Fact Check: This video shows TVK's protest against SIR, not NEET paper leak
On November 16, 2025, the TVK organised protests against SIR across Tamil Nadu.
Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned as India’s education minister following weeks of protests in the national capital - and later across the country. But Tamil Nadu’s ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has also demanded the abolition of NEET, the centralised medical entrance exam. Chief Minister Vijay’s party has also demanded the transfer of education to the State List or an interim Special Concurrent List.
A video now going viral shows a massive crowd gathering with the TVK’s flag. An X user shared the video and wrote, “TVK Alliance Protests against NEET today at T Nagar. We will show what and how a protest looks like, DMK.”
India Today Fact Check found that the video shows the TVK’s protest against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu. It has nothing to do with NEET.
OUR PROBE
In the clip, we found a big banner in Tamil that featured the English word “SIR”. This hinted that the video could be unrelated to the NEET protest.
Reverse-searching frames from it led us to the video shared by several X users on November 16, 2025. These accounts stated that the video showed the TVK’s protest against the SIR.
According to The Hindu’s report from November 17, 2025, the TVK organised a statewide protest on November 16, 2025, objecting to the SIR of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu. TVK leaders N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, and other senior officebearers participated in a protest organised at Swami Sivananda Salai in Chennai.
The Deccan Herald reported on November 16, 2025, that the TVK had organised protests against SIR across Tamil Nadu.
We also searched for TVK protests on the NEET paper leak but did not find anything credible. Thus, we concluded that the viral video does not show the TVK’s protest against the NEET paper leak.
Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned as India’s education minister following weeks of protests in the national capital - and later across the country. But Tamil Nadu’s ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has also demanded the abolition of NEET, the centralised medical entrance exam. Chief Minister Vijay’s party has also demanded the transfer of education to the State List or an interim Special Concurrent List.
A video now going viral shows a massive crowd gathering with the TVK’s flag. An X user shared the video and wrote, “TVK Alliance Protests against NEET today at T Nagar. We will show what and how a protest looks like, DMK.”
India Today Fact Check found that the video shows the TVK’s protest against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu. It has nothing to do with NEET.
OUR PROBE
In the clip, we found a big banner in Tamil that featured the English word “SIR”. This hinted that the video could be unrelated to the NEET protest.
Reverse-searching frames from it led us to the video shared by several X users on November 16, 2025. These accounts stated that the video showed the TVK’s protest against the SIR.
According to The Hindu’s report from November 17, 2025, the TVK organised a statewide protest on November 16, 2025, objecting to the SIR of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu. TVK leaders N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, and other senior officebearers participated in a protest organised at Swami Sivananda Salai in Chennai.
The Deccan Herald reported on November 16, 2025, that the TVK had organised protests against SIR across Tamil Nadu.
We also searched for TVK protests on the NEET paper leak but did not find anything credible. Thus, we concluded that the viral video does not show the TVK’s protest against the NEET paper leak.
Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned as India’s education minister following weeks of protests in the national capital - and later across the country. But Tamil Nadu’s ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has also demanded the abolition of NEET, the centralised medical entrance exam. Chief Minister Vijay’s party has also demanded the transfer of education to the State List or an interim Special Concurrent List.
A video now going viral shows a massive crowd gathering with the TVK’s flag. An X user shared the video and wrote, “TVK Alliance Protests against NEET today at T Nagar. We will show what and how a protest looks like, DMK.”
India Today Fact Check found that the video shows the TVK’s protest against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu. It has nothing to do with NEET.
OUR PROBE
In the clip, we found a big banner in Tamil that featured the English word “SIR”. This hinted that the video could be unrelated to the NEET protest.
Reverse-searching frames from it led us to the video shared by several X users on November 16, 2025. These accounts stated that the video showed the TVK’s protest against the SIR.
According to The Hindu’s report from November 17, 2025, the TVK organised a statewide protest on November 16, 2025, objecting to the SIR of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu. TVK leaders N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, and other senior officebearers participated in a protest organised at Swami Sivananda Salai in Chennai.
The Deccan Herald reported on November 16, 2025, that the TVK had organised protests against SIR across Tamil Nadu.
We also searched for TVK protests on the NEET paper leak but did not find anything credible. Thus, we concluded that the viral video does not show the TVK’s protest against the NEET paper leak.
