Did Khalistanis infiltrate Farmers’ Protest or the Right-Wing created the bogey of Khalistan to dilute protests?! Who are main people behind this agenda?
We analyzed the social media chatter on this issue and this is what we found:
#FarmersProtest (1/7)
thedisinfolab.org
We analyzed the social media chatter on this issue and this is what we found:
#FarmersProtest (1/7)
thedisinfolab.org
While a Khalistani agenda has been promoted online for long by groups like Dal Khalsa, #SFJ, etc it never had any real traction among the Sikh population in India or abroad.
Surprisingly, it was the RW handles that first started talking about Khalistan with farmers’ protest:(2/7)
Surprisingly, it was the RW handles that first started talking about Khalistan with farmers’ protest:(2/7)
Apparently, some news media – including “Zee Punjab Haryana Himachal” and a NewsX journalist ‘misreported’ a group of farmers’ protest. Instead of “Kisan Ekta Zindabad”, they reported it as “Khalistan Zindabaad”. (3/7)
The Pakistani trolls decide to take advantage by further associating farmers’ protests with Khalistan. Known ISPR Troll @iVeenaMalik & JeI Youth Wing Leader @AbWaheedJI added fuel to the fire adding Khalistan in context of farmers’ protest. (4/7)
By now it seems either the #BJP IT Cell got sold on its own rhetoric or got massively fooled by Veena and Co. in believing that Khalistani elements are behind the farmers’ protests. Here are some major handles - @zeenatrana1818 @Harshad_BJP @kamalranivarun (5/7)
It is interesting to note that the tweets posted were identical and within a time frame of 2 hrs. We also found lots of tweets just being copied and posted on the same day. Indeed, coordinated efforts just to malign demean the farmers and downplay their protests. (6/7)
By now #Khalistan had entered into the mainstream discussion and Indian media houses through their debates, reports, and catchy headlines in a bid to gain TRP escalated it. The prominent channels who took up the debate included Zee News & Aaj Tak. (7/7)
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