{"id":119948,"date":"2022-06-09T12:01:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T06:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=119948"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:01:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T06:31:30","slug":"clipped-video-of-ashok-gehlot-shared-as-he-said-m-of-ram-stands-for-mohammad-muslim-appeasement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/clipped-video-of-ashok-gehlot-shared-as-he-said-m-of-ram-stands-for-mohammad-muslim-appeasement\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Did Ashok Gehlot say ‘M’ in ‘Ram’ is for ‘Muhammad’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

An 11-second video clip of a speech by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has been gathering a lot of traction on social media recently. Gehlot says in the video, “In the word \u2018Ram\u2019, ‘R’ stands for ‘Ram’ and \u2018M\u2019 represents ‘Muhammad’.” It has been claimed that the CM made the alleged statement to appease Muslim voters.<\/p>\n

Twitter user ‘Akhand Bharat Sankalp’ tweeted this video with the hashtag ‘#Congress_Mukt_Bharat’. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u2014 \u0905\u0916\u0923\u094d\u0921 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0938\u0902\u0915\u0932\u094d\u092a (@Akhand_Bharat_S) June 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BJP Rajasthan social media head Abhishek Acharya Kulshreshtha also tweeted this video with the same claim and termed Gehlot as a “lowly chief minister”. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Abhishek Acharya Kulshrestha\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83d\udea9 (@iAbhiAcharya) June 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several other users<\/a> amplified the visuals with the same claim. It is also widespread on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Alt News performed a keyword search on YouTube which led us to the full video of the event posted on May 28 by Ashok Gehlot’s YouTube channel. The video description mentions that a temple of Brahmin Acharya Sri Harinarayan ji Maharaj was inaugurated in Ren village of Nagaur district. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was also present at the occasion.<\/p>\n

Scenes from the viral video appear at the 41:24 mark<\/a>. Gehlot explains, “Dariyaji Maharaj had said that in the word \u2018Ram\u2019, ‘R’ stands for ‘Ram’ and \u2018M\u2019 represents Muhammad. The symbol of such Hindu-Muslim unity was Dariyav ji Maharaj.” It is evident that the CM was quoting Dariyav ji Maharaj and not making the statement himself.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=2482&v=96k9oDyHjVw&feature=emb_title<\/a><\/p>\n

Upon further investigation, we came across a 2017 blog post<\/a>. The article quotes Dariyav ji Maharaj as stating that \u2018R\u2019 represents God himself, \u2018M\u2019 is for Prophet Muhammad. “The manifestations of both letters are in the ancient scriptures,” he added.<\/p>\n

Alt News also reached Divya Dewal Peeth for more information. Chairperson Acharya Sajjan Ram informed us that the statement made by Ashok Gehlot on May 28 about the word \u2018Ram\u2019 was in fact him quoting Dariyav ji Maharaj\u2019s words. Dariyavji Maharaj himself said the original statement (\u2018R\u2019 represents God himself, \u2018M\u2019 is for Prophet Muhammad\u2019). Acharya Sajjan Ram also shared photos taken from the pages of a text known as the ‘Sri Dariyav Divya Vani’. It contains several couplets in the book which promote Hindu-Muslim unity, including the couplet heard in the viral video.<\/p>\n