Neeraj BaliChandigarh, Aug. 20 -- A BJP campaign against the Aam Aadmi Party government over the condition of Punjab's government schools has run into an awkward fact-check: a video shared by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh dates back to 2018, when the state was governed by Congress under Captain Amarinder Singh.
Singh, a former Indian cricketer who joined the BJP after leaving the AAP, reposted the video on social media on August 19. The original post by user Pradeep Bhandari had appeared just a minute earlier.
The footage showed what was described as a government school in Jalla village of Fatehgarh Sahib district, with poorly maintained toilets and damaged benches. The post alleged that students were being forced to cope with inadeq...