Fact Check: Video Of A Farmers’ Protest In Bhopal Is Being Shared With The False Claim That It Shows A Protest At Jantar Mantar.

New Delhi (Vishvas News). Opposition parties have questioned the transparency of the Election Commission of India’s ‘Special Intensive Revision’ (SIR) campaign. . Protesting against this exercise and demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, opposition parties and the ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP) have staged protests across the country, including in Delhi.

Against this backdrop, CJP spokespersons Saurav Das and party leader Ashutosh Ranka  slogans at Jantar Mantar on October 13, 2026. During this protest, Delhi police took both men into custody. A video showing a large crowd is now going viral on social media and is being linked to this protest. The video shows a crowd raising slogans and taking part in a demonstration. It is being shared with the claim that the footage shows the crowd gathered at Jantar Mantar for the CJP protest.

In its investigation, Vishvas News found that the viral claim is false. In reality, the video shows a farmers’ protest that took place on July 29, 2026, in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. The farmers were protesting to demand 100% procurement of ‘moong’ (green gram) at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and improvements to the state’s fertilizer distribution system. Footage from this protest is now being circulated with the false claim that it depicts a CJP protest.

What is going viral?

On October 10, 2026, Facebook user ‘Rambabu Divakar’ shared a video with the following caption, “A large number of people have started gathering outside Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Members of the ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ have managed to assemble a significant crowd. The crowd is filled with outrage; this time, they will not settle for anything less than the resignation of Gyanesh Kumar.”

You can view the archived link to the post here.

Investigation

To uncover the truth behind the viral claim, we extracted several keyframes from the video and searched for them using Google Reverse Image Search. We found the viral video on ‘MRYG News’ Facebook page. It was posted on July 29, 2026. According to the information, the video shows a farmers’ protest that took place in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

We also found this video shared on several other social media accounts, claiming as a farmers’ protest footage on July 29, 2026.

Taking our investigation further, we searched Google using relevant keywords. We found a news report related to this farmer’s protest on the ‘Dainik Jagran’ website. This report was published on July 29, 2026. According to the report, “In Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, around 2,000 farmers set out to lay siege to the Chief Minister’s residence, demanding 100% government procurement of moong (green gram) and improvements to the fertilizer distribution system. The police intercepted them near the RRL intersection.”

According to a report published on the ‘Navbharat Times’ website on July 29, 2026, “Farmers were demanding that the government procure 100% of this season’s summer moong crop (green gram) at the minimum support price (MSP) and improve the fertilizer distribution system. The protest was led by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, and a ‘Kisan Kranti’ (Farmers’ Revolution) march was organized in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.”

We contacted reporter Brijendra Rishivar, ‘NaiDunia’, Bhopal for more information on this protest. He informed us that the video shows a protest staged by farmers in Bhopal in July 2026. A large number of farmers had gathered to protest and they marched toward the Chief Minister’s residence.

What is the context?

Protests are taking place in several parts of the country, including Delhi, over the alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Opposition parties are protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging attempts to ‘steal votes’ and demanding his resignation. The ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ is also protesting over the same issue.

Despite authorities denying permission for a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on October 10, 2026, thousands of opposition party workers gathered in various parts of the capital to voice their dissent. The police took strict action to control the situation and detained thousands of protesters. Further details on this can be found in a report by ‘Jagran.com’.

According to a report published on the ‘Dainik Bhaskar’ website on October 12, 2026, “Protests can no longer be held at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. The central government has removed it from the list of designated protest sites.”

The Delhi Police have detained CJP’s chief spokesperson, Saurav Das, and national spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka for staging an unauthorised protest and raising slogans at Jantar Mantar. Read the full report here.

Finally, we examined the Facebook page that shared the viral video with a false claim. We found that the account has around 9,000 followers. The user has listed its location as Uttar Pradesh (UP). This Facebook account was created on December 15, 2022.

Conclusion: The claim that the viral video shows a protest at Jantar Mantar is false. In July 2026, farmers staged a protest in Bhopal, demanding 100% government procurement of moong (green gram) at the minimum support price and improved fertilizer distribution system. The viral video actually shows this protest.

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