An image showing the Pakistani national flag waving during a congress march is widely shared by social media users.
An image waving the Pakistani national flag during a congressional rally is shared on social media.
An image of a green flag waving during a political rally went viral with the claim that it is the Pakistani national flag waving during a congressional rally.
Several users shared this picture on Facebook. The caption in Hindi for such a statement translates as: ‘It is much better to bear the extra cost of petrol rather than to vote for a party that raises anti-India slogans and raises Pakistani flags in their rallies. ‘
The demand comes amid rising fuel prices across the country. Fuel prices rose for the tenth consecutive day on Thursday, with a petrol price of 89.88 Rl per liter in Delhi.
India Today Anti-Fake News War room (AFWA) has found that the claim is mostly false. The green flag under the Congress flags seen in the viral image is not a Pakistani flag but the party flag of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a political party from Kerala. The image was taken during a political rally in northern Belgium ahead of the Karnataka Assembly election in 2018.
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THE TRUTH BEHIND THE “PAKISTAN FLAG”
Using reverse image search, we found that the same image is a writing from a video of a congress meeting in Northern Belgium that also went viral on social media in 2018 and 2019.
The green flag with a white star and crescent moon in the viral image is the party flag of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). India Today has also on other occasions exposed incorrect information about the IUML flag, which can be read here.
The Pakistani national flag has a white vertical band on the left and is strikingly different from an IUML flag.
IUML flag
Pakistan flag
It was during the Karnataka Assembly election in 2018 that this video of the Congress rally went viral. According to a newspaper report, the IUML party in Kerala supported the Congress in the Karnataka election.
Several fact-checkers leaked similar misinformation claiming that the flag of Pakistan was displayed during a congress meeting.
Therefore, it is confirmed that it was not the Pakistani flag but a party flag of IUML that was rejected during the Congress March in Karnataka, 2018.
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ClaimThe photo shows the Pakistani national flag being waved during a congress march. It is better to pay more money for fuel than to vote for a party that raises anti-Indian slogans and raises the Pakistani flag. ClosureThe green flag seen in the viral image is not a Pakistani flag but the party flag of the Indian Union Muslim League, a political party in Kerala. The image was taken during a rally in Northern Belgaum ahead of the Karnataka Assembly election 2018.
JHOOTH BOLE KAUVA KAATE
The number of crows determines the intensity of the lie.
- 1 Crow: Half true
- 2 crows: mostly lies
- 3 crows: absolutely false
