Old Congress-BJP clash videos from July 23 Ranchi are being passed off as current Jharkhand student protests. This reel correctly flags the misuse.
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's actually true
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) Old mock video from Jharkhand shared as police firing at students opposing privatisation — A video of policemen allegedly firing gunshots at a crowd of people is being shared on social media. The accompanying claim suggests that cops shot students protesting against priv. - Alt News (2019-10-26) Anatomy of an Information Battle: The Fake News That Shadowed The CJP Protests INDIA | BANGLADESH | NEPAL | SRI LANKA Friday, August 14, 2026 ENGLISH Home About Us Fact Check Scamchecker Specials Reach Us ENGLISH Friday, August 14, 2026 Loading... - newschecker.in (2026-08-05) These videos show recent visuals of the protests in Ranchi, Jharkhand. - TheQuint (2026-08-06) 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 (7)›
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).
These videos show recent visuals of the protests in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
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).
Old mock video from Jharkhand shared as police firing at students opposing privatisation — A video of policemen allegedly firing gunshots at a crowd of people is being shared on social media. The accompanying claim suggests that cops shot students protesting against priv
An old video of a BJP-Congress clash in Indore is shared as BJP workers pelting stones during the Jharkhand student protest... The video is unrelated to the ongoing Jharkhand student protests. It actually shows a clash between BJP and Congress workers outside the Congress office in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on 21 February 2026 (documents a parallel case of an older BJP-Congress clash video (Indore, Feb 2026) being misrepresented in Jharkhand student protest context, supporting pattern of old political clash videos being misused but for a different specific clip).
Anatomy of an Information Battle: The Fake News That Shadowed The CJP Protests INDIA | BANGLADESH | NEPAL | SRI LANKA Friday, August 14, 2026 ENGLISH Home About Us Fact Check Scamchecker Specials Reach Us ENGLISH Friday, August 14, 2026 Loading...
Jharkhand’s student protests have become a growing political flashpoint, with the BJP and Congress trading blame over police action against student protesters.
Notes on this check (1)›
- Analysis rests on caption, on-screen text and keyframes; no full speech transcript available.
Checked against 2 sources · 14 Aug 2026
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