An old video of a torch rally organised by the Indian National Congress in Odisha is being falsely shared on social media as visuals of protests against the central government over newly introduced regulations by the University Grants Commission (UGC). BOOM found that the video predates the new UGC regulations and is from December 2025, of a torch rally held by the Odisha Congress. The post mentioned Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee President Bhakta Charan Das also attended the rally along with other leaders. Congress Odisha President Bhakta Charan Das had also posted visuals of the rally on his official X handle on December 20, 2025. BOOM has previously debunked unrelated visuals from Congress protests over the National Herald case that were falsely shared as anti-UGC protests.