School Bus Of Sanskriti School In Pune Not Attacked During Bharat Bandh; Misleading Images Viral
Photographs of the damaged bus were also used by India Today and Republic TV who claimed that it was the result of the Bharat bandh.

A set of images has been shared widely on social media, which shows a damaged school bus of Sanskriti school in Pune, with a shattered windshield. Those who have shared it have claimed that this is the handiwork of the Congress party which has resorted to vandalism in order to enforce the Bharat bandh it had announced for September 10 to protest the record high in fuel prices.
Among those who have shared these images with the aforementioned claim include Anil Shirole who is a BJP Lok Sabha MP from Pune, who tweeted that school children have been targeted and public property has been damaged.
So called ‘Opposition Parties’ u have every right to protest but misguiding youth, targeting innocent school children, destroying public property & trying to instill fear in citizens for ur own cheap political gains is really deplorable. Shows Pathetic desperation of ur leaders pic.twitter.com/ioYcSWewfg
— Anil Shirole (@AnilShiroleBJP) September 10, 2018
Rishi Bagree,who is a vocal supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who follows him on Twitter also posted this claim along with the pictures.
Congress Goons targeting innocent school children, destroying public property & trying to instill fear in citizens for cheap political gains is really deplorable #BharatBandh pic.twitter.com/DllTx6hXDu
— Rishi Bagree 🇮🇳 (@rishibagree) September 10, 2018
Another right-wing social media user Sankrant Sanu attempted to communalise the issue by suggesting that the attack had something to do with the name of the school. On Facebook, pages which are supportive of the BJP have posted these pictures claiming that Congress goons are responsible for this vandalism. The post by the page Rohit Sardana Fans Club has been shared over 12,000 times so far. Another page, Modi Nama too uploaded these pictures with the claim, which has been shared over 6500 times.
