Archit Mehta, Author at Alt News

Did Congress ‘disrespect’ saffron at Udaipur conclave? Misleading image viral

Archit Mehta16th May 2022

Congress party’s three-day conclave, Chintan Shivir, began in Udaipur on May 14. It was held to strategise about the next round of assembly polls and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections….

Politics

FB page brands Bangladeshi tourists as “infiltrators”, BJP leaders amplify false claim

Archit Mehta & Arbab Ali12th May 202212th May 2022

A man conducting a vox-pop (short interviews with members of the public) at Shaheen Bagh with men exiting a mosque after namaz has gone viral. In this video, the interviewer…

Religion

Pro-Pakistan slogans were NOT raised in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar during Eid

Archit Mehta5th May 20226th May 2022

Amid Eid al-Fitr celebrations in India on May 3, several social media users uploaded a video that shows a group of young men chanting Islamic slogans, including “Mazhab-e-Islam”. It has…

Politics

Police, eyewitnesses refute stones were pelted from mosque during Shobha Yatra in Nellore

Archit Mehta27th April 2022

A massive Hanuman Shobha Yatra took place in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh on April 24. Sunil Deodhar, National Secretary BJP Andhra Pradesh, said Muslims threw stones and beer bottles from an…

Religion

Old video of Muslim women entering a police van reshared with various claims

Archit Mehta18th April 202222nd April 2022

On April 16, several social media users (@ParwalPriyanka, @Sabhapa30724463, @Adodwaria, @PratapKeerti) shared a clip of police seemingly arresting a group of women. The video is being shared with the claim…

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Video of saffron flags raised atop UP mosque falsely linked to Karauli communal violence

Archit Mehta8th April 202211th April 2022

On April 2, CrPC Section 144 was imposed in Rajasthan’s Karauli district after stones were pelted during a ‘Shobha Yatra’ procession that day. The Quint reported that the police have…

Politics

BJP member tweets Delhi CM Kejriwal’s doctored video to claim he admitted taking bribes

Archit Mehta7th April 20227th April 2022

BJP Delhi’s media head Naveen Kumar Jindal posted a 30-second clip of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal from an India TV interview. In the video, CM Kejriwal can be heard…

Religion

Old video of ex-Kerala HC judge Kemal Pasha’s speech shared with false communal spin

Archit Mehta6th April 20227th April 2022

On March 19, Palakkad district judge Dr B Kalam Pasha halted the performance of Mohiniyattam dancer Neena Prasad. All India Lawyers Union and Palakkad District Bar Association had staged a…

News

Youth’s death due to road rage in Bengaluru given false communal spin

Archit Mehta6th April 20226th April 2022

Just after midnight on April 6, several social media accounts claimed that a Hindu man named Chandru was killed by Muslims in the Goripalya area of Bengaluru. As per the…

Politics

No, CM Kejriwal didn’t mock Kashmiri Pandits; BJP leaders share clipped video

Archit Mehta28th March 20224th April 2022

A portion of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s March 24 address during the recent budget session where he referred to the controversial film ‘The Kashmir Files’ has lately made headlines. In…