Did ABVP members protest against CAA in Assam ?
“ABVP members in Assam protesting against NRC, CAB and CAA. The nation is changing. 2020.” was tweeted by Waris Pathan, MLA for Byculla LAC, Maharashtra. Proud member of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM). (description on his verified twitter profile)
The image tweeted by him shows people holding ABVP flags with a big banner which has photos of PM Modi and HM Amit Shah on it with foot steps on them and the text “We don’t support NRC, CAB, CAA. Modi Go back, Takla Amit Go back #ABVPAssam”
https://twitter.com/warispathan/status/1212388642628362240
Archived – http://archive.is/Lh1TB
Saba Naqvi, quoted a tweet with text
“The world is changing #2020” by Kamran Shahid (deleted not but archived) with the same image with text
“I swear on lotus you would have never seen this image.
ABVP members in Assam opposing NRC
Yes yes
ABVP members in Assam opposing NRC”
The world is changing #2020 https://t.co/3A1aelG48d
— Saba Naqvi (@_sabanaqvi) January 1, 2020
Viral on Facebook
Post by Sachiv Gupta (Archive)
A video grab of other Facebook posts with same image
Viral on Twitter
ABVP members in Assam protesting against NRC, CAB and CAA. The nation is changing. 2020. #getwellsoonSudhir pic.twitter.com/nLxZIdfL5t
— javeed khan (@javeed_libra) January 1, 2020
In Assam ABVP student wing of BJP is also opposing NRC/CAA/NPR. pic.twitter.com/ozTHuVimIc
— Adv.Rajeev Maurya/MULNIVASI (@mauryarajeev8) January 1, 2020
I swear on lotus you would have never seen this image.
ABVP members in Assam opposing NRC
Yes yes
ABVP members in Assam opposing NRC #IndiaDoesNotSupportCAA_NRC_NPR pic.twitter.com/o0Rj55VsOI
— Mohd Afjal (@mdafjal5786) January 1, 2020
Truth
The viral image is edited digitally.
The real image is from Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, not Assam as virally claimed. The banner was in support of CAA
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