{"id":107885,"date":"2021-12-01T13:23:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T07:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=107885"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:23:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T07:53:45","slug":"false-claim-that-akhilesh-yadav-said-will-change-the-name-of-ayodhya-if-come-in-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-that-akhilesh-yadav-said-will-change-the-name-of-ayodhya-if-come-in-power\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Akhilesh Yadav did not say SP will change Ayodhya&#8217;s name if it comes to power in UP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A screengrab from a Republic Bharat broadcast is viral on social media. It reads, \u201cSP to change the name of Ayodhya if it comes to power\u201d. It is claimed that Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav allegedly made this campaign promise. One Twitter user wrote, \u201cAkhilesh Yadav is challenging us Hindus. What do you say, shall we knock the SP out of this election?\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211129153713\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/BittuTuFanii\/status\/1464866033240477700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936 \u092f\u093e\u0926\u0935 \u0915\u0940 \u092f\u0947 \u091a\u0941\u0928\u094c\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942\u0913 \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0938\u094b\u091a\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0938\u092a\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u092c\u0915\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0930 \u0938\u092b\u093c\u093e \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KFseP6nrVt\">pic.twitter.com\/KFseP6nrVt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riniti Chatterjee (@Chatterj1Asking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chatterj1Asking\/status\/1464660498822021125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The image is also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%93&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widespread<\/a> on Twitter. In fact, a few users also amplified the claim without the accompanying photo. Among them were VHP Spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VijayVst0502\/status\/1465236478166900738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vijay Shankar Tiwari<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bhupesh4bjp\/status\/1465018957715312640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bhupesh Chaubey<\/a> of the BJP.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-107885 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/false-claim-that-akhilesh-yadav-said-will-change-the-name-of-ayodhya-if-come-in-power\/2021-11-29-21_04_31-window\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"583\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_04_31-Window.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_04_31-Window.jpeg 583w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_04_31-Window-300x206.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-that-akhilesh-yadav-said-will-change-the-name-of-ayodhya-if-come-in-power\/2021-11-29-21_04_14-window-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_04_14-Window-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_04_14-Window-1.jpeg 590w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_04_14-Window-1-300x202.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-that-akhilesh-yadav-said-will-change-the-name-of-ayodhya-if-come-in-power\/2021-11-29-21_04_43-window\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_04_43-Window.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_04_43-Window.jpeg 586w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_04_43-Window-300x196.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-that-akhilesh-yadav-said-will-change-the-name-of-ayodhya-if-come-in-power\/2021-11-29-19_49_35-window\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-19_49_35-Window.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-19_49_35-Window.png 642w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-19_49_35-Window-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The image is also being circulated widely on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%20&amp;sde=Abo7Pu8UZLwVLeBFPBRmfhm_MvT3uh7Li33UuVUQWuLuAC8NBHbAuU4hR4WQujtTfOEiN1PZ0XMzegixmvd0FvoCb8SFXai6UYQffIwueHyUI1vw2GL-c-Q-Siwwe44_OB6R07oMBP4QVv8bE10BXtIFYRt0Wjt14IOkfQKeiWuZD2JikdSHCMsjYNdlxWp4m9I6zY0NoqKMvozmrqC7q5f_99cI0oJ30mgTJYSalDfs3PC1WSU0MHivmCcUXJtoRZs7zAaLZYBvPrzq0xafE9van-dsSFwZP1xiD6u60SQ25X6w_pv0aAJwdrhEebc8hzsgFc8Wj9xIK7Ylx-WBg7qEUeyoCoazQM3XgaUqOi61lZAb2mWlathAaBKJ4SkmI9f6SDWzVZqsCTtRi4jJbVT9OH7aYllz-Yrp5XMf3T2kOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>. It was posted to a few Facebook, including \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100045082574058\/posts\/441808073998608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I am with Rohit Sardana<\/a>\u2018, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ISupportTigerRajaSingh\/posts\/441953924179303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Support Raja Singh<\/a>\u2018, <a href=\"http:\/\/c\/Users\/KINJU\/Desktop\/2021-11-29%2021_02_52-Window.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Kapil Mishra Fans\u2019<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/c\/Users\/KINJU\/Desktop\/2021-11-29%2021_02_17-Window.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Yogi Adityanath Fans\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-107885 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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\/false-claim-that-akhilesh-yadav-said-will-change-the-name-of-ayodhya-if-come-in-power\/2021-11-29-21_01_13-window\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_01_13-Window.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_01_13-Window.jpeg 511w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_01_13-Window-300x231.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-that-akhilesh-yadav-said-will-change-the-name-of-ayodhya-if-come-in-power\/2021-11-29-21_01_37-window\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_01_37-Window.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_01_37-Window.jpeg 511w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_01_37-Window-300x230.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-that-akhilesh-yadav-said-will-change-the-name-of-ayodhya-if-come-in-power\/2021-11-29-21_02_17-window\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_02_17-Window.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_02_17-Window.jpeg 511w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_02_17-Window-300x221.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/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\/false-claim-that-akhilesh-yadav-said-will-change-the-name-of-ayodhya-if-come-in-power\/2021-11-29-21_02_52-window\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_02_52-Window.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_02_52-Window.jpeg 505w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/2021-11-29-21_02_52-Window-300x222.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a keyword search on YouTube and found a November 27 video report by Republic Bharat. The channel reported that Yogi Adityanath took a jab at Akhilesh Yadav by saying that if the SP won in Uttar Pradesh, the party would change Ayodhya\u2019s name. This comment, made by the UP chief minister in an interview, appears at the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_IyRTeazV0Q?t=160\">2:40 mark<\/a> of the video attached below. Adityanath said that if the Samajwadi Party wins, it will change back the names of Ayodhya and Prayagraj.<\/p>\n<p>His statement is as follows, \u201cAkhilesh Yadav and Owaisi speak the same language. Owaisi says that he will change Ayodhya\u2019s name back. And Akhilesh Yadav says the same thing, that if his party came to power he would reverse the Ayodhya and Prayagraj name changes. They both give the same kind of statements and do the same kind of work. They complement one another. There\u2019s no difference between the two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_IyRTeazV0Q]<\/p>\n<p>Alt News performed another keyword search to confirm whether Akhilesh Yadav had indeed made such a remark. However, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2+%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87+-+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6+%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B5+&amp;sxsrf=AOaemvLBiBzeBBBIT9rCplJQiyLO1yI4Jg%3A1638197009520&amp;ei=EeekYdL1HoLXz7sPh-OWmAE&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiSwsu25730AhWC63MBHYexBRMQ4dUDCA4&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2+%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87+-+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6+%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B5+&amp;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BwgAEEcQsANKBAhBGABQuwVYog9g-RZoAXACeACAAZACiAHIB5IBBTAuMS4zmAEAoAEBoAECyAEDwAEB&amp;sclient=gws-wiz\">did not find any media reports<\/a> that corroborated this.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, it was Yogi Adityanath, not Akhilesh Yadav, who claimed that the Samajwadi Party would change Ayodhya\u2019s name if the SP came to power in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A screengrab from a Republic Bharat broadcast is viral on social media. It reads, \u201cSP to change the name of Ayodhya if it comes to power\u201d. It is claimed that Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav allegedly made this campaign promise. One Twitter user wrote, \u201cAkhilesh Yadav is challenging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":107896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-107885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No, Akhilesh Yadav did not say SP will change Ayodhya&#039;s name if it comes to power in UP - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No, Akhilesh Yadav did not say SP will change Ayodhya&#039;s name if it comes to power in UP - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A screengrab from a Republic Bharat broadcast is viral on social media. 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