By Shinjinee Majumder

A video of an altercation between a group of turbaned men is viral on social media. Users linked the video to the ongoing farmers’ protest and claimed that the altercation was about the ‘monthly rate’ for going to the Shambhu border and protesting. @jpsin1, a verified account followed by PM Narendra Modi, claimed that the viral video exposed the ‘true colours of the brokers’. ‘There has been a debate going on for a month about sitting at the border, the person in front is quoting ₹40,000, but the broker who is giving the money is saying ₹35,000 for a month is fine. “Your farming is big, labourers are working there, you just sit here, you’ll get food, you’ll get alcohol, so take ₹35,000″‘, the tweet read. It garnered over 400000 views. (Archive)

https://twitter.com/jpsin1/status/1760519945127936019?t=7-5ojtn_Cp7R_yMobf2ANA&s=19

Former media head and spokesperson of BJP Delhi Naveen Kr Jindal also tweeted the video and wrote, “The people of the country should also see this truth.. The rate for going to the protest is not fixed at 35 thousand or 40 thousand.. there is a fight going on about it.” (Archive)

https://twitter.com/naveenjindalbjp/status/1760611888038359113?t=fADC3R5OPJ__glJ_POA9MA&s=19

Alt News has debunked misinformation shared by Jindal, who was expelled by the BJP in June 2022, several times in the past.

Several other X users also tweeted the same video linking it to the ongoing protests. (Archives- 1, 2)

Fact Check

Upon a reverse image search of key frames of the viral video, we found several uploads of the same video on TikTok, Facebook and YouTube, the oldest instance dating back to January 2024. Below is a screenshot of the same video on TikTok uploaded on January 18, which is a month prior to the beginning of the farmers’ protest.

Here is another YouTube short containing the same video, uploaded on January 20.

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