By Shinjinee Majumder

A video of a tractor purportedly used by farmers in the ongoing protest in Delhi is viral on social media. “The so-called farmers making unrealistic demands from the GoI seem fully prepared as if gearing up for a war against the state”, wrote a verified user ‘BALA’ (@erbmjha). (Archive)

https://twitter.com/erbmjha/status/1757285455908020546?t=tylZ3LJY7LJjqRYifyARaQ&s=19

Another verified user, @raviagrawal3, also tweeted the video and asked “Are you coming to protest or to wage

War?” (Archive)

https://twitter.com/raviagrawal3/status/1756910258407325944?t=6XmQ3j5sA1Fn4xWOMLUB1A&s=19

Several other users tweeted the same video and linked it with the ongoing protests. (Archives- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Fact Check

We found a tweet by user @DearthOfSid clarifying that the video was from Turkey. Moreover, the brand of the tractor that is seen in the video is Hattat, which is a Turkey-based organisation operating in the areas of automotive and construction machinery industry.

Upon a reverse image search of the viral video, we found an Instagram video uploaded by user cengizler_tarim_55. The caption, when translated to English, reads, “Original video and owner is mine😄”. The video had been uploaded to Instagram on January 31.

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