A reverse image search led us to an article by One India, dated 30 June 2014, carrying the image. The article stated that BJP youth workers had staged a protest in Lucknow against the ruling Samajwadi Party.
With a relevant keyword search, we found an article by The Telegraph also dating back to 2014, carrying the image with the caption, “A BJP activist fights with a policeman during the protest outside the Assembly in Lucknow on Monday.”
We also found the image on news agency PTI’s archives, with the caption, “A BJP Yuva Morcha activist engaged in stick fight with a policeman during a protest outside Vidhan Bhawan in Lucknow on Monday.”
The picture was taken by PTI photographer Nand Kumar.
According to a report by The Times of India, the BJP workers had ‘run riot for more than two hours’ outside the Vidhan Sabha Bhawan while protesting against the “deteriorating law and order condition” in UP.
The…