Claim: Video of Muslims celebrating the Congress party's victory in the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections by slaughtering a cow on a BJP flag.
Fact-check: Manipur's Old Video of Cow Slaughter on BJP Flag Falsely Portrayed as Muslims Celebrating Congress' Victory in Karnataka Elections - FACTLY
Verdict: the incident captured in the video actually occurred in the lilong area of manipur state on 30 january 2022. this event was provoked when certain local leaders were denied bjp tickets for the 2022 manipur assembly elections. their followers, in response, initiated protests and acts of violence. this included the act of slaughtering a cow on a bjp flag and hurling abusive remarks towards the chief minister of manipur and the state's bjp president. in response to these actions, the police registered a case and arrested the three individuals responsible. hence, the claim associated with the video is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Harshavardhan Konda
Date published: 2023-05-17T11:05:09