2019 video of RSS parade in Hyderabad portrayed as a protest against the PFI rally in Kerala - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 1, 2021
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as the visuals of 20 thousand RSS workers parading in protest against the Popular Front of India (PFI) rally held in Kerala. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of the RSS mega rally protesting the PFI march held in Kerala.
Fact:  The video shared in the post is an old one. This video shows hundreds of RSS workers in parade during ‘Vijaya Sankalpa Sibiram’ programme in Hyderabad. This parade took place on 25 December 2019. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search, videos with similar visuals were found posted on social media during 2019. They can be seen here and here. It is mentioned as the video of the RSS massive parade in Hyderabad. When we searched for other sources using these keywords, we found the same visuals in a video published on ‘Desh Gujarat’ YouTube channel. In the description of the video, it is mentioned that hundreds of RSS workers participated in the parade as part of ‘Vijaya Sankalpa Sibiram’ programme held in Hyderabad. This parade reportedly took place on 25 December 2019. ‘ANI’ shared the pictures of this rally on their Twitter handle.
News articles published about this RSS rally in Hyderabad can be seen here and here. The same visuals were found in multiple news articles and videos published on popular Telugu news channels. They can be seen here, here, and here. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is an old one.
According to the news reports, the Popular Front of India (PFI), an Islamic organisation in Kerala conducted a rally in Malappuram, showing the men dressed in RSS uniform with handcuffs. The PFI leader Anees Ahmed clarified to the media that the rally was just part of a role-play that represents a fight between the Britishers and the Malabar people in 1921. When this video was misconstrued as a real incident, FACTLY published a fact-check article on it. It can be seen here.
To sum it up, an old video is falsely portrayed as the recent protest of RSS workers against the PFI march in Kerala.