

{"id":111025,"date":"2022-02-02T15:39:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T10:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=111025"},"modified":"2022-02-02T15:40:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T10:10:19","slug":"no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Congress Karnataka did not inaugurate youth wing office with Islamic rituals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A picture of a group of men making dua (invocation) inside a room is being circulated on social media as visuals from the inauguration of a Youth Congress office in Karanataka. The photo also contains portraits of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi on the wall in the background.<\/p>\n<p>The claim is particularly viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Karnataka%20Youth%20Congress%20office%20inauguration&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Karnataka: Congress Youth Wing Opens New Office in Bangalore <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NXzR5W9zkK\">pic.twitter.com\/NXzR5W9zkK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MeghUpdates\ud83d\udea8\u2122 (@MeghBulletin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghBulletin\/status\/1488075779355279362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Karnataka Youth Congress office inauguration. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zZ3z9JEpYE\">pic.twitter.com\/zZ3z9JEpYE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suresh \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@surnell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/surnell\/status\/1488052670388572161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No this is not inauguration of any madrassa. Its inauguration of Youth Congress office in Karnataka. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8geCRFHulo\">pic.twitter.com\/8geCRFHulo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pratheesh Viswanath (@pratheesh_Hind) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pratheesh_Hind\/status\/1488699927576256519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Karnataka Youth Congress office inauguration. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OvB7BEx5Gg\">pic.twitter.com\/OvB7BEx5Gg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rama Subrahmanyam (@ramug0137) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ramug0137\/status\/1488055049590697984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On Facebook, the photo was shared with the same claim by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KapilMishraFans\/photos\/a.184870732871889\/679429000082724\/?type=3&amp;source=54&amp;ref=external%3Awww.google.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fan page<\/a> of BJP leader Kapil Mishra.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-111035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-02-10_48_31-1-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1858\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-02-10_48_31-1-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox.jpg 1858w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-02-10_48_31-1-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-02-10_48_31-1-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1024x405.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-02-10_48_31-1-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-768x303.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-02-10_48_31-1-Facebook-\u2014-Mozilla-Firefox-1536x607.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1858px) 100vw, 1858px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Misleading<\/h4>\n<p>We performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=firefox-b-d&amp;q=Karanata+youth+congress+inauguration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keyword<\/a> search on Google and came across a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/state\/top-karnataka-stories\/mohammed-haris-nalapad-takes-charge-as-youth-congress-president-1076655.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news report<\/a> by Deccan Herald. As per the report, on January 31, Mohammed Haris Nalapad took charge as Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (KPYCC) president. The report also mentions that Haris inaugurated his office with rituals as per Hindu, Muslim and Christian customs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-111037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-02-10_57_46-Mohammed-Haris-Nalapad-takes-charge-as-Youth-Congress-president-_-Deccan-Herald-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"989\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-02-10_57_46-Mohammed-Haris-Nalapad-takes-charge-as-Youth-Congress-president-_-Deccan-Herald-.png 989w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-02-10_57_46-Mohammed-Haris-Nalapad-takes-charge-as-Youth-Congress-president-_-Deccan-Herald--300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/2022-02-02-10_57_46-Mohammed-Haris-Nalapad-takes-charge-as-Youth-Congress-president-_-Deccan-Herald--768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taking this as a clue we checked the Twitter account of Mohammed Haris Nalapad and found photos of the various religious ceremonies uploaded on January 31.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"kn\">\u0c95\u0cbe\u0c82\u0c97\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cc6\u0cb8\u0ccd \u0cad\u0cb5\u0ca8\u0ca6\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cbf\u0ca8 \u0c95\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0cbe\u0c9f\u0c95 \u0caa\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0ca6\u0cc7\u0cb6 \u0caf\u0cc1\u0cb5 \u0c95\u0cbe\u0c82\u0c97\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cc6\u0cb8\u0ccd\u200c\u0ca8 \u0c95\u0c9a\u0cc7\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0caf\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cbf \u0c87\u0c82\u0ca6\u0cc1 \u0caa\u0cc2\u0c9c\u0cc6 \u0cb9\u0cbe\u0c97\u0cc2 \u0caa\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0ca5\u0ca8\u0cc6 \u0cb8\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cbf\u0cb8\u0cb2\u0cbe\u0caf\u0cbf\u0ca4\u0cc1. \u0c88 \u0cb5\u0cc7\u0cb3\u0cc6 \u0cb6\u0cbe\u0cb8\u0c95\u0cb0\u0cbe\u0ca6 \u0cb6\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cc0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mlanaharis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mlanaharis<\/a> \u0cb9\u0cbe\u0c97\u0cc2 \u0cb9\u0cbf\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0caf \u0ca8\u0cbe\u0caf\u0c95\u0cb0\u0cbe\u0ca6 \u0ca8\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8 \u0ca4\u0cbe\u0ca4 \u0cb6\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cc0 \u0c8e\u0ca8\u0ccd\u200c.