{"id":867,"date":"2020-12-03T08:51:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T08:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=131331"},"modified":"2020-12-03T08:51:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T08:51:20","slug":"photo-from-2018-viral-as-thousands-gather-for-ongoing-farmers-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/03\/photo-from-2018-viral-as-thousands-gather-for-ongoing-farmers-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo from 2018 viral as thousands gather for ongoing farmers\u2019 protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>Several old pictures and videos have been shared on social media with the claim that they represent the ongoing farmers\u2019 protests. In the latest spree, a photo of thousands of people sitting on the road was circulated. Facebook page \u2018Khari Khari News\u2019 posted this picture, drawing over 1,000 likes as of this writing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KhariKhariNews\/posts\/2738164133180106\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width>\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KhariKhariNews\/posts\/2738164133180106\">\n<p>\u0938\u0930\u094d\u0926 \u0939\u0935\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a\u2026<br \/>\u0915\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0906\u0938\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u0940\u091a\u0947\u2026<br \/>\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092d\u0930\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f\u2026.<br \/>\u0906\u092a \u092a\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0902\u0915\u0932\u094d\u092a \u0932\u093f\u090f\u2026<br \/>\u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0939\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u0915\u0947\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KhariKhariNews\/\">Khari Khari News<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KhariKhariNews\/posts\/2738164133180106\">Sunday, 29 November 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bengali news website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guruchandali.com\/comment.php?topic=19813\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018guruchandali\u2019<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/winmeennews.com\/?p=14162\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tamil news outlet<\/a> published this photo as recent scenes from farmers\u2019 protest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p>\n<p>It is quite widely circulating on Facebook as recent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>A simple reverse-image search led us to the same photograph uploaded by Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan on March 11, 2020. It represents the farmers\u2019 long-march led by CPI(M) in Maharashtra.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CPM-led \u2018long march\u2019 of farmers in Maharashtra heralds the future of resistance struggle in India <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KisanLongMarch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KisanLongMarch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GnDV89DGns\">pic.twitter.com\/GnDV89DGns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pinarayi Vijayan (@vijayanpinarayi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijayanpinarayi\/status\/972820937610588160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It was also uploaded by media outlets two years ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">About 25,000 farmers have been marching to towards <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mumbai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mumbai<\/a> to protest against the anti-farmer policies.<\/p>\n<p>They have gathered at the Eastern Expressway Highway, opposite Viviana mall in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Thane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Thane<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ROlvkePsjH\">pic.twitter.com\/ROlvkePsjH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mumbai Live (@MumbaiLiveNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MumbaiLiveNews\/status\/972515680414289920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOver 30,000 farmers marched to Mumbai, from different parts of Maharashtra, for five days from March 7 to 12 to draw the State government\u2019s attention to their demands, that included transfer of forestland to tribals who had been tilling it for years,\u201d reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/maharashtra-where-farmers-marched-for-land-rights\/article23281120.ece\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hindu<\/a> on March 17, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Two-year-old image of farmers\u2019 protest in Maharashtra has therefore been falsely shared as the ongoing peasants\u2019 movement.<\/p>\n<div id=\"enhancedtextwidget-12\" class=\"widget widget_text enhanced-text-widget widget-shortcode area-arbitrary\">\n<div class=\"textwidget widget-text\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2020\/12\/03\/photo-from-2018-viral-as-thousands-gather-for-ongoing-farmers-protest\/\">Radio Free<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several old pictures and videos have been shared on social media with the claim that they represent the ongoing farmers\u2019 protests. 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