No, this is not a video of an Indian National Congress party leader waving Pakistan’s flag
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- Published on November 30, 2018 at 17:30
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- By AFP India
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The misleading video has been viewed 14 thousands times and has over a thousand shares since it was posted, last Wednesday, November 28.
Translated from Hindi, the caption says: “Pakistan’s flag is waved at Ashok Gehlot’s rally in Rajasthan, result of voting for Congress.”
Gehlot is the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress party.
However, the flag that Gehlot is waving is not Pakistan's national flag.
Pakistan's flag is also green, but it has a white stripe on its side, as well as a white crescent and star on it. The flag Gehlot is waving is a plain green flag.
Below is a photo of a Pakistan's flag:
Below is a snapshot from the video, with the plain green flag circled:
The video was originally posted on Gehlot’s Facebook page.
The post has a caption in Hindi saying: “Today in Jodhpur, flagged off a procession organized on the occasion of Eid-Milad-un-Nabi.”
In some strains of Islam, Eid-Milad-un-Nabi refers to the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday.
The video can be seen below:
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