\u0c8e. \u0cae\u0cca\u0cb9\u0cae\u0ccd\u0cae\u0ca6\u0ccd \u0cb0\u0cb5\u0cb0\u0cc1 \u0cb8\u0cc7\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0ca6\u0c82\u0ca4\u0cc6 \u0cb9\u0cb2\u0cb5\u0cc1 \u0c95\u0cbe\u0c82\u0c97\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cc6\u0cb8\u0ccd \u0ca8\u0cbe\u0caf\u0c95\u0cb0\u0cc1 \u0c89\u0caa\u0cb8\u0ccd\u0ca5\u0cbf\u0ca4\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0ca6\u0ccd\u0ca6\u0cb0\u0cc1. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Qkjk38q9Z\">pic.twitter.com\/5Qkjk38q9Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mohammed Haris Nalapad (@nalapad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nalapad\/status\/1488060709863038982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We further performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos?q=Karnataka%20Youth%20Congress%20office%20inauguration.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keyword search<\/a> on Facebook and came across a Facebook live video shared by Nalapad\u2019s father and Shanti Nagar MLA NA Haris where Mohammed can be seen taking part in the Havan ceremony. Other Congress leaders have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YUVRAJSINGH41\/posts\/512190736905325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted photos<\/a> of this event while congratulating Haris.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mlanaharis\/videos\/642241647091475\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"false\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mlanaharis\/videos\/642241647091475\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Attending office charge taking ceremony of Mohammed Haris Nalapad as Karnataka youth congress president<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mlanaharis\">N.A Haris<\/a> on Sunday, 30 January 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The claim that the picture is from the inauguration of a &#8220;new office&#8221; is also not true. As per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/karnataka\/2022\/feb\/01\/mohammed-haris-nalapadtakes-charge-as-karnataka-youth-congress-chief-2413746.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Indian Express<\/a>, Haris is replacing incumbent KPYCC president, Raksha Ramaiah, as Raksha&#8217;s term ended on January 31. He took over by performing some rituals at the Congress Bhavan. There is no mention of a new office in any of the <a href=\"https:\/\/starofmysore.com\/mohammed-nalapad-takes-over-as-state-youth-congress-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news reports<\/a>. Even the tweet by Haris mentions the location as &#8220;Karnataka Region Youth Congress office at the Congress House&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, an image of Mohammed Haris Nalapad taking charge as the chief of the KPYCC by performing customs of various religions at the Congress Bhawan was shared with a misleading claim that a new Youth Congress Office was inaugurated as per Islamic rituals. Earlier, a viral claim suggested Rahul Gandhi admitted that Congress is a party of Muslims. The claim was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-rahul-gandhi-say-congress-is-a-party-of-muslims-meeting-participants-refute-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refuted<\/a> by the people who had attended the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A picture of a group of men making dua (invocation) inside a room is being circulated on social media as visuals from the inauguration of a Youth Congress office in Karanataka. The photo also contains portraits of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi on the wall in the background. The claim is particularly viral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":111070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[692],"class_list":["post-111025","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, Congress Karnataka did not inaugurate youth wing office with Islamic rituals - 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, Congress Karnataka did not inaugurate youth wing office with Islamic rituals - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A picture of a group of men making dua (invocation) inside a room is being circulated on social media as visuals from the inauguration of a Youth Congress office in Karanataka. The photo also contains portraits of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi on the wall in the background. The claim is particularly viral [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-02T10:09:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-02T10:10:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design41.jpg?resize=1200%2C628&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kalim Ahmed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@akhmxt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AltNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kalim Ahmed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kalim Ahmed\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5b2771f99089cdf713be5f5fb3857389\"},\"headline\":\"No, Congress Karnataka did not inaugurate youth wing office with Islamic rituals\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-02T10:09:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-02T10:10:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":475,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/Untitled-design41.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"featured\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/\",\"name\":\"No, Congress Karnataka did not inaugurate youth wing office with Islamic rituals - Alt News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/Untitled-design41.