Video of a rally in Jammu is falsely shared as Karni Sena support rally for Kangana Ranaut - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 11, 2020
A post with a video that shows a rally of vehicles with saffron flags is doing rounds on social media with a claim that this rally is organized by Karni Sena in Mumbai in support of Kangana Ranaut. Whereas in another post,(archived) a video of a convoy of vehicles passing through a toll plaza is being widely shared with a claim that Karni Sena is going to Mumbai in a convoy of 1000 vehicles from Rajasthan in support of Kangana Ranaut. Through this article let’s fact-check the claims made in these posts.
Video of a rally of vehicles organized by Karni Sena in support of Kangana Ranaut.
Fact: While one video is from a 2018 rally organized in Jammu on the occasion of Raja Hari Singh birth anniversary, the other video was found to be on YouTube since 2018. Hence the claim that the videos represent Karni Sena support for Kangana Ranaut in 2020 is FALSE.
Video 1:
If we closely observe, at the beginning of the video, the poster of a political party that is fixed on the bus stand can be seen where “जामू काश्मीर नेशनल पैंथर्स पार्टी ” is written along with a bicycle symbol. When we searched for the information related to the party, we found that a party with this name indeed exists in Jammu and Kashmir and the symbol of this party is the bicycle. Also, we can see a poster “YUVA RAJPUT SABHA” fixed on the bonnet of one vehicle in the convoy.
Taking a cue from all these, when we searched on YouTube with the keywords “YUVA RAJPUT SABHA” we found the same video on a YouTube channel called ‘Vishal Singh’. This video is uploaded on YouTube on 25 October 2018 and the show more section of the video reads “YUVA RAJPUT SABHA organize a rally in the occasion of maha raja hari singh ji birthday…..”. Also, the location is mentioned as JAMMU.
Google search with the keywords ‘Raja Hari Singh Birth anniversary Jammu Kashmir’ we found few 2018 news articles which reported this rally. These articles can be read here, here and here. A 2018 news video reporting the celebrations of Raja Hari Singh birth anniversary is also found. So, we can infer that rallies are organized on Raja Hari Singh’s birth anniversary every year in Jammu. With all this, we can conclude that an old video from Jammu, related to a rally organized on the occasion of Raja Hari Singh birth anniversary is being shared as video of a rally organized by Karni Sena in support of Kangana Ranaut.
Video 2:
Reverse image search of the video led us to a blog in which the same video is featured.  This video is posted on this blog three years ago. The description of the video reads ‘Sher Singh Rana has come to Rajasthan with 1000+ trains! Sher Singh Rana Coming With 1000+ Cars’. Further, we found the same video on Youtube which is uploaded on 08 April 2018 and the description of the video reads ‘Raja Bhaiya convoy with Rajasthani army (Rajasthan) – Desiyoungstar’. With all this, we can conclude that this video is found on the internet from at least three years and has nothing to do with Kangana Ranaut.
In the light of Karni Sena’s support to Kangana Ranaut in the ongoing tussle between her and Maharashtra government over her comments comparing Mumbai with PoK, videos like the ones in the post are being widely shared on social media platforms.
To sum it up, unrelated old videos are being passed off as Karni Sena rally in support of Kangan Ranaut.