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2012 Photo Of BJP Workers Vandalising A Truck Revived

BOOM found that the photo was taken in 2012 in Jamshedpur during the 'Bharat Bandh' agitation against rising fuel prices.

Published - 20 Dec 2019 12:23 PM IST

2012 Photo Of BJP Workers Vandalising A Truck Revived

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"This is how they protect public property. The self-attested nationalist party's supporters" (Translated from Hindi 'पब्लिक प्रॉपर्टी की रक्षा करते सेल्फ अटेस्टेड देशभक्त पार्टी के लोग')

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The photo is being shared as recent in wake of anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests, some of which turned violent. However, the image is a Press Trust of India photo, taken in 2012. It shows Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers damage a truck during the Bharat Bandh protests in Jamshedpur against rising petrol prices. The protests were against the Congress-led UPA government, at that time. BOOM had debunked the same image earlier in May 2019, when it went viral with a different claim during BJP-TMC clashes that took place in West Bengal.

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Claim : Photo is from recent anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests showing BJP workers destroying public property

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