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Recent news clip about AIMIM contesting Muslim dominated areas in West Bengal

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a news clip presented as recent reporting that AIMIM was contesting Muslim-dominated areas in West Bengal. The review identifies the clip as a report about AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi campaigning in seven Muslim-concentrated seats, which was shared with a “#Breaking News” hashtag as if it were new. The review says the footage was not about current political developments: Republic Bharat telecast it on 27 March 2021, during the West Bengal election period, after AIMIM decided to field candidates in Muslim-dominated areas. The report discussed the parties’ winning prospects in that election. The date and subject of the broadcast therefore contradict the post’s presentation of the clip as recent. The review also notes that AIMIM’s official Twitter account shared glimpses of Owaisi’s political gathering in Murshidabad as part of the election campaign. That detail places the gathering in the campaign context described by the review; it does not make the older Republic Bharat report current.