{"id":104823,"date":"2021-10-09T18:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T13:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=104823"},"modified":"2021-10-09T19:21:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T13:51:54","slug":"no-this-is-not-punjab-cm-charanjit-channi-getting-baptised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-is-not-punjab-cm-charanjit-channi-getting-baptised\/","title":{"rendered":"No, this is not Punjab CM Charanjit Channi getting baptised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several social media users have shared a clip of a Sikh man getting baptised, a Christian rite of admission and adoption. It has been claimed that the man is Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092c \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u091a\u0930\u0923\u091c\u0940\u0924 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 \u091a\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0940 \u0939\u0948 ??<br \/>\n\u0926\u0947\u0916\u094b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ysxsD8rIyn\">pic.twitter.com\/ysxsD8rIyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Richa Rajpoot (@doctorrichabjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doctorrichabjp\/status\/1446499910778384384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Multiple Twitter users have shared it including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sourabh3507\/status\/1446424242556264450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Sourabh3507<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PunitTyagiBjp\/status\/1446448483716661259\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@PunitTyagiBjp<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ravindr14670837\/status\/1446157189412913152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Ravindr14670837<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092c \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u090f \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHARANJITCHANNI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CHARANJITCHANNI<\/a> \u0930\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0938\u0930\u0926\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0935\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u092a\u0942\u091c\u093e \u0906\u0930\u093e\u0927\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0908\u0938\u093e\u0907\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0947 \u0935\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u093e \u091a\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u091a\u0941\u0928\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0940\u091b\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0907\u0930\u093e\u0926\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964\u0964 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0939 \u092d\u0940 \u092e\u093f\u0936\u0928\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u090f\u0915 \u092d\u093e\u0917 \u0939\u0948 \ud83e\udd14\u0964\u0964<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/congress_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@congress_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RahulGandhi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/priyankagandhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@priyankagandhi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PunjabGovtIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PunjabGovtIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hpiPs0ozrh\">pic.twitter.com\/hpiPs0ozrh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Punit Tyagi (@PunitTyagiBjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PunitTyagiBjp\/status\/1446448483716661259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several users posted this video on pro-BJP Facebook pages such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1025981570777628\/posts\/6406582319384166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0938\u091a \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u092e\u0928\u093e Sach Se Samna<\/a> [5,000 members], <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/549443965155618\/posts\/3940524902714157\">Stop Conversions in India<\/a> [5,000 members] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/435704259797816\/posts\/4821174927917372\">KADVA SACH<\/a> [26,000 members], <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1025981570777628\/posts\/6406582319384166\">Republic Tv<\/a> [30,000 members] and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/2759747787599099\/posts\/2998877307019478\">Pushpendra Kulshrestha: Hindu Sher<\/a> [56,000 members].<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-104823 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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100vw, 1358px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-is-not-punjab-cm-charanjit-channi-getting-baptised\/screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15-20-51\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"1230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.20.51.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.20.51.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.20.51-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.20.51-1024x922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.20.51-768x692.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-is-not-punjab-cm-charanjit-channi-getting-baptised\/screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15-19-55\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1346\" height=\"1288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.19.55.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.19.55.jpg 1346w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.19.55-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.19.55-1024x980.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.19.55-768x735.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1346px) 100vw, 1346px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-is-not-punjab-cm-charanjit-channi-getting-baptised\/screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15-19-35\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.19.35.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.19.35.jpg 1354w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.19.35-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.19.35-1024x939.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.19.35-768x704.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-is-not-punjab-cm-charanjit-channi-getting-baptised\/screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15-18-59\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1354\" height=\"1316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.18.59.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.18.59.jpg 1354w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.18.59-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.18.59-1024x995.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-15.18.59-768x746.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1354px) 100vw, 1354px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Alt News has received several requests to fact-check this claim on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104824 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/IMG_20211009_144728.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/IMG_20211009_144728.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/IMG_20211009_144728-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/IMG_20211009_144728-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/IMG_20211009_144728-768x1037.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Man in the video is not Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi<\/h4>\n<p>In the video, the priest can be heard saying, &#8220;I baptise Simranjit Singh as Samuel&#8230;&#8221; This itself debunks the false claim. We found that a Facebook user had shared the video mentioning Simranjit Singh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/subir.kaunds\/videos\/664321737797640\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/subir.kaunds\/videos\/664321737797640\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Simranjit Singh becomes Samuel. Praise the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a role=\"button\" href=\"#\">Roy Subir Kaunds<\/a> on Thursday, 7 October 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a picture of Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi. He does not look identical to the man in the video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104841 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/TUPmgKjk_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/TUPmgKjk_400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/TUPmgKjk_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/TUPmgKjk_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The video below shows a live stream of Channi&#8217;s oath-taking ceremony on September 20.<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PAPgxYS84AM[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p>The video has, therefore, been shared with a false claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several social media users have shared a clip of a Sikh man getting baptised, a Christian rite of admission and adoption. It has been claimed that the man is Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi. \u092a\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092c \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u091a\u0930\u0923\u091c\u0940\u0924 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 \u091a\u0928\u094d\u0928\u0940 \u0939\u0948 ?? \u0926\u0947\u0916\u094b pic.twitter.com\/ysxsD8rIyn \u2014 Dr. Richa Rajpoot (@doctorrichabjp) October 8, 2021 Multiple Twitter users [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":104845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,55],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-104823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/10\/FI-3-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104823"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104848,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104823\/revisions\/104848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104823"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=104823"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=104823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}