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-02T10:09:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-02T10:10:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/Untitled-design41.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/Untitled-design41.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Politics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/topics\\\/politics\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"No, Congress Karnataka did not inaugurate youth wing office with Islamic rituals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alt News\",\"description\":\"Alternative News and Views in the Post-Truth World\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Alt News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1\",\"width\":2173,\"height\":2172,\"caption\":\"Alt News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/altnews.in\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AltNews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCdDjoZAtt6PjQKAbr2FTOAQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5b2771f99089cdf713be5f5fb3857389\",\"name\":\"Kalim Ahmed\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/33d194ee7e65d2edc8048ff2b64ff18c2df541e1563aac901565906888359127?s=96&d=identicon&r=gcd5f751299b6b74a0426d2607b9537c4\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/33d194ee7e65d2edc8048ff2b64ff18c2df541e1563aac901565906888359127?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/33d194ee7e65d2edc8048ff2b64ff18c2df541e1563aac901565906888359127?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kalim Ahmed\"},\"description\":\"Kalim is a journalist with a keen interest in tech, misinformation, culture, etc\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/akhmxt\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.altnews.in\\\/english-clone-2026\\\/author\\\/kalimahmed\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"No, Congress Karnataka did not inaugurate youth wing office with Islamic rituals - Alt News","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"No, Congress Karnataka did not inaugurate youth wing office with Islamic rituals - Alt News","og_description":"A picture of a group of men making dua (invocation) inside a room is being circulated on social media as visuals from the inauguration of a Youth Congress office in Karanataka. The photo also contains portraits of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi on the wall in the background. The claim is particularly viral [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/","og_site_name":"Alt News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in","article_published_time":"2022-02-02T10:09:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-02T10:10:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design41.jpg?resize=1200%2C628&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kalim Ahmed","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@akhmxt","twitter_site":"@AltNews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kalim Ahmed","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/"},"author":{"name":"Kalim Ahmed","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/person\/5b2771f99089cdf713be5f5fb3857389"},"headline":"No, Congress Karnataka did not inaugurate youth wing office with Islamic rituals","datePublished":"2022-02-02T10:09:16+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-02T10:10:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/"},"wordCount":475,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design41.jpg","keywords":["featured"],"articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/","name":"No, Congress Karnataka did not inaugurate youth wing office with Islamic rituals - Alt News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design41.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-02T10:09:16+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-02T10:10:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design41.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design41.jpg","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-congress-karnataka-did-not-inaugurate-youth-wing-office-with-islamic-rituals\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Politics","item":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/topics\/politics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"No, Congress Karnataka did not inaugurate youth wing office with Islamic rituals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/","name":"Alt News","description":"Alternative News and Views in the Post-Truth World","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#organization","name":"Alt News","url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/02\/alt-logo-new-look.jpg?resize=2173%2C2172&ssl=1","width":2173,"height":2172,"caption":"Alt News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/altnews.in","https:\/\/x.com\/AltNews","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdDjoZAtt6PjQKAbr2FTOAQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/#\/schema\/person\/5b2771f99089cdf713be5f5fb3857389","name":"Kalim Ahmed","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33d194ee7e65d2edc8048ff2b64ff18c2df541e1563aac901565906888359127?s=96&d=identicon&r=gcd5f751299b6b74a0426d2607b9537c4","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33d194ee7e65d2edc8048ff2b64ff18c2df541e1563aac901565906888359127?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/33d194ee7e65d2edc8048ff2b64ff18c2df541e1563aac901565906888359127?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Kalim Ahmed"},"description":"Kalim is a journalist with a keen interest in tech, misinformation, culture, etc","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/akhmxt"],"url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/author\/kalimahmed\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design41.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111025","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111025"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111074,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111025\/revisions\/111074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111025"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=111025"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=111025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}