Old Congress-BJP clash videos from July 23 Ranchi are being passed off as current Jharkhand student protests. This reel correctly flags the misuse.
- True: The footage is from the July 23, 2026 Congress protest outside the BJP office in Ranchi that turned violent.
Checked against: The New Indian Express, threads.com
Why we say that›
July 23 Ranchi Congress-BJP clash videos are being misrepresented as Jharkhand student protest footage.
The July 23, 2026 Ranchi clash between Congress and BJP workers is confirmed as the origin of the old footage. Multiple fact-checks show this and similar political clash videos being shared as current student protest scenes. The reel accurately calls out the misrepresentation even if it singles out Congress.
The reel attributes the misrepresentation mainly to Congress ('cheap propaganda', 'naya jhooth') while sources show mutual blame between BJP and Congress plus broader misinformation from multiple sides during the protests.
Reported 14 Aug 2026
Claims
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Old videos of clashes involving political workers (Congress workers protesting outside a BJP office on July 23) are being misrepresented as footage from the ongoing Jharkhand students' protest.
What we found
The footage is from the July 23, 2026 Congress protest outside the BJP office in Ranchi that turned violent. Fact-checks confirm this old political clash video has been shared as current Jharkhand student protest footage.
The full story, from the sources›
Congress workers on Thursday staged a protest outside the BJP's state headquarters over the alleged NEET paper leak, leading to clashes between supporters of the two parties in Ranchi... Workers from both sides raised slogans and allegedly hurled stones, tomatoes, eggs and water bottles at each other" (confirms July 23, 2026 Congress workers' protest outside BJP office in Ranchi turned violent with clashes, matching the "old videos of clashes involving political workers (Congress workers protesting outside a BJP office on July 23) exactly). - The New Indian Express (2026-07-23) This video is from Ranchi on July 23, 2026 - a clash where BJP and Congress workers threw eggs, tomatoes and stones at each other outside BJP office (explicitly flags the July 23 Ranchi political clash video as being misleadingly used in relation to current events). - threads.com (2026-08-11)
From primary sources · fact-checks
How it's framed (2)›
Sources (2)›
Congress workers on Thursday staged a protest outside the BJP's state headquarters over the alleged NEET paper leak, leading to clashes between supporters of the two parties in Ranchi... Workers from both sides raised slogans and allegedly hurled stones, tomatoes, eggs and water bottles at each other" (confirms July 23, 2026 Congress workers' protest outside BJP office in Ranchi turned violent with clashes, matching the "old videos of clashes involving political workers (Congress workers protesting outside a BJP office on July 23) exactly).
This video is from Ranchi on July 23, 2026 - a clash where BJP and Congress workers threw eggs, tomatoes and stones at each other outside BJP office (explicitly flags the July 23 Ranchi political clash video as being misleadingly used in relation to current events).
Checked against 2 sources · 14 Aug 2026
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