Amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, a video where saffron flags can be seen on the rooftops is being shared online with a claim that that people in Karnataka are supporting the hijab ban in schools and colleges.
The Facebook post read, “सवेरे का राम राम मित्रों हिजाब के जिद्दने पूरा कर्नाटक को भगवान कर दिया!”
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found that the video is old.
We extracted keyframes of the video and put them through Reverse Image Search. The search led us to the same video uploaded on Facebook on September 14, 2021.
Upon searching further, we found that the same video was also shared on Facebook on July 2, 2021. The caption of the video read, “ये नेपाल नही भारत का एक छोटा सा गांव है कोनसा मुझे पता नही है पर ये देख के बहुत अच्छा लगा…!!”
(English Translation: This is a small village in India, not Nepal. I do not know which village but it was very nice to see this..!!)
NewsMobile independently couldn’t verify the origin and context of the video, but from the above information, it is clear that the video is not related to the ongoing hijab controversy with has been grabbing headlines since December 2021 after six students were denied entry into the classroom in hijab.
Hence, it can be concluded that the viral post is false.
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