Spokesman in its investigation found the viral post to be misleading
Israel-Palestine War: In the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine, more than 6,000 people have lost their lives and buildings worth billions have been destroyed. While many people are in support of Israel in this war, many people have also come in support of Palestine. Now in this connection, a video is going viral on social media and a particular community living in India is being targeted. In the viral video, people can be seen rallying in support of Palestine and in this rally, they also have flags in their hands. Users are claiming that a rally was taken out in Kerala with the French flag in support of Gaza. The Indian Muslim community is being targeted by making this video viral.
Many users, including BJP leaders, are making this video viral with similar claims. While sharing the viral video, BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga wrote, "Supporters of Hamas terrorists gathered in Kerala, they waved the flag of Italy instead of the Palestine flag."
Hamas terrorists supporters gathered in Kerala, instead of carrying Palestine flag ???????? they carried Italy Flag ???????? pic.twitter.com/jgBVI5M2Ty
— Tejinder Pall Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) October 21, 2023
Many other users are making this video viral with similar claims. Some of these viral posts can be seen by clicking here, here and here.
Spokesman in its investigation found the viral post to be misleading. In the viral video, it is not the flag of France. Flag of Welfare Party Kerala can be seen in the viral video.
-- Spokesman's Investigation
While starting the investigation, we first watched this video carefully. We found that a big banner with Welfare Party Kerala written on it could be seen at the rally.
"Welfare Party Kerala flag in viral video"
Keeping this information in mind, we visited the official Facebook page of Welfare Party Kerala. We found that the flag of this party was in the viral video.
We searched this page and found many videos regarding this rally. It can be clearly seen in these videos that during the rally, not the flag of France but the flag of his own party was waved.
You can see the difference between the France Flag and the flag of Welfare Party Kerala in the collage below.
Conclusion- Spokesman in its investigation found the viral post to be misleading. In the viral video, it is not the flag of France. Flag of Welfare Party Kerala can be seen in the viral video.
