{"id":110780,"date":"2022-01-28T17:04:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T11:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=110780"},"modified":"2022-01-28T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T11:34:31","slug":"up-election-akhilesh-yadavs-fake-tweet-calling-himself-ravan-and-aparna-yadav-vibhishan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/up-election-akhilesh-yadavs-fake-tweet-calling-himself-ravan-and-aparna-yadav-vibhishan\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake tweet shows Akhilesh Yadav criticising Aparna Yadav for joining BJP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several claims have been circulating on social media against the backdrop of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. A tweet attributed to the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav is making the rounds online. The use of \u2018daughter-in-law\u2019 in the tweet suggests that it is a remark on Aparna Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav&#8217;s daughter-in-law who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abplive.com\/states\/up-uk\/up-election-2022-aparna-yadav-told-the-reason-for-joining-bjp-said-on-meeting-mulayam-singh-ann-2045000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined the BJP<\/a>. It claims Akhilesh Yadav called himself &#8216;Ravan&#8217; and Aparna Yadav &#8216;Vibhishan&#8217; while criticising the BJP.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter handle \u2018@bghwa02\u2019 posted the screengrab while mocking Akhilesh Yadav.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0928\u092b\u093c\u0930\u0924 \u0928\u092b\u093c\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936 \u092f\u093e\u0926\u0935 \u0909\u0930\u094d\u092b \u091f\u094b\u0902\u091f\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0906\u092a \u0915\u094b \u0930\u093e\u0935\u0923 \u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0939\u0940 \u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e ! \ud83e\udd14<br \/>\n&#8220;\u0935\u093f\u0928\u093e\u0936 \u0915\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u092a\u0930\u0940\u0924 \u092c\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0927\u093f&#8221;<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qj2hZ8bcgt\">pic.twitter.com\/Qj2hZ8bcgt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr.Seema (@bghwa02) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bghwa02\/status\/1484213512964829185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B5%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AB%20%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AA%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A3%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Several other users<\/a> also shared the image.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-110780 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 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href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/up-election-akhilesh-yadavs-fake-tweet-calling-himself-ravan-and-aparna-yadav-vibhishan\/2022-01-24-20_56_54-25-anil_jacob_iv%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b3-on-twitter_-_%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%ab%e0%a4%bc%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%ab%e0%a4%bc%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%82\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/2022-01-24-20_56_54-25-Anil_Jacob_IV\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3-on-Twitter_-_\u0928\u092b\u093c\u0930\u0924-\u0928\u092b\u093c\u0930\u0924-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936-\u092f\u093e\u0926\u0935-\u0909\u0930\u094d\u092b-\u091f\u094b\u0902\u091f\u0940-\u0928\u0947-\u0905\u092a.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" 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href=\"http:\/\/c\/Users\/Admin\/Desktop\/2022-01-24%2021_00_25-Facebook.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-110782 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-31.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-31.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-31-300x140.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-31-768x357.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This alleged tweet by Akhilesh Yadav contains several inconsistencies and grammatical errors that raised red flags. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"661\" class=\"wp-image-110783 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-32.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-32.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-32-300x275.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the tweet is not available on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yadavakhilesh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Akhilesh Yadav\u2019s Twitter profile<\/a>. It is dated January 19. Yadav had made only one tweet on this date which has been embedded below. It is not the same as the viral tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0939\u092e \u0938\u092a\u093e \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u0940 \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091c\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u092a\u0947\u0902\u0936\u0928 \u0915\u094b 6000 \u0938\u093e\u0932\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u0924\u0940\u0928 \u0917\u0941\u0928\u093e \u092c\u0922\u093c\u093e\u0915\u0930 18000 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0915\u093f\u090f \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0902\u0915\u0932\u094d\u092a \u0932\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 \u0907\u0938\u0938\u0947 1500 \u0930\u0942 \u0939\u0930 \u092e\u0939\u0940\u0928\u0947 \u0917\u093c\u0930\u0940\u092c-\u091c\u093c\u0930\u0942\u0930\u0924\u092e\u0902\u0926 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0940\u0927\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0938\u092a\u093e \u0935 \u0938\u0939\u092f\u094b\u0917\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0940\u0932 \u0939\u0948\u0964<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092c\u093e\u0907\u0938_\u092e\u0947\u0902_\u092c\u093e\u0907\u0938\u093f\u0915\u0932<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PtxxDY5XHl\">pic.twitter.com\/PtxxDY5XHl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yadavakhilesh\/status\/1483751947987349508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, more importantly, the username in the viral tweet is \u2018@akhileshyadav\u2019, whereas Yadav&#8217;s real Twitter handle is @yadavakhilesh. The format of the date and time in the viral tweet is also incorrect. The time is in the 24-hour format thus, should not carry the &#8216;PM&#8217;. The &#8216;dot&#8217; between the time and date is also missing. We have juxtaposed the fake tweet with an actual tweet made by Yadav to highlight these inconsistencies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-110784 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-33.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-33.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-33-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-33-768x509.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This confirms that the viral screenshot was not posted by Akhilesh Yadav. In fact, the SP leader <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANINewsUP\/status\/1483718734317748224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">congratulated Aparna Yadav<\/a> when she joined the BJP. Had he posted such a tweet, it would have been widely reported in the media. Social media has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/?s=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rife with false claims and misinformation<\/a> ahead of UP elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several claims have been circulating on social media against the backdrop of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. A tweet attributed to the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav is making the rounds online. The use of \u2018daughter-in-law\u2019 in the tweet suggests that it is a remark on Aparna Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav&#8217;s daughter-in-law who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":110788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-110780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","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\/Viral-tweet-1-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110780","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=110780"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110809,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110780\/revisions\/110809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110780"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=110780"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=110780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}