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Claim: Visuals of people protesting in front of BBC office in London, against their documentary (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-29)
Evidence (2020-12-17): But then more people joined – dozens, "perhaps hundreds," Ali says now – eventually forcing their way into the building. The governor also refused to meet with them and then fled. Ali, who had created a Facebook account just two months early, decided to publish a video on Facebook of the people protesting in front of the provincial government building. "Of course, I was terrified when I posted that video," Ali says. Being in the opposition and criticising the regime was very dangerous – Ben Ali’s prisons and police stations were notorious. "But I felt I couldn’t back down now, for the sake of my children and family. This was a God-given chance, and I had to take it."
Claim: Visuals of people protesting in front of BBC office in London, against their documentary (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-29)
Evidence (2023-01-29): The protests in London came a week after the Indian government imposed a nationwide ban on the airing of the BBC documentary. The BBC said it is committed to highlighting important issues from around the world. "We do not deserve this," said one of the protestors in London, staging demonstrations against the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom shared concerns about the BBC's narrative, which could 'create a rift between the Indian Hindu and Muslim communities' based in England. [...] Meanwhile, the Indian community staging protests in London also questioned the timing of the documentary. They believed that since India is approaching general elections in 2024, the agenda behind the BBC documentary was to tarnish PM Modi’s image.
Claim: Visuals of people protesting in front of BBC office in London, against their documentary (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-29)
Evidence (2024-10-04): Broadcasting House in Portland Place, central London, is the official headquarters of the BBC. It is home to six of the ten BBC national radio networks, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1xtra, BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, and BBC Radio 4 Extra. It is also the home of BBC News, which relocated to the building from BBC Television Centre in 2013. On the front of the building are statues of Prospero and Ariel, characters from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest, sculpted by Eric Gill. Renovation of Broadcasting House began in 2002, and was completed in 2012.[143] [...] - ^ Lyall, Sarah (24 May 2005). "BBC Employees Stage 24-Hour Strike to Protest Planned Job Cuts". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022. [...] - ^ "Indian officials search BBC offices after Modi documentary". AP NEWS. 14 February 2023. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
Claim: Visuals of people protesting in front of BBC office in London, against their documentary (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-29)
Evidence (2024-08-04): The BBC has identified at least 30 demonstrations being planned by far-right activists around the UK over the weekend, including a new protest in Southport.
Claim: Visuals of people protesting in front of BBC office in London, against their documentary (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-29)
Evidence (2019-09-20): A protester holds a placard with the image of Sir David Attenborough, a British broadcaster and climate change campaigner (above). [...] In London, protesters gathered on the steps of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
Claim: Visuals of people protesting in front of BBC office in London, against their documentary (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-29)
Evidence (2023-01-30): London: Hundreds representing different Indian diaspora organisations gathered outside the BBC headquarters in central London on Sunday to protest against what they branded as "fake news" behind the broadcaster's controversial series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chalo BBC protests staged across BBC studios in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Newcastle The "Chalo BBC" protests were coordinated across BBC studios in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Newcastle and brought together groups such as Indian Diaspora UK (IDUK), Friends of India Society International (FISI) UK, Insight UK and Hindu Forum of Britain (HFB), among others.
Claim: Visuals of people protesting in front of BBC office in London, against their documentary (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-29)
Evidence (2024-05-02): - WhatsApp: +44 7756 165803 - Tweet: @BBC_HaveYourSay - Upload pictures or video - Please read our terms & conditions and privacy policy
Claim: Visuals of people protesting in front of BBC office in London, against their documentary (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-29)
Evidence (2023-10-14): The BBC’s London headquarters have been doused in red paint, in apparent protest at the broadcaster’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. News journalist Victoria Derbyshire shared on social media a video of her arrival at the building in central London on Saturday morning, showing how read paint had been splashed across the revolving glass doors and walls at the front. [...] It has not been confirmed that the vandalism was in reaction to the broadcaster’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict, but security has been heightened across the city, with marches and protests by Palestinian supporters scheduled for later today.
Claim: Visuals of people protesting in front of BBC office in London, against their documentary (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-29)
Evidence (2023-01-27): A video showing a massive protest outside the BBC's headquarters in London, England is being shared on social media platforms. Some users are linking the protests to the news organisation's controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi titled 'India: The Modi Question.' [...] But...?: The video is not related to the BBC's documentary on PM Modi. It shows a protest headed by a group called 'Truth be Told,' which protested against COVID-19 vaccines outside the BBC's headquarters in London. [...] Conclusion: The video does not show protests related to the BBC's documentary on PM Modi, but shows a group of anti-vaccination advocates protesting against deaths and side-effects caused by vaccines.
