Old Photos Viral Amid Farmers' Protest

Hind Khoudary

Politics

29th November 2020

Pictures from 2018 protest(GettyImages).

The Claim

A picture depicts police using water cannons against the farmers during the ongoing farmers' protest in Delhi.

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Emerging story

Amid the 'Delhi Chalo' protest organized by the farmers of Punjab a picture of police using water against water goes viral. Users shared pictures claiming that the protests are being suppressed by police.

Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar’s team image reverse search found that the image was in 2018 when farmers have been stopped during 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra'.

#WATCH Visuals from UP-Delhi border where farmers have been stopped during 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra'. Police use water cannons to disperse protesters after protesters broke the barricades pic.twitter.com/9KUwKgvrwW
— ANI (@ANI) October 2, 2018

The image was taken during the farmers' protest organized by Bhartiya Kisan Union in October 2018. This image was of the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on Ghazipur when the water cannons were used against farmers.
Police are using water cannons and tear gas in the current farmers' protest, but the viral photos shown above are of farmers' protest organized in 2018.
Thousands of farmers from several states started marching towards Delhi on Wednesday as part of their 'Dilli Chalo' protest. Visuals showed farmers atop tractors and trucks, stocked with supplies, as they proceeded towards Delhi undeterred by barricades, teargas shelling, baton-charging, and water cannons.