Fact Check: 2017 Video Of Maratha Kranti Morcha Falsley Shared As That Of Student Rally In Karnataka

Amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, a video of a huge rally is doing rounds on social media that students took out a rally against wearing hijab in classes.

Facebook users shared the video with the Hindi caption: “कर्नाटक के बच्चों को देखकर अब लगता है कि नई पौध सनातन रक्षा के लिए ज्यादा सशक्त है, हमसे ज्यादा सचेत है, हमारी भूमिका केवल इतनी ही है कि हम धर्म रक्षा के लिए बच्चों को रोके नही बल्कि प्रेरित करें। हम लाएं हैं तूफान से कश्ती निकाल के इस देश को रखना मेरे बच्चों सम्भाल के। जय श्री राम”

(English Translation – Seeing the children of Karnataka, now it seems that the new plants are more than capable of protecting Sanatan, more aware than us, our role is only that we inspire children for protecting religion. We have brought the boat out of the storm and keep this country safe my children.)

Here’s the link to the above post.

FACT CHECK 

NewsMobile checked the above post and found it to be false.

We extracted the keyframes from the above video and put them through Reverse Image Search. The search led us to the same video which was shared on Facebook in 2017.

A user shared the same video on August 9, 2017, with the caption, “जे.जे.फ्लाय ओव्हर मुंबई मराठा सागर…” (English Translation: JJ Flyover Mumbai Maratha Sagar)

The same video was also shared on Twitter in 2017 with a similar caption.

Taking a cue from this, we ran a search and found a report by ABP News dated August 9, 2017, where similar visuals were shown. The report was titled, “Maratha Kranti Morcha rally engulfs Mumbai”

The description of the video read, “According to reports, nearly 5-8 lakh members of the politically powerful community are participating in the mammoth ‘mook morcha’ (silent procession) to demand reservations in jobs and education.”

Similar visuals were also shared in a 2017 report by Republic TV. The report was titled, “Maratha Kranti Morcha In Mumbai – Protest For Reservation.”