Claim: Visuals of people protesting in front of BBC office in London, against their documentary (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-29)
Evidence (2020-08-25): However, a live stream from the front of the march shows that the first protesters walked through an intact gate that was being held open. Freelance photographer and University of Missouri journalism graduate student Daniel Shular told the BBC that the gate was unlocked when the first marchers entered. "People just walked up to it and opened the gate," he said, estimating he was the sixth person through. "It looked normal to me when I passed through." [...] A volley of shouts came back from the protesters, everything from pleas for calm to insults and expletives. "Why are you pointing that gun at us?" "We got kids out here!" "You're a coward!" "Nobody wants to hurt you." [...] The videos and photographs of the McCloskeys - a wealthy white couple pointing firearms from the front lawn of their palatial estate at protesters, including black and white activists - went viral instantly. But the incident also turned political just as quickly.
Claim: Visuals of people protesting in front of BBC office in London, against their documentary (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-29)
Evidence (2023-02-21): The Income Tax Department conducted an investigation at the offices of BBC in Delhi and Mumbai in India. Opposition parties criticized the probe as retaliation for the BBC's release of a documentary on PM Modi and Gujarat riots. In this context, many people are sharing a video claiming that there was a protest in London demanding that Prime Minister Modi should resign for investigating the BBC office. [...] The caption of the video states "Slogans raised in London, Against incomtax raid on BBC office #BBCRaid #ResignModi #ModiHaiTohMumkinHai" [...] Britons Protesting In Front Of The BBC Against The Modi Documentary
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2018-05-21): BJP National President Amit Shah claimed that BJP lost 13 seats (6 in Bengaluru) in the recently concluded Karnataka polls where the margin was less than NOTA. The ECI data shows that the claim is wrong and BJP lost only 6 seats where the margin was less than NOTA and none in Bengaluru.
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2024-06-08): The BJP had maxed out in the northern and western parts of India, winning 81 and 65 per cent of the seats respectively in 2019. Its allies won 14 and 23 per cent respectively in these regions. The saffron party expected losses in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Jharkhand either because of maxing out or because of the fierce challenge posed by the Opposition. [...] In terms of losses, the biggest loss of 29 seats came from UP, including the Ayodhya seat (Faizabad). In Bengal, the BJP lost six seats to a feisty Mamata Banerjee. In Haryana, it lost five seats to Jat anger. In Bihar, it lost five seats to a resurrected Opposition. In Maharashtra, it lost a whopping 14 seats as voters rejected the BJP’s jod-tod politics. In Rajasthan, it lost 10 seats due to Rajput anger and ticket mismanagement. In Karnataka, it lost eight seats because of the Siddaramaiah government’s welfare policies. In Jharkhand, it lost three seats due to sympathy generated for Hemant Soren after his arrest.
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2024-06-04): Bengaluru city has reposed its faith in the BJP again, after the party increased its vote share by 5.4% in the 2023 Assembly elections, even as it lost its vote share in every other region, except Old Mysore region. The Congress had pinned its hopes on two seats, Bengaluru Central and Bengaluru North, but they were eventually dashed. [...] Belying concerns within the BJP too, Shobha Karandlaje won the Bengaluru North seat by 2,59.476 votes, much higher than the 1,47,518 margin in 2019 of D.V. Sadananda Gowda, whom she replaced as candidate this time. Ms. Karandlaje, who won from the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru seat twice in 2014 and 2019, faced anti-incumbency and a "go back Shobha" campaign there, forcing the high command to shift her to Bengaluru North. However, here also she faced a lukewarm response from party leaders and workers owing to her being an outsider. Prof. M. V. Rajeev Gowda of the Congress failed to make the cut. Tejasvi Surya won the BJP stronghold of Bengaluru South again, as was predicted. However, his margin of victory reduced from 3,31,192 votes in 2019, when he made his electoral debut after the death of H.N. Ananth Kumar, who held the seat for six consecutive times from 1996, to 2,75,026 votes this time. The Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy’s daughter Sowmya Reddy, former Jayanagar MLA, who lost the seat by a very narrow margin, failed to breach the saffron fort.
