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DATA ROUNDUP ![\\"\\"](\\" leader-Thumbnail-702x336.jpg\\") English, Fake News # 2019 video of a mob attacking a BJP leader in West Bengal shared as a recent incident amidst the 2024 Lok Sabha elections 0 By Akshay Kumar Appani on April 30, 2024 * A A A Twitter Facebook Reddit Amidst the ongoing 2024 general elections, a video showing a mob dragging a person and kicking him into bushes is being widely shared across social media platforms. The claim accompanying the video suggests that it shows a recent attack on a BJP leader in the wake of the 2024 general elections (here, here, and here). In this article, let’s fact-check the claim made in the post. ![\\"\\"](\\" leader-claim.jpg\\")The archived version of these posts can be found here, here, and here. > Claim: Video showing a mob attacking a BJP leader amid the ongoing 2024 Lok > Sabha Elections. > > Fact: The viral video dates back to November 2019 and originates from West > Bengal. It depicts a mob attack on Jay Prakash Majumdar, who was a BJP > leader at that time and the BJP’s candidate in the Karimpur assembly by- > poll. Jay Prakash Majumdar was suspended by the BJP in January 2022, and > later, he joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in March 2022. Hence, the > claim made in the post is MISLEADING. To learn more about this viral video, we conducted a relevant keyword search which led us to multiple reports from 2019 containing a longer version of the viral video. According to a report published by ‘India Today, on 25 November 2019, BJP’s Jay Prakash Majumdar was allegedly manhandled by TMC workers during the Karimpur by-poll. Majumdar is the BJP’s candidate for the Karimpur assembly by-poll. ![\\"\\"](\\" leader-img1.png\\") The video was also shared on YouTube by ‘The Print’ on 25 November 2019, with the title “West Bengal BJP vice-president Jay Prakash Majumdar allegedly manhandled, kicked by TMC workers.” Additional news reports regarding this incident can be viewed here and here. ![\\"\\"](\\" leader-img2.png\\") The official X(Twitter) handle of the BJP also shared the video(archived link) of the attack on Jay Prakash Majumdar during the Karimpur by-poll on 25 November 2019. > Anarchy! This is what Mamata Banerjee’s regime is about! Watch this > disturbing footage where TMC workers manhandle and kick BJP’s state Vice > President and candidate for Karimpur bypoll Joy Prakash Majumdar while > voting is underway in the constituency. pic.twitter.com/w6xk7wjeXY > > — BJP (@BJP4India) November 25, 2019 According to reports (here, here, and here), Jay Prakash Majumdar was suspended by the BJP in January 2022 and joined the Trinamool Congress(TMC) in March 2022. ![\\"\\"](\\" leader-img4.png\\") To sum up, a 2019 video of a mob attacking a BJP leader in West Bengal is being shared as a recent incident, falsely linking it to the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections. ![\\"Factly\\"](\\" WhatsApp-channel-minified-scaled.jpeg\\") Share. 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Video showing a mob attacking a BJP leader amid the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha Elections