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The claim

Video of a woman TMC leader threatening violence if people vote for the BJP ahead of the 2026 West Bengal elections.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

FACTLY identifies the video as footage from February 2022 of BJP leader Baby Koley, who was upset after being denied a party ticket for the Kharagpur municipal polls. Koley later joined the TMC and was expelled in July 2025, so the video does not show a TMC leader making a recent threat ahead of the 2026 elections.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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