On May 9, Sudarshan News tweeted a video claiming ‘land jihad’ was underway in Haryana’s Kurukshetra. The video shows a man at the ‘Geeta Updesh Sthal’ in Kurukshetra. Pointing the camera to a structure covered with a green sheet, the man claims that an Islamic tomb has been constructed there. The video tweeted by Sudarshan News garnered over 7,000 retweets at the time of writing. (Archive link)

कुरुकषेतर में लैंड जिहाद ?
जहां भगवान कृषण ने अरजुन को दिया गीता का उपदेश, वहां बना दी मजार.. !!

पावन हिंदू तीरथ पर कबजे की साजिस ?@mlkhattar @anilvijminister से जांच की अपेकषा है pic.twitter.com/4He9Ig1zvG

— Sudarshan News (@SudarshanNewsTV) May 8, 2022

Uttar Pradesh BJP spokesperson Prashant Umrao also tweeted the visuals claiming that a mazar was being built near the temple in Kurukshetra. (Archive link)

पहली वीडिययो जो कल परापत हुई थी, उसमें कुरुकषेतर के जयोतिसर में एक मंदिर के पास मजार बनाने के बारे में पता चला था।

दूसरी फोटो आज की है, जिसमे जगह को साफ कर दिया गया है

ऐसे ही सभी अवैध मजारों को साफ करने की आवशयकता है। pic.twitter.com/GVjp77OfxH

Twitter user ‘@Trishul_Achuk‘, journalist Jitendra Pratap Singh of Sudarshan News (archive link) and the handle ‘Akhand Bharat Sankalp’ also amplified the video with this claim.

The video is widespread on Twitter and Facebook.

Fact-check

The individual in the video identifies the location as the Geeta Updesh Sthal in Kurukshetra. Upon further investigation, Alt News discovered that the video was indeed filmed at this location. The ...

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