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By Jagriti Trisha A video purporting to show a group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders being thrashed by the public while campaigning is viral online as a recent incident from Tamil Nadu. BOOM found that the incident took place in Odisha and shows a clash between two groups of BJP leaders in October 2023. The video shows a group of people campaigning on a platform when one man is dragged below and thrashed by the group. His kurta is ripped apart by the group who continue to beat him. A caption on X reads, “Recent incident from Tamil Nadu- BJP, RSS’ antinational politicians were dragged f…