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      No, This Is Not Gurmehar Kaur Dancing On The Campaign Trail In Begusarai

      The viral post claims that the woman in the video, and the one standing by Kanhaiya Kumar’s side at the rally, are the same — Gurmehar Kaur. Both claims are false

      By - Sumit Usha |
      Published -  11 April 2019 7:28 PM IST
    • Boomlive
      gurmehar kaur

      A video showing a woman dancing in the front seat of a moving car is being shared online with a false narrative that is shows student activist Gurmehar Kaur while campaigning for CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar in Begusarai, Bihar.

      The Facebook post is a compilation of a video and two images

      The text accompanying the post roughly translates to, "This madam, Gurmehar Kaur, is campaigning for Kanhaiya. They will develop Begusarai. They aren't even ashamed."

      (Hindi translation: यही है वो #मोहतरमा हैं जो #कन्हैया के नामांकन में चुनाव प्रचार कर रही हैं,#गुरमेहरकौर। यही लोग मिलकर #बेगूसराय का विकास करेंगे।छी छी शर्म भी नहीं आती है।।)

      The video shows a woman dancing in a car to the tune of a Hindi film song.

      And the images are those of Shehla Rashid, former vice president of Jawaharlal Nehru University's students union. Clearly, Gurmehar Kaur is not present either in the video or the images from Kanhaiya's campaign rally.

      The post can be viewed here and the archived versions can be accessed here and here.

      Viral post

      The 2.15 seconds long video shows a woman dancing inside a moving car while a group of youngsters cheer on. The song playing in the background is that of a Hindi film. The viral post claims that the woman in the video, and the one standing by Kanhaiya Kumar's side at the rally, are the same -- Gurmehar kaur. Both claims are false.

      The post, as of now, is going viral, both, from Facebook and Twitter.

      gurmehar kaur's fake video viral on intenet
      Viral on Facebook
      gurmehar kaur's fake video viral on intenet
      Viral on Facebook



      On Twitter

      Gurmehar Kaur is a student activist and an author. In 2017, Kaur became the target of vicious trolling on Twitter after she made a statement 'Pakistan Did Not Kill My Dad, War Killed Him', on social media

      Fact Check

      BOOM fact-checked the video and the images separately.

      Who is the woman in the car?

      BOOM went through the video carefully and observed the following points:

      • The car in the video is a left-hand drive
      • The bottle shown in the girl's hand has Al Ain imprinted on it. Al Ain is a famous bottled water brand in the UAE
      al ain
      Al Ain is a famous bottled water brand in the UAE

      This makes it clear that the video is not from India.

      BOOM then fragmented the video and took mugshots of the woman claimed to be Gurmehar, which we compared with pictures of Gurmehar we found online.

      comparing picture of gurmehar kaur
      Bothe the images are visibly different

      We also reached out to Gurmehar Kaur. She replied saying the claim was false.

      "Yeah that’s very old news and totally fake.Two years ago when the Ramjas protests erupted the right wing was circulating this fake video saying its me. I haven’t been to an Arab country in the last 7-8 years and when I did go I was 12."

      Gurmehar Kaur, Student activist

      The student activist also told us that she had campaigned for Kanhaiya Kumar in Begusarai.

      While BOOM confirmed that the woman shown in the video is not Gurmehar Kaur, we were unable to establish her identity but we found the same video on YouTube uploaded in August 2016.



      Who is the woman in the photo?

      A reverse image search on the picture directed us to several news reports carrying the same photo.

      The woman in the photo is Shehla Rashid. Rashid is the former vice-president of JNU's student union and a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Movement, a political outfit founded by former IAS officer Shah Faesal.

      Rashid, along with several others, has been proactively campaigning for Kanhaiya Kumar who is ready to fight his maiden election from Begusarai.



      Shehla Rashid seen canvassing for Kanhaiya Kumar in Begusarai

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      begusaraiCPIelectionsFakefake newsfeaturedfilm songGurmehar KaurKanhaiya KumarShehla Rashidviral
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      Claim :   Video shows Gurmehar Kaur dancing inside a moving car
      Claimed By :  Social media pages
      Fact Check :  FALSE
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