{"id":108445,"date":"2021-12-09T18:11:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T12:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=108445"},"modified":"2021-12-09T18:22:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T12:52:52","slug":"photo-from-nikah-ceremony-shared-as-quranic-verses-being-read-in-maharashtra-lit-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-from-nikah-ceremony-shared-as-quranic-verses-being-read-in-maharashtra-lit-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo from Nikah ceremony shared as Quranic verses read in Sahitya Sammelan in Maharashtra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BJP leader <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/wip\/ZhvJI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hariom Pandey<\/a> recently shared an image claiming it was taken at a literature festival in Maharashtra. He claimed that literary festivals are now being commenced with a reading of Quranic verses, as compared to earlier when the Saraswati Vandana used to be recited. The image features NCP MP Supriya Sule and Maharashtra cabinet minister Jitendra Awhad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108449 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-09-at-4.59.43-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-09-at-4.59.43-PM.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-09-at-4.59.43-PM-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>West Bengal\u2019s Shankaracharya Gurukul president Arpita Chatterjee shared the image with the same claim. Her tweet was liked by over 4,500 users as of this writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/4qSPu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0939 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0928\u0908 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0925\u093e \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0947\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0906\u0924 \u0938\u0930\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0924\u0940 \u0935\u0902\u0926\u0928\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0940 \u0925\u0940 \u0905\u092c \u0938\u093e\u0939\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0947\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0906\u0924 \u0915\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0906\u092f\u0924\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0922\u093c\u0915\u0930 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K6agyDddq7\">pic.twitter.com\/K6agyDddq7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arpita Chatterjee (@arpitahindu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arpitahindu\/status\/1467903408044744714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several others also posted the image with the accompanying claim. Among them was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mahesh__Chouhan\/status\/1468475564184928258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahesh Chauhan<\/a> of the RSS, and users like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/humlogindia\/status\/1467733883542065153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@humlogindia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janardanspeaks\/status\/1468200022822899716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@janardanspeaks<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/archiepie11\/status\/1468226953937244160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@archiepie11<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-108445 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-from-nikah-ceremony-shared-as-quranic-verses-being-read-in-maharashtra-lit-fest\/2021-12-08-20_45_17\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-20_45_17-.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-20_45_17-.jpeg 451w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-20_45_17--178x300.jpeg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-from-nikah-ceremony-shared-as-quranic-verses-being-read-in-maharashtra-lit-fest\/2021-12-08-20_45_40-4-janardan-mishra-on-twitter\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-20_45_40-4-Janardan-Mishra-on-Twitter.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-20_45_40-4-Janardan-Mishra-on-Twitter.jpeg 542w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-20_45_40-4-Janardan-Mishra-on-Twitter-197x300.jpeg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-from-nikah-ceremony-shared-as-quranic-verses-being-read-in-maharashtra-lit-fest\/2021-12-08-20_46_05-4-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"446\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-20_46_05-4-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-20_46_05-4-1.jpeg 446w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-08-20_46_05-4-1-191x300.jpeg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-from-nikah-ceremony-shared-as-quranic-verses-being-read-in-maharashtra-lit-fest\/we-the-people-on-twitter_-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/We-The-People-on-Twitter_-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/We-The-People-on-Twitter_-1.jpeg 453w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/We-The-People-on-Twitter_-1-187x300.jpeg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We performed a reverse image search, keeping in mind that Supriya Sule and Jitendra Awhad could be seen as attendees in the viral photo. This led us to a video story posted on a verified YouTube channel named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jldb5KQwXRg\">Aapka Prahar Times<\/a>. At the 3:20 mark, it is mentioned that Supriya Sule attended fellow NCP leader and Kalwa Mumbra Assembly Speaker Shamim Khan\u2019s son\u2019s Nikah ceremony. According to the report, Sule had shared a Facebook Live taken at the event. This is where the viral image was taken from.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108448 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-9.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-9-300x146.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-9-768x375.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On December 4, Supriya Sule also posted a Facebook Live recorded during the Nikah ceremony.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/supriyasule\/videos\/3083285855282863\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/supriyasule\/videos\/3083285855282863\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/supriyasule\/\">Supriya Sule<\/a> on Saturday, December 4, 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>In sum, photos taken during the Nikah ceremony of an NCP leader\u2019s son were falsely circulated by BJP leaders and other users to claim Quranic verses were being read in Marathi Sahitya Sammelan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BJP leader Hariom Pandey recently shared an image claiming it was taken at a literature festival in Maharashtra. He claimed that literary festivals are now being commenced with a reading of Quranic verses, as compared to earlier when the Saraswati Vandana used to be recited. 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