Image of Kashmiri students pelting stones vs kids holding Tricolour
News Claim: Two pictures from Kashmir are viral on social media, one claiming to show stone pelter from the time when Congress was in power and the other while BJP is in power.
Viral News Today: कांग्रेस का कश्मीर भाजपा का कश्मीर
कांग्रेस का कश्मीर भाजपा का कश्मीर pic.twitter.com/LgGK9q5WtH
— Ravi Bhadoria (@ravibhadoria) July 14, 2021News Verification: The two pictures shown above in the viral category is widely shared on social media like WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook. The shared content says that these pictures are from two different times, once when the Congress party was in power i.e. before 2014 and the other now when the BJP is in power. This information as said in the post is not true, both these pictures are from the time when the BJP is in power.
Using the reverse image search technique, we found that the first picture is from 2017. An image shared on the website Aljazeera points for the same date that it shows that it was in circulation since 26 April 2017.
Another website like alamy reported the same incident, it said, “Anantnag, India. 19th May 2017. Kashmir Girl Students pelting stones on Security forces in Anantnag after Friday Prayers. Credit: Muneeb Ul Islam/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News
- Image ID: J67FPC”
Hence the first image is not from the time when Congress was in power.
The other image of Children’s holding the tricolour is from recent times; however, we did not find any link to any websites to prove. This image was widely shared during the Initial months of 2021. We can see kids wearing a mask in the picture, which proves that it is recently being shot during the Covid-19 times.
Valley feel proud under Tricolor! pic.twitter.com/EoNWWtDllF
— Vibodh gupta (@iamvibodhgupta) February 4, 2021News verdict: False
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