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Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2023-05-16): In a major shot in the arm ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, India’s main opposition party, the Congress, wrested control over the southern Indian state of Karnataka from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in last week’s assembly election. [...] This is the second state assembly election success that the Congress has tasted in recent months, the previous one being in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India last December. While Himachal is a small state with only four Lok Sabha seats, a Karnataka victory was long considered crucial for the Congress to regain its lost strength. [...] Third, Karnataka is one of the states that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra – a south-to-north journey covering India’s length – went through a few months ago. A Congress defeat would have been portrayed by the BJP as the people’s rejection of the Nehru-Gandhi family scion, who has been at the center of the BJP’s attack at the national level. Gandhi addressed 17 rallies in Karnataka, energizing party workers.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2024-03-01): Forensic experts confirmed pro-Pakistan slogans were raised in the Karnataka Assembly. Bengaluru police questioned one person in connection with the incident. In Short - Experts confirm pro-Pakistan slogans in Karnataka Assembly - Forensic report claims video footage unaltered - One questioned by Bengaluru police Pro-Pakistan slogans were raised in the Karnataka Assembly during the celebration of the Rajaya Sabha win of a Congress candidate, forensic experts confirmed in a report, sources told India Today.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2024-05-07): Beginning and ending with a call to support Mr Modi, the video showed an animated version of Rahul Gandhi holding a copy of the Congress manifesto, which then morphs into Pakistan's national flag. "The Congress manifesto is nothing but the Muslim League's ideology in disguise," an accompanying voiceover says, adding that Mr Modi alone can stop this from happening. [...] On Tuesday, the prime minister himself shared a video clip from his election speech in Madhya Pradesh state where he spoke of "vote jihad". He also claimed the Congress's interests were aligned with those of Pakistan.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2019-04-05): A massive crowd was seen waving different flags at the roadshow including the banner of the Indian National Congress. Pointing out the green-coloured flags seen in the video of the rally led by the Gandhi duo, @Padhalikha said, "There are more Islamic flags at Rahul Gandhi’s rally than Indian flags." There are more Islamic flags at Rahul Gandhi’s rally than Indian flags. [...] In states where IUML has its presence, their supporters are often seen in Congress rallies holding IUML flag and these have been regularly misrepresented as Islamic or Pakistani flags. Earlier, IUML flags were falsely shared as Islamic flags waved by Congress supporters over reports of Rahul Gandhi contesting the election on the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2023-05-13): Karnataka results: Congress wins key India state election [...] Dozens of Congress supporters gathered outside the party headquarters in Bangalore and New Delhi, waving party flags and shouting victory slogans. [...] The results in Karnataka are also significant for the Congress as it comes less than two months after Mr Gandhi, its former president, was convicted for defamation and disqualified as a lawmaker.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2023-05-05): Bengaluru, India – Growing up, Muskan Khan imagined college life to be full of new adventures. [...] "The BJP has strategically targeted religious minorities, especially Muslims, through a series of incidents and laws in Karnataka. This is in line with the saffron party’s agenda of making India a Hindu Rashtra [nation]. It is also electorally beneficial for them, as we have seen," Mansoor Ali Khan, general secretary of the opposition Congress party, told Al Jazeera. [...] "Compared to past elections, communal polarisation is more visible in Karnataka now," political analyst Sandeep Shastri told Al Jazeera.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2019-04-05): Claim: Pakistani flag was waved at Rahul Gandhi’s rally in Wayanad; Congress had warned IUML against waving its flag during Rahul’ rally Fact: FALSE. Though the contents of the video were not morphed or tampered with, captions and comments claiming that it was the Pakistani flag are untrue as the flag seen in the video is of Kerala based political party Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) which bears similarities with the national flag of the neighbouring nation. Also, both Congress and IUML had denied discussing any warning given against the use of the latter’s flag during the rally. [...] However, it has turned that the flags waved were not those of Pakistan but of Kerala-based Muslim party IUML. IUML is one of the six parties in the United Democratic