Old video of upside-down tricolour in Priyanka Gandhi’s hoardings shared linking to the 2024 general election

The hoardings were installed in the year 2022 in Madhya Pradesh, it has no connection to the 2024 elections and Bangalore

The second phase of general election is scheduled for 26 April, 2024. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi attended a public meeting recently in Karnataka as part of her campaign. Against this backdrop, a video going viral on social media with a claim that Congress installed upside-down tricolour in their hoardings in Bengaluru ahead of Priyanka Gandhi’s election rally. We can also hear an audio in Kannada language claiming that these banners were seen in Bengaluru, before the leader’s rally.

The caption states, “Upcoming Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra rally posters in Bengaluru show Indian flag upside down, with green on top, video goes viral”.

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Fact Check-

We started our investigation by running a keyword and reverse image search on Google, whose results led us to a  Facebook post uploaded by Prahlad Singh Patel on 12 June, 2023. Patel is the State Minister of Panchayat Rural Development and Labour in Madhya Pradesh. The minister criticising the state Congress unit for using an upside-down tricolour in their banners. 

The post states, “This cultural centre is Jabalpur, where “Flag Satyagraha” was started by hoisting the first tricolour flag on the town hall in Pantantra India a century ago. And this is today’s picture”

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Upon further search, we found an article published by the Firstpost with the caption, “In Madhya Pradesh, Congress insults national flag as posters of Priyanka Gandhi show tricolor upside down”. The article also shares screenshots from the viral video showing hoardings with an inverted tricolour.

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The report was included with a tweet of Suresh Nakhua shared on 22 August 2023, carrying a similar video with a title, “Congress in Madhya Pradesh deliberately places the #Tiranga upside down in its poster”. We also came across a report published in Nai Duniya, which also  featured an image of the hoarding in the viral video. The report states that the BJP filed an FIR against the senior officials of the Congress party for insulting the tricolour.

Taking account of these evidences we can clearly understand that the viral video is old and not related to the recent Bengaluru campaign by the Congress party.

Conclusion-

Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be Misleading. Old video of inverted tricolour in Priyanka Gandhi’s hoardings shared as recent. The hoardings were installed in the year 2022 in Madhya Pradesh, it has no connection to the 2024 elections and Bangalore