{"id":109726,"date":"2022-01-05T19:31:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=109726"},"modified":"2022-01-05T19:31:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:01:26","slug":"farooq-abdullah-singing-bhajan-after-article-370-demolition-false-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/farooq-abdullah-singing-bhajan-after-article-370-demolition-false-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of Farooq Abdullah singing bhajan is old and unrelated to abrogation of Article 370"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of former J&amp;K chief minister and Jammu-Kashmir National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah singing a Ram <em>bhajan<\/em> is making the rounds on social media. The Hindi text superimposed on the video reads, \u2013 \u201cThe incredible transformation of Farooq Abdullah after the abrogation of Article 370\u201d. A Twitter user shared the video and mocked that Abdullah has &#8216;Hindu ancestry&#8217;. It racked up more than 4,000 views at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/iycJu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The video has been shared by a few users on Facebook. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mahendra.s.champawat1\/videos\/4731369586956684\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100057346209902\/videos\/3111342812522696\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-109726 gallery-columns-2 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\/farooq-abdullah-singing-bhajan-after-article-370-demolition-false-claim\/2022-01-03-18_07_23-settings\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1821\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_23-Settings.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_23-Settings.jpg 1821w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_23-Settings-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_23-Settings-1024x485.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_23-Settings-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_23-Settings-1536x727.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1821px) 100vw, 1821px\" \/><\/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\/farooq-abdullah-singing-bhajan-after-article-370-demolition-false-claim\/2022-01-03-18_07_37-3-facebook-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1884\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_37-3-Facebook.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_37-3-Facebook.jpg 1884w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_37-3-Facebook-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_37-3-Facebook-1024x467.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_37-3-Facebook-768x350.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-03-18_07_37-3-Facebook-1536x700.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1884px) 100vw, 1884px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It is also circulating on WhatsApp with the same claim. Alt News received several requests to fact-check the visuals on its WhatsApp helpline number.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-109726 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\/farooq-abdullah-singing-bhajan-after-article-370-demolition-false-claim\/screenshot-2021-12-31-111457-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-31-111457.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-31-111457.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-31-111457-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-31-111457-768x360.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/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\/farooq-abdullah-singing-bhajan-after-article-370-demolition-false-claim\/screenshot-2022-01-03-163607\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"844\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-03-163607.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-03-163607.jpg 844w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-03-163607-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-03-163607-768x366.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VqSr5bXA7AY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel named VK News<\/a> had shared this video with a similar claim back in 2019.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Old video<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=farukh+abdullah+ram+bhajan+jay+shree+ram+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keyword search on YouTube<\/a> and found the video posted on September 21, 2009. The channel that uploaded the video said that it was shot on April 28, 2001. It also said that the video was taken from a <em>Satsang<\/em> in Jammu where Farooq Abdullah performed a devotional song.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Asaram Ji Bapu -Dr Farukh Abdulla ki prarthna\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3y0xf3dWD3w?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>\n<p>Article 370 was abrogated on August 5, 2019 thus, cannot be related to the video.<\/p>\n<p>We also found during our research that the former J&amp;K chief minister had performed Ram<em> bhajans<\/em> on several occasions in <a href=\"https:\/\/navbharattimes.indiatimes.com\/farooq-abdullah-sings-ram-bhajan\/articleshow\/19413543.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2013<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EpbXeaYQCus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ks-ObyZlRAk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2018<\/a> before the abrogation of Article 370.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Watch: Farooq Abdullah sings Ram Bhajan | \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u092b\u093e\u0930\u0942\u0915 \u0905\u092c\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0932\u094d\u0932\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0928\u092f\u093e \u0905\u0902\u0926\u093e\u095b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EpbXeaYQCus?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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of former J&amp;K chief minister and Jammu-Kashmir National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah singing a Ram bhajan is making the rounds on social media. The Hindi text superimposed on the video reads, \u2013 \u201cThe incredible transformation of Farooq Abdullah after the abrogation of Article 370\u201d. A Twitter user shared the video and mocked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":109733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-109726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","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\/2022\/01\/Untitled-design-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109726","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\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109726"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109742,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109726\/revisions\/109742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109726"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=109726"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=109726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}