Front alliance, which includes the Congress party. IUML flags were previously also falsely shared as Islamic flags waved by Congress supporters over reports of Rahul Gandhi contesting the election on the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2021-02-18): An image that shows the Pakistani national flag being waved during a Congress rally is being shared widely by social media users. [...] India Today Anti-Fake News War room (AFWA) has found that the claim is mostly false. The green flag among 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 is taken during a political rally in North Belgaum before the Karnataka Assembly election in 2018. [...] Hence, it is confirmed that it was not the Pakistani flag but a party flag of IUML that was waived during the Congress rally in Karnataka, 2018.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2023-05-18): A screenshot of a video showing an Islamic flag being waved after the Indian National Congress won the Karnataka elections with a clear majority is viral with false claims that it shows jubilant supporters waving the Pakistani national flag to celebrate the win. Furthermore, several right-wing Twitter users also shared the viral video with a misleading caption claiming that Islamic flags are being hoisted in Karnataka following the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) loss to Congress, ignoring the three other flags seen in the video. [...] A Twitter user shared the video with a Hindi caption that translates to, "The Congress government in Karnataka did not even take oath and started hoisting Pakistan's flag." [...] Subhan, further told BOOM that Shamsuddin Circle is also known as 'Unity Pillar'. All those organisations who were supporting the Congress had hoisted their flags together there. Other than this, we found a news report published on the Vartha Bharati website, with a statement from the Superintendent of Police, Uttara Kannada, regarding the viral video. Speaking to Vartha Bharati, Uttara Kannada District Superintendent of Police Vishnuvardhan N clarified, "It was a religious flag, and it was not a Pakistani flag. We have confirmed it, and we request the social media users not to share any misleading information that could create communal unrest."
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2024-04-25): Just days before thirteen constituencies in Karnataka vote on April 26, a video of an election rally has emerged claiming that a Pakistani flag was waved at a Congress rally in the south Indian state's Tumakuru district. The video shows many people waving the Indian national flag and someone waving a green flag with a crescent moon and a flag. An archived version of a post sharing the clip can be found here. The voiceover in the video claims in Kannada that the video was taken during a Congress rally held in Gubbi Gate, Tumakuru, and a "Pakistani flag" was hoisted during the rally. The audio also urges the public not to vote for Congress because if they do, then "Hindustan will transform into Pakistan." [...] A video of the Islamic flag hoisted in Tumakuru has been shared with the false claim that the Pakistan flag was raised during the Congress rally. The video is old and unrelated to the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2019-03-26): A video that has been shared on social media platforms and messaging apps, shows a Pakistani flag being waved at a Congress party rally in Tumkur, Karnataka on Monday, March 25. This video has already started to raise serious concerns among citizens. [...] See the congress rally in Tumkur where Pakistan flags are waived in open, shame to the party pic.twitter.com/eYY34MkFAT — maibichowkidaar (@srk2ma) March 24, 2019 You can clearly see the difference between the two flags. The first flag is of Pakistan and the second one is of the Indian Union Muslim League. The IUML flag has been falsely claimed as a Pakistani flag waved in the Congress rally in Karnataka.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2024-04-25): A video of several people raising the Indian national flag and a green flag is going viral on the internet as a recent incident, amidst the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. What are users claiming?: While some users said that the visuals were recorded during a Congress' rally, others claimed that Pakistani flags were raised in Karnataka's Tumkur. [...] However, on comparing visuals, it clearly showed that Pakistan's flags were not raised.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2023-05-18): The viral video which is being shared by many Hindutva outfits is said to be from Bhatkal in the Uttara Kannada district. The trimmed video depicts a celebratory rally where a Muslim person hoisting a green flag with a crescent moon and star is being linked with a Pakistani flag. The right-wing trolls on Twitter swiftly claimed that Muslims waved the Pakistani national flag and raised "Pakistan Zindabad (long live Pakistan) slogans, and several social media users shared the video intended to create communal tension. [...] When we observe the two flags, we notice a lot of differences between the Pakistani flag and the one which was hosted at the celebration. Pakistani flag is dark green with a white strip on its side but the flag waved in the rally is the Islamic flag which is bright green, representing the faith in general.