Manipur vote tampering protest footage falsely circulated online as an old video from Kolkata in September 2025.
A viral video on social media, featuring a large crowd walking under a foot-over bridge with slogans of 'Vote Chor, Gaddi chod,' has been circulating with the claim that it shows a protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 13 September 2025 visit to Manipur. However, this claim has been found to be false.
The video, initially uploaded by digital creator Trisha Roy on 14 April 2025, actually shows an Anti-Waqf (Amendment) Act protest held in Kolkata. The Times of India described the visuals, which are similar to those in the viral video, as being from this event.
Trisha Roy stated in her upload that the video was taken at NRS Hospital, Kolkata. The video did not contain the 'Vote Chor, Gaddi chod' slogans heard in the viral version, and no credible media source or official report indicates that any protest with these alleged slogans took place during PM Modi's Manipur tour.
Further investigation revealed that the audio in the viral video seems to be overlaid or edited to make it sound like a vote chori protest. The video was shot in the Sealdah surroundings of Kolkata, as confirmed by Google Street View.
It is important to note that PM Modi did indeed visit Manipur on 13 September 2025, his first visit to the state since the 2023 violence. However, the viral video does not depict any events from this visit.
A day after PM Modi's visit, a mob in Churachandrapur clashed with security forces over the arrest of two people who allegedly vandalised banners and cutouts of the PM. This incident, too, is separate from the viral video.
In conclusion, the viral video is not from a protest in Manipur against PM Modi during his 13 September 2025 visit. Instead, it is from an Anti-Waqf Amendment Act protest held in Kolkata on 14 April 2025. The claim made in the post is false.
