{"id":108561,"date":"2021-12-11T20:01:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T14:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=108561"},"modified":"2021-12-11T20:01:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T14:31:56","slug":"alse-quote-attributed-to-ravish-kumar-after-general-bipin-rawats-demise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/alse-quote-attributed-to-ravish-kumar-after-general-bipin-rawats-demise\/","title":{"rendered":"False quote attributed to Ravish Kumar after General Bipin Rawat&#8217;s demise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the death of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, and his wife in a helicopter crash near Coonoor, a viral claim began circulating on social media. It alleged that journalist Ravish Kumar questioned his wife&#8217;s presence in the chopper. The claim was widespread on Twitter, shared by @janardanspeaks, @AshishK_BJP, @humlogindia, @Ashishsinghtth, @VishnuMTiwari1, @JoshiAruj, @janardanmis.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-108561 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\/alse-quote-attributed-to-ravish-kumar-after-general-bipin-rawats-demise\/fgtgdj8uyae2jze\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/FGTgDJ8UYAE2JZE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/FGTgDJ8UYAE2JZE.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/FGTgDJ8UYAE2JZE-240x300.jpg 240w, 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(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The claim has also been shared on Facebook.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=278514234330871&amp;id=106229958225967\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=278514234330871&amp;id=106229958225967\"><p>\u0907\u0938 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u0942\u0930 \u0939\u093e\u0926\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u092d\u0940 \u0930\u0935\u0940\u0936 \u0915\u0941\u092e\u093e\u0930 \u0938\u0935\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u091c\u0928\u0930\u0932 \u092c\u093f\u092a\u093f\u0928 \u0930\u093e\u0935\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0928\u0940 \u0939\u0947\u0932\u0940\u0915\u0949\u092a\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093f\u0938 \u0939\u0948\u0938\u093f\u092f\u0924 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0948\u0920\u0940 \u0925\u0940<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\u0939\u0930\u093f-\u0917\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0924\u093e-106229958225967\/\">\u0939\u0930\u093f \u0917\u0941\u092a\u094d\u0924\u093e<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=278514234330871&amp;id=106229958225967\">Wednesday, 8 December 2021<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>False statement<\/h4>\n<p>Ravish Kumar did not make the statement attributed to him. Had he made such a controversial remark, it would have been reported in the media. Kumar had made a Facebook post on December 8 where he wrote that the death of General Bipin Rawat and his wife was tragic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RavishKaPage\/posts\/451104349713817\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RavishKaPage\/posts\/451104349713817\"><p>\u092a\u094d\u0930\u092e\u0941\u0916 \u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u0905\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u091c\u0928\u0930\u0932 \u092c\u093f\u092a\u093f\u0928 \u0930\u093e\u0935\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u093f\u0927\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0916\u093c\u092c\u0930 \u091d\u0915\u091d\u094b\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0924\u0940\u0928 \u0924\u0940\u0928 \u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092e\u0941\u0916 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u0947\u0932\u093f\u0915\u093e\u092a\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u0948\u0936 \u0915\u0930&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RavishKaPage\">Ravish Kumar<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RavishKaPage\/posts\/451104349713817\">Wednesday, 8 December 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Furthermore, he confirmed to Alt News that he made no such statement. &#8220;I have not written this on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. This organised attempt is also being carried out on Facebook. This is how they spread false news,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kumar&#8217;s prime time on General Bipin Rawat&#8217;s demise can be watched below. He did not make the statement during the show as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prime Time With Ravish Kumar: \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0926\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0938\u094d\u0924 \u0939\u0941\u0906 General Rawat \u0915\u093e Helicopter?\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gXvTUzw-img?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In his December 10 primetime show, he spoke about the false statement widespread in his name.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prime Time: Why Does Government Not Take Action On Trolls Propagating Falsehood On Twitter?\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VMoTOrH0ge0?start=36&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>False quotes have often been attributed to Ravish Kumar. Some of these, debunked by Alt News, can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=ravish+kumar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the death of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, and his wife in a helicopter crash near Coonoor, a viral claim began circulating on social media. It alleged that journalist Ravish Kumar questioned his wife&#8217;s presence in the chopper. The claim was widespread on Twitter, shared by @janardanspeaks, @AshishK_BJP, @humlogindia, @Ashishsinghtth, @VishnuMTiwari1, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":108576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[663],"class_list":["post-108561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-social-media-claims","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Ravish-kumar-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108561","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108561"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108577,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108561\/revisions\/108577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108561"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=108561"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=108561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}