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2023-05-13): Belagavi: As the Congress demonstrated a "massive victory" against the ruling BJP in the Karnataka Assembly elections, some unidentified people shouted slogans "Pakistan Zindabad" outside a counting centre in Tilakvadi, Belagavi. According to the reports, those who shouted pro-Pakistan slogans were allegedly supporters of the grand old party. The incident under Tilakvadi police station where some "excited" supporters shouted slogans "anti-national" slogans when Congress candidates secured victory against the saffron party. [...] Congress secured 135 out of 224 seats
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2019-03-26): A Facebook post with a video related to the Congress party’s rally in North Karnataka is being shared alleging that Pakistan flag is waved in the rally along with the Indian flag. Let’s analyse the authenticity of the claim made in the post. [...] Fact: The flag seen in the video other than India’s is that of Indian Union Muslim League’s (IUML), an Indian political party with a strong base in Kerala. Hence the claim made in the post that the flag in the video as Pakistan’s stands FALSE. [...] Hence, the flag used in the post by Congress partymen during their Karnataka election rally is that of Indian Union Muslim League’s (IUML) and not that of Pakistan and the claim is False.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2022-09-09): Calling the Congress Party’s march a landmark occasion, the party president, Sonia Gandhi, said, "I am confident our organization will be rejuvenated." [...] "From the Congress party’s point of view, this outreach is a major initiative to give their party a boost and an impetus," he said. [...] The jury is out on whether the march can help the Congress Party’s revival.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2019-04-19): <p class="title">In its desperate fight against Congress president Rahul Gandhi, the BJP is trying to unleash a misleading campaign by projecting the flag of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), an old party that has its roots since Indian freedom struggles, with that of Pakistan flag.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The IUML may initiate legal measures to curb the campaign.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While it was BJP activists who have so far been carrying out the misleading camping on social media, now senior leaders like UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath are taking it up.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP allegedly had the political agenda of framing that Rahul Gandhi is contesting from Wayanad with the support of a political party that has Pakistan- or hardcore Muslim connections and thereby get political advantage from it in North India during the elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The IUML was formed in 1948 by the leaders of the pre-Independent All Indian Muslim League, who stayed back in India after the partition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Incidentally, the IUML's flag is green with a crescent moon and a star, resembling Pakistan flag.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This was indeed a cause for concern among many IUML workers also; earlier there were even some suggestions to change the colour of the flag and to rename the party by
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): - ^ Bipan Chandra, Communalism 2008, p. 140. [...] - ^ Bipan Chandra, Communalism 2008, p. 141. [...] - ^ "Hoisting tricolour a fundamental right: SC". The Times of India. 24 January 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2024-04-29): "The Hindu-Muslim polarisation in this area is so deep after decades of the BJP’s divisive politics that we thought we’d make it an iftar for everyone. Let us sit, eat, talk and remember we are all Indians," said Ibrahim Mohammed, who has several businesses in the area. Among the non-Muslim attendees were Dr Sureka Shetty, a local Hindu gynaecologist, and Catholic nun Sister Philla. "I live here. I work here. I want to be on good terms with my Muslim neighbours and that’s why I accepted the invitation," Shetty said, shouting to be heard over the sound of film music blaring from speakers. [...] Unlike north India where Muslims form 14% of the population, in coastal Karnataka they comprise 24%.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2024-09-17): - ^ "DNA Explainer: How Khalistan supporters are conspiring to use farmers' protest to unleash mayhem in India". - ^ "DNA Exclusive: Khalistan supporters entry in farmers agitation to create anti-India propaganda continues". [...] - ^ "Khalistan, Pak slogans raised at farm protest: BJP gen secy". The Indian Express. 2020-11-30. