Old 'No Vote To BJP' Rally From Kolkata Falsely Shared as From Tamil Nadu

Fact-check: An old image from Kolkata is being falsely shared as a recent anti-BJP rally in Tamil Nadu.

(Photo: The Quint)

An image is going viral on social media which shows people carrying a ‘NO VOTE TO BJP' banner and placards in a rally.

Users sharing the image claim that this is a recent picture from Tamil Nadu.

An archive can be seen here.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

(Archives of similar claims be seen here and here.)

What's the truth?: This image is from Kolkata, West Bengal and dates back to 2021.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on the image and this led us to an article shared by India Today on 10 March 2021.

• The report carried the same image with a caption that read, "Activists holding banner and placards raise slogans against BJP ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls in Kolkata."

• We could also notice posters and banners written in Bengali.

This image is from 2021.

(Source: India Today/Screenshot)

• This was also carried by National Herald on 15 March 2021.

• We also found a similar image from a different angle on Alamy.

• The description stated that it shows people with placards and banners during anti RSS-BJP rally before election in Kolkata on 10 March 2021.

This image is from Kolkata.

(Source: Alamy/Screenshot)

Conclusion: Clearly, an old image from Kolkata is being falsely shared as a recent anti-BJP rally in Tamil Nadu.

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