On June 19, Congress supporters used a fake video from Myanmar to paint Christians as victims in Manipur. In a now-deleted tweet, Congress supporter Manish Kumar wrote, “Manipur is out of the hands of Modi and Shah. Videos have come to light where the armed citizen is assaulting a young Christian girl, and in the end, they shoot her dead. Manipur is burning, and Modi is silent.” Though Manish has deleted the tweet, its archive can be checked here.
Aam Aadmi supporters shared the same video with the same text. Kailash Meena of Thanagazi, who is AAP’s state joint secretary from Rajasthan, shared the video with exact same text. By the time this report was published, Meena had not deleted the fake video. It archive can be checked here.
Twitter user BefittingFacts debunked the claims. He replied to the now-deleted Tweet, “This is an old video from Myanmar. As you are a Congressi, let me tell you, Myanmar is not in India.”
This is an old video from Myanmar. As you are a Congressi, let me tell you, Myanmar is not in India.@Uppolice pic.twitter.com/hBG7IUVHXC
— Facts (@BefittingFacts) June 19, 2023
Upon research, we found that the video was from June 2022. ‘Mizzima – News in Burmese’ published a report on the video on December 5, 2022. The report in Burmese noted that the incident occurred on December 3 in the evening. A group of men and women in guerrilla uniforms were seen beating and punching a handcuffed young woman.
ကောင်မနာမည်က အေးမာထွန်း၊ ဆရာမမဟုတ်ဘူး၊ပျူခေါင်းဆောင်ရဲ့တူမ၊ပုံထဲက ဟိန်းဝဏ္ဏအောင် လက်နက်ဝယ်ဘို့အသွားမှာ ဖျားယောင်းပြီး အကြမ်းဖက်စကစ လက်ထဲထည့်လိုက်လို့ နားရွက်လှီးပြီးရက်2စက်2အသတ်ခံလိုက်ရတာ၊ ဒါကြောင့် လက်တုန့်ပြန်တာ👇အဲမှာဝင်ဖတ်ကြည့် အသေးစိတ်ပါတယ်။https://t.co/qtu2jyiBOx pic.twitter.com/wIgGcYWZw4
— ¥øøñÑøē$hēîñ (@MannShein1) December 6, 2022
After the expose, Manish was seen threatening netizens for publishing screenshots of his now-deleted Tweets. Quoting iAnkurSingh, he said, “Sir, do not misuse my picture. I tweeted the wrong video and deleted it. Now you are intruding on my privacy. You will face a case under IT Act. You should not have used my profile.”
महोदय मेरी pic का दुरुपयोग मत करो मैने गलती से ट्वीट किया हटा भी दिया लेकिन आप मेरी निजता भंग कर रहे हैं IT एक्ट ठीक से पड़ लीजिए मेरी प्रोफ़ाइल का प्रयोग नही करना चाहिए था ,, https://t.co/mN3lRP1pPQ
— Mαɳιʂԋ Kυɱαɾ αԃʋσƈαƚҽ 🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@manishkumarttp) June 19, 2023
Though he deleted the tweet, Manish had retweeted multiple tweets that quoted him. Those RTs were not removed by him.
Notably, the Left-liberals are peddling a narrative to target Hindu Meiteis and paint Christians as victims in the conflict among Kuki and Meitei communities in Manipur.
For example, Kavita Krishnan shared a report published in The Hindu claiming, “Meitei women blockade roads so that mobs can massacre Kukis undisturbed. “Even if the affected villagers make distress calls, the forces are unable to reach”. That cliche about women wanting peace & love, unlike violent men, isn’t ever true.”
And yes: this report isn't misrepresentation by "mainland media": it's a ground report that also says that Kukis are blockading roads "to obstruct essential supplies coming into the State." But blockades to facilitate ethnic cleansing are in no way comparable to chakka jaams.
— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) June 17, 2023
She added that the report was not misrepresented by the “mainland media”, but it was a ground report that also pointed out that Kukis were blockading roads obstructing the supply of essentials into the state. However, she added, “But blockades to facilitate ethnic cleansing are in no way comparable to chakka jams,” giving a sort of clean chit to Kukis.
