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The Claim

After the Bharatiya Janata Party won the 2024 Indian general election, a video showed a dense crowd carrying bundles leaving West Bengal, India.

The Short Version

The available evidence does not support that a real post–2024 election video showed a dense crowd “carrying bundles” leaving West Bengal after the BJP’s win. Multiple independent fact-checks instead trace the viral crowd footage used with this narrative to older, unrelated events—often from the 2021 West Bengal election period—or even to footage from outside India (e.g., Bangladesh). The claim relies on miscaptioned/recycled video rather than a verified post-election scene.

Caveats

  • Several viral “West Bengal crowd” clips were repeatedly recirculated with new political captions; the timing (“after BJP won in 2024”) is a key point found to be false in debunks.
  • At least one similar clip framed as West Bengal was traced to Bangladesh, underscoring high risk of location misidentification in such posts.
  • YouTube and social-media reposts are not sufficient to verify where/when footage was shot; corroboration from credible, contemporaneous reporting is required.

The Receipts

  1. Old election clips, fabricated documents and misidentified videos: 5 viral posts debunked this week

    PTI News

  2. Fact Check: 'No Vote To BJP' video from Bengal polls viral again ahead of Lok Sabha election

    India Today

  3. West Bengal Lok Sabha election results 2024: TMC sweeps, BJP disappoints

    India Today

  4. Old Video of 'No Vote to BJP' Campaign From West Bengal Goes Viral With False Claim

    The Quint

  5. পশ্চিমবঙ্গের নির্বাচনে বিজেপির ছকই কি কাজে দিল, কীভাবে এগিয়ে গেল ...

    Prothom Alo

  6. FACT CHECK: Do Images Show No Crowd at West Bengal BJP Rally?

    YouTube Fact Check Video

  7. পশ্চিমবঙ্গে লোকসভা ভোটে কারা ক'টি আসন পেতে পারে ? C Voter ...

    ABP Live Bengali

  8. পদ ছাড়লেন বিজেপি জেলা সভাপতি, ভোটের আগে বিতর্ক গেরুয়া শিবিরে

    Ei Samay

  9. পাথরে ফাটল চোখ, কমিশনের দাবি ভোট শান্তিপূর্ণ - Ganashakti

    Ganashakti

  10. Old Bangladesh Clip Misused as West Bengal Election Incident

    Cyberpeace

+ 6 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

2024 Indian General ElectionBharatiya Janata PartyWest Bengal

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