Video of students at a Panjab University college event falsely shared as protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Video of students at a Panjab University college event falsely shared as protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
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A viral video of a crowd of students claims to show a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. PTI Fact Check has rated the claim false. The video is from an event held at a college of Panjab University in March 2026.A viral video of a crowd of students claims to show a protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. PTI Fact Check has rated the claim false. The video is from an event held at a college of Panjab University in March 2026.
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Amid the ongoing political row over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls and the opposition's dharna against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, a video showing a large group of young people gathered on a campus, many recording on their phones, is being shared as footage of a protest against the CEC. PTI Fact Check found that the video has nothing to do with any such protest. It was recorded at an event at a college affiliated with Panjab University in Chandigarh in March 2026, months before the current controversy, and shows students taking part in a campus programme rather than demonstrating. Old, unrelated crowd videos are often reshared during political controversies to suggest wider public anger than actually exists, so a clip's date and source should be checked before it is shared.
Amid the ongoing political row over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls and the opposition's dharna against CEC Gyanesh Kumar, a video showing a large group of young people gathered on a campus, many recording on their phones, is being shared as footage of a protest against the CEC. PTI Fact Check found that the video has nothing to do with any such protest. It was recorded at an event at a college affiliated with Panjab University in Chandigarh in March 2026, months before the current controversy, and shows students taking part in a campus programme rather than demonstrating. Old, unrelated crowd videos are often reshared during political controversies to suggest wider public anger than actually exists, so a clip's date and source should be checked before it is shared.