Argentina World Cup celebration video from 2022 falsely shared as RJD protest against EC in Patna

This video is from Argentina World Cup victory in 2022.

A video of a large crowd flooding over highways and city streets is going viral on social media, claiming that more than 20 million RJD supporters had gathered in Patna to protest against the Election Commission.

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Fact Check- 

By closely observing the viral video we noticed a watermark of @esreviral is visible in the video. Using these hints, we conducted further searches and found that page on Instagram. The same video was uploaded there on 20 December 2022. The description of the video states, “For the first time in the history of Argentina 🇦🇷, more than 3.5 million people have gathered on the 25 de Mayo highway in the city of Buenos Aires to welcome the world champions”.

This indicates that the viral video is not recent and unrelated to the Bihar elections. 

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As per reports, the huge crowds celebrated Argentina’s World Cup victory. Argentina witnessed one of its largest-ever public gatherings on 20 December, 2022, when millions of fans gathered across Buenos Aires to greet the World Cup-winning team. Crowds clogged major roads, including the 25 de Mayo Highway, and the turnout was so large that the team’s open-top bus parade had to be delayed; the players were eventually flown owing to security concerns.

This confirms that the video is from Argentina after winning Fifa World cup in December 2022, it shows a celebration in Argentina, with the national football team riding on an open-air bus in Buenos Aires after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup. 

So, the video shared on social media linking it to the protest rally against the ECI in Patna is not related to it. This video is from Argentina after winning Fifa World cup in 2022.

Conclusion- 

Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the viral video to be False. The video depicts the December 2022 celebrations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as millions of fans flocked to welcome the country’s World Cup-winning football team.