AltNews and The Wire whitewash Akhilesh's Jinnah statement
3 years, 4 months ago

AltNews and The Wire whitewash Akhilesh's Jinnah statement

Op India  

At a time when Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav is being heavily criticised for glorifying Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and the architect of India’s partition, the leftist propaganda ‘fact-check’ website AltNews decided to come to his rescue. The ‘fact-check’ published by AltNews on November 9 whitewashing Akhilesh Yadav’s Jinnah comment No sooner did AltNews ‘fact-check’ Akhilesh’s Jinnah statement, the ultra-left propaganda website The Wire also followed suit. AltNews logic: Gives clean chit to Akhilesh Yadav as he mentioned Jinnah’s name along with others and not individually AltNews claimed that Amit Malviya had shared a cropped video claiming that the SP chief talked of Muhammad Ali Jinnah getting freedom for India. According to AltNews, Akhilesh Yadav first mentions Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Mahatma Gandhi in context to India’s independence movement, followed by Jinnah.

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Alt News: The small fact-checking unit that made India’s Prophet Muhammad row go global
2 years, 8 months ago

Alt News: The small fact-checking unit that made India’s Prophet Muhammad row go global

The Independent  

On 27 May, when Indian news channel Times Now held a debate over the issue of a disputed mosque site in northern India, it might have just been another chaotic day of shouting and barbed comments among the panellists on the right-wing channel. That was until a clip of one moment in the debate was tweeted out by fact-checker Mohammad …

UP Next: Why Akhilesh Yadav Cannot Woo Indian Muslim Youth with Jinnah Remark
3 years, 4 months ago

UP Next: Why Akhilesh Yadav Cannot Woo Indian Muslim Youth with Jinnah Remark

News 18  

In the run up to the keenly contested Uttar Pradesh elections, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav recently mentioned Muhammad Ali Jinnah at a public rally in Hardoi on the occasion of 146th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Given the larger public perception around Jinnah, it is curious that Akhilesh Yadav, leader of the principal opposition party in Uttar Pradesh, …

Jinnah takes centre stage in UP poll slugfest
3 years, 4 months ago

Jinnah takes centre stage in UP poll slugfest

India Today  

With the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections closing in, every political party is seen playing all kinds of gimmicks to try and turn the results in its favour. While Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday compared Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah with Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday, November 2, again slammed him …

Adityanath Hits Out at Akhilesh Yadav for 'Comparing' Jinnah with Sardar Patel
3 years, 4 months ago

Adityanath Hits Out at Akhilesh Yadav for 'Comparing' Jinnah with Sardar Patel

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday attacked Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav for "comparing" Muhammad Ali Jinnah with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, saying Talibani mentality believed in breaking society. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya slammed Yadav, calling the SP chief "Akhilesh Ali Jinnah". AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and BSP president Mayawati also hit out at Yadav for speaking …

Asaddudin Owaisi slams Akhilesh Yadav over Patel Jinnah row needs to educate himself and read history – India TV
3 years, 4 months ago

Asaddudin Owaisi slams Akhilesh Yadav over Patel Jinnah row needs to educate himself and read history – India TV

India TV News  

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, on Monday, reacted to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's controversial remarks on 'Jinnah-Patel' and said that the former Uttar Pradesh CM should educate himself and read some history. Akhilesh Yadav had sparked controversy on Sunday when he compared Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru, and said that they all fought for …

'Talibani mentality': Yogi Adityanath demands apology from Akhilesh Yadav for glorifying Muhammad Ali Jinnah
3 years, 4 months ago

'Talibani mentality': Yogi Adityanath demands apology from Akhilesh Yadav for glorifying Muhammad Ali Jinnah

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday criticised Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav for comparing Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah with Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Yadav had on Sunday raised eyebrows when he appeared to equate Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Party's Uttar Pradesh unit chief Swatantra …

Samajwadi Party friendly ‘journalist’ associated with The Wire caught spreading lies about Yogi Adityanath, deletes tweet after getting called out
5 years, 11 months ago

Samajwadi Party friendly ‘journalist’ associated with The Wire caught spreading lies about Yogi Adityanath, deletes tweet after getting called out

Op India  

Samajwadi Party-friendly ‘journalist’ Rohini Singh who is associated with ultra-left wing propaganda website ‘The Wire‘ has fallen back to her usual modus operandi of spreading half-truths and fake news to attack the ruling BJP and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Rohini Singh, who is notoriously known for fake news and propaganda, along with her colleague Prashant Kanojia, posted a …

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