A video purportedly showing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walking away while the national anthem could be heard playing is being shared on the internet as a recent incident.

What have users said?: Those sharing the video have captioned it saying, "*_India's National Anthem is no longer finished, Mamata is already running. Where does the country's devotion to such a pro-Muslim Irori come from? (sic)."

(More archives of similar such claims could be viewed here , here , and here .)

What's the truth?: The video has been heavily edited . A longer video, which dates back to March 2022, showed Banerjee walking away after the national anthem concluded.

Moreover, a band was heard playing an instrumental version of the national anthem in the longer version.

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