{"id":121930,"date":"2022-07-06T13:53:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T08:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=121930"},"modified":"2022-07-06T13:53:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T08:23:48","slug":"media-misreport-pakistan-zindabad-slogan-raised-in-katni-madhya-pradesh-panchayat-election-fact-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-pakistan-zindabad-slogan-raised-in-katni-madhya-pradesh-panchayat-election-fact-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Media outlets misreport pro-Pak chants raised in MP’s Katni after Muslim sarpanch’s win"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video is viral on social media. It has been shared along with the claim that pro-Pakistan slogans were raised in Katni, Madhya Pradesh following the victory of a Muslim leader in sarpanch elections. The video was also aired by several media organisations with the same claim, including News18. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Dainik Bhaskar similarly wrote, “Slogans of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ after Muslim becomes sarpanch: Supporters in Katni chant, ‘Pakistan won’.” (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Newsroom Post tweeted, “Pro-Pakistani Elements: Echoes of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, sloganeering after Muslim candidate\u2019s victory”. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Several other news outlets – Dainik Jagran<\/a>, News Nation<\/a>, TV9 Hindi<\/a>, Asianet News<\/a>, Jansatta<\/a>, Zee Madhya Pradesh<\/a> – amplified the claim, along with the right-wing propaganda website Kreately<\/a>. Shivam Dixit<\/a> and Ritesh Kashyap<\/a> of RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya, ABP News journalists Brajesh Rajput<\/a> and Adarsh Jha<\/a>, BJP Madhya Pradesh media in-charge Lokendra Parashar<\/a>, right wing propaganda website Falana Dikhana<\/a>, Santosh Chauhan<\/a> of Sudarshan News, and Sujeet Swami<\/a> of Newsroom Post were also among those who furthered the claim on social media.<\/p>\n