Fact Check: Video showing a burqa-clad woman receiving salute at the I-Day celebrations is NOT a collector from Karnataka
A video of a burqa-clad woman official inspecting the Guard of Honour during the Independence Day celebrations and taking a salute at the parade is going viral on social media with the claim that the she is a collector in Karnataka state.
A video of a burqa-clad woman official inspecting the Guard of Honour during the Independence Day celebrations and taking a salute at the parade is going viral on social media with the claim that the she is a collector in Karnataka state. The users also add a communal angle to the video, as they explain that a wrong vote can convert the whole country dominated by a specific community.
The claim in Hindi goes as “हिन्दुओ का एक भी गलत वोट देश
Fact Check:
The claim is misleading. The woman officer seen in the video is the vice chairman of the District Development Council in Kishtwar, Jammu.
When we observed the video carefully, we could see the word ‘Kishtwar’ on the 77th Independence Day banner and ‘Chowgan ground, Kishtwar’. So, we used the keywords ‘77th Independence Day, Kishtwar’ and performed a Google reverse image search using the key frames extracted from the video.
We found a Facebook video published on August 15, 2023, with the caption “VC DDC Kishtwar Saima Parveen inspect parade, hoist National flag on the ever of 77th Independence Day”.
This post led us to a YouTube video published on August 15, 2023, with the title VC DDC Kishtwar Saima Parveen inspect parade, hoist National Flag on the eve of 77th Independence Day.
According to www.greaterkashmir.com, the 77th Independence Day 2023 was celebrated across the district Kishtwar, with great enthusiasm, fervour, and national spirit.
The celebrations were held at the historical Chowgan Grounds where the vice chairperson, District Development Council, Saima Parveen Lone, accompanied by SSP, Khalil Ahmed Poswal, hoisted the tricolor, inspected the parade and received the salute with contingents drawn from the police, IRP, CRPF, CISF, Forest Protection Force, Home Guards, SPO Group, NCC battalion of GDC Kishtwar, anganwadi workers and schoolchildren. The parade was commanded by Dy. SP Vishal Sharma.
According to the website of the Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, at Kishtwar, the main function was held at the historical Chowgan Grounds where the vice chairperson, District Development Council, Saima Parveen Lone, accompanied by SSP, Khalil Ahmed Poswal, hoisted the tricolor, inspected the parade and took salute at the march past comprising contingents of the police, IRP, CRPF, CISF, Forest Protection Force, Home Guards, SPO Group, NCC battalion of GDC Kishtwar, anganwadi workers and schoolchildren. The parade was commanded by Dy. SP Vishal Sharma.
However, munsifdaily.com shared the viral video in their report stating that the 77th Independence Day celebrations in District Kishtwar took an unexpected turn when the vice chairperson of the District Development Council, Saima Parveen Lone, hoisted the tricolor donning a burqa and face hijab, sparking conversations amidst the ongoing anti-hijab movement in India.
Hence, the claim that the video shows a woman collector from Karnataka taking a salute during the Independence Day parade is misleading. The video shows the vice chairman of the District Development Council, Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir, receiving the salute at the march past.