Fact Check: Video alleging army’s proxy voting for BJP is from 2019, not2024A viral video alleges that army personnel are caught engaging in proxy voting for BJP. Thetwo-minute clip shows civilians confronting and heckling uniformed personnel.However, fact-checkers found the claim to be false Upon conducting a reverse image searchof the video’s keyframes, we found it was present on the internet at least since May 2019According to an ANI report from May 2019, the video depicts soldiers and their spousesheading to vote in Jabalpur during the 2019 Parliamentary elections.They were confronted by individuals who seized their voter ID cards and attempted to stopthem from voting. Army officials sought police assistance to file an FIR against the culprits..The incident was also covered by the Times of India.Hence, we conclude that the video is old and is being falsely linked to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections