Old video falsely shared as lakhs of youth gathering at Jantar Mantar on October 10, says PIB
Old video falsely shared as lakhs of youth gathering at Jantar Mantar on October 10, says PIB
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A viral video of a large crowd of young people claims to show lakhs of youth gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on October 10 demanding PM Modi’s resignation. PIB Fact Check has called the claim fake. The video is old and unrelated to the recent protest .A viral video of a large crowd of young people claims to show lakhs of youth gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on October 10 demanding PM Modi’s resignation. PIB Fact Check has called the claim fake. The video is old and unrelated to the recent protest .
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Samajwadi Party leader I.P. Singh (@IPSinghSp) shared a two-minute video on X with the text overlay “10 अक्टूबर दिल्ली जंतर-मंतर” (October 10, Delhi Jantar Mantar). His Hindi caption claimed there was a massive crowd of lakhs of youth all around Jantar Mantar and called on PM Modi to resign and “leave the chair”. The video shows a dense crowd of young people with placards under trees. PIB Fact Check has flagged the claim as fake, stating that the video is old and does not show the October 10, 2026 protest at Jantar Mantar. It joins a series of recycled crowd videos, including footage from Sealdah station in Kolkata, Bangladesh’s railways and the 2021 farmers’ protests, that have been wrongly linked to the recent Delhi protests to exaggerate turnout. A video’s date and location should be checked before it is shared, especially when it comes from prominent accounts.
Samajwadi Party leader I.P. Singh (@IPSinghSp) shared a two-minute video on X with the text overlay “10 अक्टूबर दिल्ली जंतर-मंतर” (October 10, Delhi Jantar Mantar). His Hindi caption claimed there was a massive crowd of lakhs of youth all around Jantar Mantar and called on PM Modi to resign and “leave the chair”. The video shows a dense crowd of young people with placards under trees. PIB Fact Check has flagged the claim as fake, stating that the video is old and does not show the October 10, 2026 protest at Jantar Mantar. It joins a series of recycled crowd videos, including footage from Sealdah station in Kolkata, Bangladesh’s railways and the 2021 farmers’ protests, that have been wrongly linked to the recent Delhi protests to exaggerate turnout. A video’s date and location should be checked before it is shared, especially when it comes from prominent accounts.