Fact-Check: Old Video of News18 Report on IUML Rally in Kerala Shared as Recent

News18 India covered this incident on 26 July 2023.

Fact-Check: Old video of the coverage has been shared as recent. 

(Source: Altered by The Quint) 

A video of News18 India's coverage of a rally where 'anti-Hindu' slogans were reportedly raised is being shared on social media platforms.

• The rally allegedly took place in Kerala.

• Those sharing claimed that the rally was taken out by the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance's member, the Muslim League.

Who shared it?: Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) -State Vice President of Andhra Pradesh shared this claim.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

This post recorded 11.3K views at the time of writing this story. (Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is this video recent?: While this coverage did take place on News18's Hindi channel, it is not recent.

• The channel reported this on 26 July 2023. The coverage was about the Indian Union Muslim League taking out a rally with inflammatory slogans against the Hindu community in Kasargod, Kerala.

• The news anchor hit out at the INDIA bloc for having IUML, as a part of its alliance.

How did we find out?: At first, we ran a relevant keyword search on YouTube using "we will burn hindus alive kasargod news18 india aman chopra" and came across News18's video from 26 July 2023.

A closer look at the upload date. 

(Source: Altered by The Quint) 

• News18 reported that a rally by Kerala's 'Muslim League' party took out a rally and used inflammatory slogans against the Hindu community.

• The channel questioned the INDIA bloc's principle of secularism for having a political party that practices 'Hindu hatred.'

• The channel also remarked that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had also called the Muslim League 'secular.'

• We looked for more news reports on this incident. Financial Express and FirstPost reported on 26 July 2023 about the rally.

• Financial Express noted that during a protest rally against the Manipur violence in Kanhangad, Kasaragod district, members of the Muslim League chanted slogans threatening to hang Hindus in front of temples and burn them alive.

• FirstPost reported that the Muslim Youth League issued a statement after the incident, announcing the suspension of Abdul Salman, a party member and Kanhangad-native, who raised the slogan.

Conclusion: It is clear that an old video is being shared as recent rally from Kerala.

(Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on WhatsApp at 9540511818 , or e-mail it to us at [e-mail] and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories here.)