The claim
The visuals show Pappu Yadav after he was stopped from boarding an open van during the 09 July 2025 Opposition rally in Bihar.
Original review summary
The review finds that none of the circulating visuals show Pappu Yadav’s reaction after the 09 July 2025 rally incident. It identifies them instead as footage from 2020 and 2018 events.[S1]
Additional context
The review traces the photo to a December 2020 protest in Patna, where police used water cannons and lathicharge to disperse protesters. It says Pappu Yadav shared the same photos on X on 22 December 2020. [S1]
The review says the first video was posted by Live Cities Media on 16 October 2020, ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections. It dates the second video to a report by ABP News on 06 September 2018, describing an alleged attack while Yadav was travelling to a rally in Muzaffarpur. [S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026