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2024-05-08): Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: Karnataka emerges as a potential battleground state as India’s national election continues, farmer groups in Pakistan threaten to protest over a government decision to import wheat, and Nepal hosts Japan’s foreign minister. [...] According to Vasu, Congress draws support from the poor and from women in Karnataka—two key groups the BJP has targeted in this year’s campaign. Congress’s inroads with poor voters suggest that one of its core national strategies—pushing for more support for lower-caste communities—is paying off in the state. The BJP rejects the affirmative action policies and related measures embraced by Congress.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2019-03-11): What is at stake? [...] But that all changed on Feb. 14, when a suicide bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed 40 paramilitary officers. In response, Modi launched an airstrike on an alleged militant training camp in Pakistan, setting off the most serious military confrontation between the two countries in decades. Ever since, Modi has sought to make national security the primary issue of the campaign, engaging in increasingly strident rhetoric that presents his opponents as undermining the country’s safety. [...] Nasty. There was no shortage of insults and low blows in what turned into a bruising contest, even by recent Indian standards.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2024-04-04): "That Muslim League flags were hidden in the Congress party nomination rally yesterday indicates that either Rahul Gandhi is ashamed of getting support from the Muslim League or when he visits North India and visits temples, he will not be able to hide his association with the Muslim League," said Smriti Irani in Wayanad. [...] A major controversy erupted in 2019 after flags of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) were presented as Pakistani flags. Several social media users shared photos and videos of people cheering for Rahul Gandhi, alleging they had Pakistani flags with them. [...] The IUML flag was also mistaken as a Pakistan flag at a Congress rally during the 2018 Karnataka Assembly polls.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Congress government of P.V. Narasimha Rao [...] Despite several tentative steps toward rapprochement, armed conflict broke out between India and Pakistan in the high mountains of the Kargil region of Jammu and Kashmir state (now in Ladakh union territory) in May 1999. The resulting Kargil War (May–July 1999) left several hundred combatants dead from each country. Eventually, intense international pressure induced the Pakistani government to withdraw its troops to its side of the line of control. Nonetheless, Kashmir continued to be a point of contention, and acts of terrorism conducted by extremists hoping to change Indian policy toward the region grew more common and severe. Divisiveness of BJP government
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2024-06-02): The Congress Party has been marginalized over the last decade amid the BJP’s rise into a formidable political force under Modi – it only holds 52 seats in Parliament. "Much will depend on how the Congress Party and its allies perform in swing states like Maharashtra in the west, Bihar in the east and Karnataka in the south," according to Kidwai. [...] The election campaign has been called one of India’s most divisive. At rallies, Modi charged the Congress Party of being pro-Muslim and of planning to hand benefits reserved for lower caste Hindus to Muslims if it is voted into power – analysts said the polarizing rhetoric was a bid to shore up support among his Hindu base after voting got off to a lackluster start last month.
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2023-05-14): "The Congress leadership in Karnataka stood united and the BJP crumbled under its own misgovernance and infighting," KS Dakshina Murthy, a veteran political commentator and author from Bengaluru, Karnataka’s capital, told Al Jazeera. "The anti-incumbency wave against the saffron party was palpable on the ground," he said, referring to the saffron flag of the BJP. [...] Unlike many opposition leaders in the state and nationally who often hesitate to take on the BJP’s anti-Muslim political campaigns too directly, Siddaramaiah has been consistent in standing against the divisive politics of Modi’s party. [...] "The intelligent and peace-loving people of Karnataka have rejected the bigotry and violence unleashed on minorities by the BJP," Ashok Maridas, a Congress leader from Karnataka, told Al Jazeera. "People want good governance, better roads, hospitals and schools to cater to the downtrodden."
Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
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Claim: Congress party supporters during their rally in North Karnataka have waved Pakistan flag along with the Indian flag (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-26)
Evidence (2020-04-01): For a short informational summary of recent pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protests and rallies, click here. [...] LargeProtests with a peak size of 100,000 people or more. [...] ViolentProtests that have experienced violent government crackdowns.