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2023-04-14): 30 out of BJP's 54 seats are in Bombay-Karnataka and Central Karnataka, a region where the Lingayat community often decides the political landscape. The politically powerful community leans towards the BJP - largely drawn to the party through its leader BS Yediyurappa. The BJP government has attempted to counteract Yediyurappa's waning influence within the party with a move to increase reservations for the Lingayat community. [...] All 10 of the JD(S)'s safe seats are in Southern Karnataka, where the HD Deve Gowda family continues to hold sway over the numerically-strong Vokkaliga community. For the BJP, its stronghold is spread across Coastal Karnataka, where it has an edge due to a strong party structure that is intertwined with the Sangh Parivar; in Bombay-Karnataka, where the Lingayat community generally vote for the party; and Bengaluru. The Congress's strongholds are roughly evenly spread across the state, except for Coastal Karnataka, where it managed to win just three out of 21 seats in 2018. [...] Interestingly, the Bengaluru region, one of the fastest-growing cities in India whose reputation has been built on its dynamism, is one of the most electorally stagnant regions in the country. Here, just two seats flip between parties. 17 constituencies have become strongholds for the BJP and Congress - with strategists from both parties confident of retaining them.
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2024-06-04): While the BJP has made noticeable inroads in southern India – especially Kerala, where it won its first-ever Lok Sabha seat – its overall numbers were hit by major losses in the central Hindi-speaking states, which it had comfortably won in the last election. [...] The BJP also suffered losses in Maharashtra, India’s second-most politically critical state. With most votes counted, the INDIA alliance won 30 of the state’s 48 seats. Only Uttar Pradesh has more seats – 80. In 2019, the BJP alone had won 23 seats in Maharashtra, with its allies winning another 18.
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2023-05-14): The Jayanagar seat in the Bengaluru region witnessed the nail-biting contest as the BJP's C K Ramamurthy defeated the Congress’s incumbent MLA Sowmya Reddy by a slender margin of 16 votes, the lowest margin of victory in 2023 polls. The lowest victory margin in the 2018 polls was 213 votes. In total, there were only eight seats across Karnataka that witnessed victories with a margin less than a thousand votes. Of these, three were in Central Karnataka, and two were in the Bengaluru region. [...] There were eight seats where NOTA or None Of The Above polled more votes than the margin of victory. Of these, the Congress won five, while the remaining three went to the BJP. In 2018, there were seven such seats, of which six went to the Congress, and the BJP won the remaining one.
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2024-06-05): While the counting process in two constituencies, Bengaluru North and Bengaluru South, was one-sided and predictable, there was a neck-to-neck fight until the last rounds in the Bengaluru Central constituency, where P.C. Mohan, three-time BJP MP, finally emerged victorious against the Congress candidate Mansoor Ali Khan. [...] At SSMRV College where the votes were counted for Bengaluru South, victory went to Tejasvi Surya from the BJP who defeated Sowmya Reddy from the Congress with a huge margin of 2,75,026 votes. [...] The atmosphere at St. Joseph’s Indian High School, where the fate of Bengaluru North constituency was decided, was quite different from the other two. The battle here was between the BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje and the Congress’ Rajeev Gowda.
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2024-06-06): In Chandigarh, the BJP lost by a razor-thin margin of 2,504 votes, while in Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, the gap was a mere 2,629 votes. Similar narrow defeats were seen in places like Salempur, Uttar Pradesh (3,573 votes), Dhule, Maharashtra (3,831 votes), and Dhaurahra, Uttar Pradesh (4,449 votes). Then there were some other seats, where the margin was higher than that in Chandigarh and Dhule, yet slender in the larger picture like South Goa (13,535 votes), Thirupathi, Andhra Pradesh (14,569 votes), and Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (16,077 votes). The highest margins among these narrow losses were in constituencies such as Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh (33,199 votes), and Kheri, Uttar Pradesh (34,329 votes). Keeping in mind the future elections, these are some of the seats, where BJP might have to convert narrow defeats into victories.
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2023-05-17): India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lost its only stronghold in the country’s south after voters in Karnataka state rejected the Hindu-nationalist policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in crucial local elections last week. Karnataka had been perceived as a "laboratory" for the BJP’s right-wing Hindu-nationalist ideology – known as Hindutva – and some analysts say the defeat is a sign of trouble for Modi as he aims to secure a momentous second decade in power. [...] Congress has accused the BJP of corrupt electoral practices in Karnataka. Outgoing BJP chief minister Basavaraj Somappa Bommai has repeatedly denied the allegations.
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2023-05-16): The Congress Party has gained momentum in the southern Indian state of Karnataka after winning a crucial state election against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A vote count by the Election Commission revealed that Congress won 135 assembly seats out of 224—well past the majority mark of 113—to form the state government. The BJP had less than 70 seats. Karnataka is home to 65 million people, including many young professionals who work in its capital city and tech hub of Bangalore. Until now, it was the only state in southern India that was controlled by the BJP. It is the first of five big states to head to the polls this year, and the second state where the BJP has lost to Congress in the last six months after a state election in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh in December. [...] In Karnataka, the BJP had been in power since 2018 after campaigning on its dominant platform of Hindu-nationalist values that pandered to majority Hindu voters. Analysts say this election result has demonstrated the "limits of Hindutva." Wrote one columnist in the Hindustan Times, "the BJP made a big pitch for Hindutva to contain the Congress in these elections. The results show that the strategy might have backfired instead of working."
