DigitEye India Fact Checkers
A video is being shared showing an election rally in Akola with ISIS flags. The claim says that it was in support of Congress candidate Sajid Khan Pathan in the Assembly elections to Maharashtra.
Look at their flags. Flags of Palestine, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Hezbollah! …. No Indian flag.
Guess this election rally is from which country?
Congress party candidate Sajid Khan Mastan Khan election rally in Akola west of secular Maharashtra! https://t.co/JpORsyBH9Y
— Megh Updates 🚨™ (@MeghUpdates) November 15, 2024
The claim reads: “Look at their flags. Flags of Palestine, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Hezbollah! …. No Indian flag. Guess this election rally is from which country? Congress party candidate Sajid Khan Mastan Khan election rally in Akola west of secular Maharashtra!”
In another video, the caption reads, “Do you see the Indian flag in the Congress rally?”
Do you see the Indian flag in the Congress rally? pic.twitter.com/XRiqnf30kn
— KK NEHRA (@Krishan88701400) November 16, 2024
Other claims questioned Congress party stand as well as seen here and here.
FACT-CHECK
A simple search of keyframes on Google Reverse Image Search revealed that it was not an election rally but one from September 19, 2024 when a bike rally was taken out on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi in Latur, Maharashtra. The flags seen in the video are Islamic and Indian flags and not ISIS flags as claimed.
Even a local news channel covered the event here. Hence, the claim is false.
Claim: Video shows Congress rally without Indian flags.
Conclusion: Misrepresentation. Old bike rally of Milad-un-Nabi in Latur, Maharashtra on Sept. 19, 2024 has been shared as recent election rally in Maharashtra.
Rating: Misrepresentation — 
