Twitter labels BJP social media head Amit Malviya's tweet as 'manipulated media'

Twitter has marked a tweet by BJP social media chief Amit Malviya on the farmers' protest as 'manipulated media'.

The tweet in question was posted on November 28 with Malviya aiming at former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who had tweeted a photograph showing a policeman wielding his baton at an elderly farmer.

Rahul had then said, "It is a very sad photo. Our slogan was ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ but today PM Modi’s arrogance made the jawan stand against the farmer. This is very dangerous."

To this, Malviya shared a video clip with a caption 'propaganda' and 'reality'. The video shared by Malviya showed the policeman raising his baton towards the elderly protester but not hitting the farmer as the former walked away. He also commented that "Rahul Gandhi must be the most discredited opposition leader India has seen in a long long time."

However, fact checking websites like Alt News called out the video saying it was clipped and did not show the farmers being beaten up by police.

The farmer shown in the image also gave an interview to another fact-checking site Boomlive and showed his injury marks.

PTI photographer Ravi Choudhary, who clicked the picture that was circulated in the media and used by Rahul, also posted pictures showing farmers' being hit, especially one on the farmer who was in the limelight. It is not sure whether the same policeman hit the elderly protester in the widely circulated image, which also inspired several artworks.