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2024-06-05): The challenge of explaining the 2024 election is to derive an overarching claim when the results show extraordinary regional variation. The truth is that the BJP lost a significant number of seats in a small number of important states due to myriad reasons. A close look at the numbers can help us understand how it fell below the majority mark for the first time in 10 years. [...] The second major site of erosion was the states where the BJP had expanded its footprint in 2019: West Bengal and Karnataka. It had won 43 seats in these two states then, but this time, the number dropped to 26 — although it is worth noting that the BJP gave up three seats in Karnataka for its alliance partner, the Janata Dal (Secular), or JD(S). Here, support eroded because of formidable political competition at the state level. Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) first showed the limits of the BJP’s expansion plans in the 2021 West Bengal election, with the TMC romping to a score of 213 out of 294 seats. The TMC has consistently outworked the BJP in the state with a superior party cadre. In Karnataka, the Congress amassed significant goodwill in the run-up to the elections from chief minister Siddaramaiah’s welfare schemes. A major scandal over the JD(S)’s candidate Prajwal Revanna, against whom there are multiple allegations of sexual abuse and rape, added to the Congress’s momentum in the second phase of the polls in the state.
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2024-06-04): Karnataka Election Results: The fate of all parliament candidates in the country will be decided in a few hours as the counting for Lok Sabha Elections began at 8am. Karnataka has 28 Lok Sabha seats and it went to polling in two different phases in April and May. The southern state is a crucial state for both NDA (BJP+JDS) and the Congress party as all three parties want to prove the mettle in this region. As of now, the BJP led NDA is leading in most of the seats and Congress is showing its domination in Kalyana Karnataka seats. The BJP has won in all four Bengaluru Lok Sabha seats in the state, including the Bangalore Rural which it lost in 2019 general elections....Read More [...] Bengaluru South BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya took to social media to celebrate the early numbers that indicated a saffron victory in his constituency and wrote, "Bengaluru South's blessings for Sri @NarendraModi Ji is a strong indication for BJP's commitment to the growth & development of Namma Ooru. Looking forward to working with dedication for Bengaluru in Modi 3.0." [...] Karnataka Election Results Live: ‘BJP will get 17-18 seats in worst case,’ Tejasvi Surya
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2024-04-24): Bengaluru – the IT capital of India will go to polls to elect its three MPs on April 26, along with 11 other constituencies in the South Karnataka region, while the polling in the remaining 14 seats in North Karnataka will be held on May 7. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which conceded defeat in the Assembly elections exactly a year back, is confident of retaining all three seats in the state capital-- Bangalore South, Central and North -- as the city has always preferred the saffron party to any other in the Lok Sabha elections for two decades now, though denying a second consecutive term to any party in the state Assembly. [...] In Bangalore Central, BJP’s three-time MP PC Mohan (60) will be facing a fresh face – Mansoor Ali Khan, 51, an educationist. The Congress holds five of the eight Assembly segments, where four have a sizeable minority population. Two of the three segments held by the BJP are reserved for the scheduled caste. Interestingly, Mohan, an OBC leader has managed to win despite the constituency having a large number of Ahinda (Muslim, Dalit and backward class) voters who have traditionally backed the Congress, besides Tamil and Telugu-speaking migrants. Last time, Mohan had beaten Congress’ Rizwan Arshad by 70,968 votes. This time, Mohan is once again pinning his hopes on the Modi government’s achievement in urban infrastructure development and the PM's appeal among the educated voters.
Claim: BJP lost 6 seats in Bengaluru region where the margin is less than NOTA (Amit Shah, 2018-05-21)
Evidence (2024-06-04): Bangalore, Karnataka Election Results 2024 Live: In a major setback for Congress, its sitting MP from Bangalore Rurual DK Suresh lost his seat against BJP Dr. CN Manjunath by a margin of 2,69,647 votes. [...] Bangalore, Karnataka Election Results 2024 Live: "Bengaluru South's blessings for Sri @NarendraModi Ji is a strong indication for BJP's commitment to the growth & development of Namma Ooru. Looking forward to working with dedication for Bengaluru in Modi 3.0," Tejasvi Surya said. [...] Bangalore, Karnataka Election Results 2024 Live: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on 3 out of 4 seats in Bengaluru. Congress' Mansoor Ali Khan is the sole good news for the grand old party in as he is leading against BJP's PC Mohan by 44,349 votes.