशद्रोही पर तुरंत कार्यवाही होनी चाहिए 😠 pic.twitter.com/Hqwd9IPnS7
Several digital media outlets such as Bharat Times and VTV Gujrati reported on the viral post as well.
Claim:
After the gram panchayat election results in Dudhai village of Kutch, slogans of Pakistan Zindabad were raised.Fact Check:
We used InVid's Keyframe Analysis tool to conduct a reverse image search of the video. We came across this report from News18 Gujarati, which elaborated more on the situation. The report described the election of Dudhai Gram Panchayat, which is 50km away from Bhuj in Kutch. Out of 4200 votes, Reenaben Randhubhai Kothiwad was declared the winner with 1026 votes. Following her victory, the slogan 'Radhubhai Zindabad' was raised by her supporters.
Radhubhai is the husband of Reenaben, the winning candidate. The report cited Kutch Superintendent of Police, Mayur Patel, stating that the supporters were chanting 'Radhubhai Zindabad'.
After a keyword search across social media, we came across a tweet by the Office of the Superintendent of East Kutch.
This video's circulating on social media FALSELY claiming that "Pakistan Zindabad" slogan was raised in election victory rally!
— SP East Kutch (@SP_EastKutch) December 22, 2021
Crowd in the video they told us that person hailed "Radhubhai Zindabad" twice. Radhubhai is name of Rinaben's (victorious Sarpanch candidate's) husband! pic.twitter.com/GV8O3XUSFS
We also came across this video of SP Mayur Patil, in which he clarified that pro-Pakistan slogans were not raised.
In the video, he stated, "Candidate Reenaben Radhubhai Kothiwad of Dudhai village was declared as the new sarpanch following the announcement of the gram panchayat election results. At a rally afterwards, her supporters chanted 'Radhubhai Zindabad'. A video with this chanting was circulated claiming that the slogan shouted was 'Pakistan Zindabad'. However, if you listen closely, you will come to know what the people are actually chanting. Action will be taken against those sharing the visuals with this misleading claim,"
Conclusion:
Thus, we can conclude that the slogan of 'Pakistan Zindabad' was not raised following the Dudhai Gram Panchayat result. Instead, the supporters were chanting 'Radhubhai Zindabad', supporting the recently elected Reenaben Randhubhai Kothiwad.
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