{"id":111311,"date":"2022-02-07T21:54:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=111311"},"modified":"2022-02-07T21:54:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:24:41","slug":"bjp-members-falsely-claim-shah-rukh-khan-spat-on-lata-mangeshkars-mortal-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-members-falsely-claim-shah-rukh-khan-spat-on-lata-mangeshkars-mortal-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP members falsely claim Shah Rukh Khan &#8216;spat&#8217; on Lata Mangeshkar&#8217;s mortal remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan paying respects and offering prayers at the funeral of late singer Lata Mangeshkar was shared by BJP office bearers with the claim that Khan spat on Mangeshkar&#8217;s mortal remains. State in-charge of BJP Haryana IT cell Arun Yadav and BJP spokesperson Gaurav Goel were among the BJP members who shared the video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0907\u0938\u0928\u0947 \u0925\u0942\u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u2753 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RZOa2NVM5I\">pic.twitter.com\/RZOa2NVM5I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arun Yadav (@beingarun28) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beingarun28\/status\/1490328629003182082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Education doesn&#8217;t make everybody a &#8220;Gentleman&#8221; ??<\/p>\n<p>Is he spitting ?? If so then extremely disrespectful&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KPBiY3XBPN\">pic.twitter.com\/KPBiY3XBPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gaurav Goel (@goelgauravbjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goelgauravbjp\/status\/1490336542430490629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It was also tweeted by VHP spokesperson Vinod Bansal and retired IPS officer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MNageswarRaoIPS\/status\/1490372556418797571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M Nageswara Rao<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 \u0925\u0942\u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u092b\u0942\u0902\u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u093e \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0928\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0928\u093e\u092f\u093e\u092c \u0924\u0930\u0940\u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948!! \u092f\u0947 \u0924\u094b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShahRukhKhan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShahRukhKhan<\/a> \u0915\u094b \u0939\u0940 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0928\u093e \u092a\u0921\u093c\u0947\u0917\u093e \u0915\u093f\u0902\u0924\u0941 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0947 \u0938\u092c \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u0909\u091a\u093f\u0924 \u0925\u093e? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/67KGC7et8C\">pic.twitter.com\/67KGC7et8C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0935\u093f\u0928\u094b\u0926 \u092c\u0902\u0938\u0932 Vinod Bansal (@vinod_bansal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vinod_bansal\/status\/1490391371827482626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Suresh Chavhanke also amplified the claim that Khan spat on the late singer&#8217;s body on his channel Sudarshan News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GNbXLj3EH3\">https:\/\/t.co\/GNbXLj3EH3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suresh Chavhanke \u201cSudarshan News\u201d (@SureshChavhanke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SureshChavhanke\/status\/1490332609943011331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News has received multiple requests to verify whether Khan indeed spat during the funeral ceremony.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-111311 gallery-columns-5 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\/bjp-members-falsely-claim-shah-rukh-khan-spat-on-lata-mangeshkars-mortal-remains\/srk-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/srk-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/srk-1.jpg 936w, 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(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" \/><\/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\/bjp-members-falsely-claim-shah-rukh-khan-spat-on-lata-mangeshkars-mortal-remains\/srk-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1084\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/srk-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/srk-5.jpg 1084w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/srk-5-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/srk-5-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/srk-5-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1084px) 100vw, 1084px\" \/><\/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\/bjp-members-falsely-claim-shah-rukh-khan-spat-on-lata-mangeshkars-mortal-remains\/srk-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/srk-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/srk-4.jpg 934w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/srk-4-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/srk-4-768x423.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Shah Rukh Khan was offering <em>dua<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Shah Rukh Khan is quite evidently not spitting on Lata Mangeshwar&#8217;s mortal remains. He is offering <em>dua <\/em>(prayer) by blowing into the air. This is a common practice among Muslims in the Indian subcontinent. Alt News spoke with Maulana Mahmood Madani, Islamic scholar and president of the Mahmood faction of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He also confirmed the same to us.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, several other Islamic scholars have clarified that the practice is common and well-known.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Did Shah Rukh Khan &#8216;spit&#8217; on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LataMangeshkar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LataMangeshkar<\/a>&#8216;s mortal remains?<\/p>\n<p>Darul Uloom Farangi Mahal spokesperson Maulana Sufiyan Nizami rubbishes allegations; states Bollywood star <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamsrk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iamsrk<\/a> was &#8216;blowing air&#8217;, a common practice in Islam to ward off evil spirits. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EsXCeu4c1m\">pic.twitter.com\/EsXCeu4c1m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asianet Newsable (@AsianetNewsEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsianetNewsEN\/status\/1490604243354800128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As an influential Muslim actor, Shah Rukh Khan is often targeted by members and supporters of the BJP. Alt News has also documented several pieces of misinformation in the past that attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=Shah+rukh+khan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">portray him as pro-Pakistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked an organised campaign to not only blame Muslims for purposely spreading the virus, but also paint them as &#8220;unhygienic&#8221;. Alt News had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-a-maulana-spitting-on-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debunked a similar claim<\/a> last November where members of the BJP claimed that a Qazi was spitting on food. But in reality, he blew on the food for <em>Barkat<\/em> (prosperity) and well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan paying respects and offering prayers at the funeral of late singer Lata Mangeshkar was shared by BJP office bearers with the claim that Khan spat on Mangeshkar&#8217;s mortal remains. 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