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The claim

Video showing a mob attacking a BJP leader amid the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.

Rating

MISLEADING

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

Original fact check ↗

Original review summary

The review identifies the footage as a 2019 video from West Bengal, not a recent incident during the 2024 elections. It depicts a mob attacking Jay Prakash Majumdar, then a BJP leader and candidate in the Karimpur assembly by-poll.[S1]

Additional context

The review says Majumdar was suspended by the BJP in January 2022 and joined the Trinamool Congress in March 2022. [S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 17, 2026