Old video of crowd outside bank viral as Muslim women queuing for ‘free’ ration – Alt News

 BY ANURADHA PRASAD

A one-minute video that shows a long queue of women in burqas is viral with the claim that they had gathered to collect free ration distributed by the government. Sudarshan News editor-in-chief Suresh Chavhanke tweeted, “Pay your taxes on time. Look at the queue for free ration, recognise them and open your eyes.”https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=stoic_annu&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1397738359200514048&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altnews.in%2Fvideo-of-women-queued-up-to-withdraw-money-from-the-bank-shared-as-people-gathered-to-collect-free-groceries-fom-the-govt%2F&sessionId=e96abaff707c91574ffa538e8cc4db7141d14e2a&siteScreenName=AltNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&width=550px

[Also read: Sudarshan News and its history of dangerous, communally-divisive misinformation]

BJP supporter Renuka Jain, who is also followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tweeted the video along with a viral Hindi text that says, “Take a look at the crowd gathered for collecting free ration provided by the government, understand where your tax is going.” Her post gained over 2,800 views as of this writing.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=stoic_annu&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3R3ZWV0X2VtYmVkX2NsaWNrYWJpbGl0eV8xMjEwMiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250cm9sIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1397231336704913413&lang=en-gb&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.altnews.in%2Fvideo-of-women-queued-up-to-withdraw-money-from-the-bank-shared-as-people-gathered-to-collect-free-groceries-fom-the-govt%2F&sessionId=e96abaff707c91574ffa538e8cc4db7141d14e2a&siteScreenName=AltNews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&width=550px

Last month, the Modi government decided to distribute 5 kg of grains free of cost to all the 800 million beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act over and above their regular quota in May and June 2021. The decision was taken after the second wave of COVID-19 rendered the poor jobless

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