

{"id":142941,"date":"2023-01-11T21:31:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T16:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=142941"},"modified":"2023-01-11T21:31:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T16:01:24","slug":"fact-check-nirmala-sitharaman-is-not-meeting-her-dad-in-viral-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-nirmala-sitharaman-is-not-meeting-her-dad-in-viral-clip\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: Nirmala Sitharaman is not meeting her dad in viral clip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past couple of days, several social media users have shared a video of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman meeting an elderly man, claiming that he is the minister\u2019s father who lives a simple life. Many of them praised the politician for her respect for traditions in front of her father.<\/p>\n<p>A Twitter handle named <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230110091142\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/rvaidya2000\/status\/1612119405328228352?s=46&amp;t=4Btlq6uRkueJgI1mkOdbmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@rvaidya2000<\/a> claimed the video was shot at Sithraman\u2019s house. The caption on the video also reads &#8216;A father accords a royal traditional welcome to his daughter which she politely sidesteps and introduces her colleagues to her father:)).&#8217; This video was tweeted on January 8, 2023. The tweet has gone viral with over 221,000 views at the time of the writing of this article.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">at Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman&#8217;s father&#8217;s house. A father accords a royal traditional welcome to his daughter which she politely sidesteps and introduces her colleagues to her father:)) RT <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xVUVItktQJ\">pic.twitter.com\/xVUVItktQJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RVAIDYA2000 \ud83d\udd49\ufe0f (@rvaidya2000) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rvaidya2000\/status\/1612119405328228352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The very same video was also shared by a handle named <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230111064333\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/rashtrawadi_aks\/status\/1610975533826985986?s=46&amp;t=Q_G3oKTYtozeMFtvYWg8EQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@rashtrawadi_aks<\/a> with a similar claim. This tweet was published on January 5, 2023, and has over 400 views.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u093e\u0927\u093e\u0930\u0923 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f<br \/>\n\u0938\u093e\u0927\u093e\u0930\u0923 \u0930\u0939\u0928 \u0938\u0939\u0928<br \/>\n\u0905\u0938\u093e\u0927\u093e\u0930\u0923 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0935<br \/>\n\u0935\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0924 \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930<br \/>\n\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e\u0924\u0940 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0932\u093e \u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e\u0930\u092e\u0928 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u0924\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u092f\u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Finance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Finance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/minister?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#minister<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NirmalaSitharaman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NirmalaSitharaman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#India<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/modiji?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#modiji<\/a> \u0915\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cabinet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cabinet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qOcjktq92E\">pic.twitter.com\/qOcjktq92E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anoop Kumar Singh (@rashtrawadi_aks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rashtrawadi_aks\/status\/1610975533826985986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A Twitter user called <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/wip\/VHU1x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ArunM1964<\/a> also shared the video on the platform with similar captions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f \u0935\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0924 \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0932\u093e \u0938\u0940\u0924\u093e\u0930\u092e\u0923\u0964<br \/>\n\u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0926\u0917\u0940, \u0938\u0930\u0932\u0924\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u093f\u092e\u094d\u0928 \u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092e \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0917 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0928 \u0938\u0939\u0928 \u0939\u0948\u0964<br \/>\n\u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0932\u093e\u091c\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u0924\u093e\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u091c\u094b \u0938\u093e\u0926\u0917\u0940, \u0908\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0926\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0926\u094d\u092d\u0941\u0924 \u092e\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964<br \/>\n\u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u092c\u0942, \u092a\u091f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0940, \u0938\u093f\u092a\u093e\u0939\u0940, \u0938\u0930\u092a\u0902\u091a \u092d\u0940 \u0907\u0938\u0938\u0947 \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u0920\u093e\u0920-\u092c\u093e\u091f \u0938\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0lVN65bnih\">pic.twitter.com\/0lVN65bnih<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ASM (@ArunM1964) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArunM1964\/status\/1612038846589566977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News broke down the viral video into key-frames using InVid. We then performed a reverse image search on one of the stills using Google Lens. This led us to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Clu0QkZuga1\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> post by Nirmala Sitharaman\u2019s official handle which featured the same video. The caption reads, &#8216;Visited Siva Madam in Varanasi yesterday and interacted with the family members of Mahakavi Bharathiyar, including his 96-year-old great nephew Shri K. V. Krishnan. #KashiTamilSangamam.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142955 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-14_00_48-Nirmala-Sitharaman-on-Instagram_-_Visited-Siva-Madam-in-Varanasi-yesterday-and-i.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-14_00_48-Nirmala-Sitharaman-on-Instagram_-_Visited-Siva-Madam-in-Varanasi-yesterday-and-i.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-14_00_48-Nirmala-Sitharaman-on-Instagram_-_Visited-Siva-Madam-in-Varanasi-yesterday-and-i-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For additional verification, we performed a Google search using relevant keywords and found a <a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1880490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> by PIB Chennai from December 2, 2022. The same stated the visit of the finance minister to Siva Madam in Varanasi on December 3rd 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142956 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-14_06_52-https___pib.gov_.in_PressReleasePage.aspx_PRID1880490-Brave.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2241\" height=\"1705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-14_06_52-https___pib.gov_.in_PressReleasePage.aspx_PRID1880490-Brave.png 2241w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-14_06_52-https___pib.gov_.in_PressReleasePage.aspx_PRID1880490-Brave-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-14_06_52-https___pib.gov_.in_PressReleasePage.aspx_PRID1880490-Brave-1024x779.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-14_06_52-https___pib.gov_.in_PressReleasePage.aspx_PRID1880490-Brave-768x584.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-14_06_52-https___pib.gov_.in_PressReleasePage.aspx_PRID1880490-Brave-1536x1169.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-11-14_06_52-https___pib.gov_.in_PressReleasePage.aspx_PRID1880490-Brave-2048x1558.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2241px) 100vw, 2241px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also found pictures taken at this event uploaded on the minister&#8217;s official Twitter handle, where it yet again says that she met with the family members of Mahakavi Bharathiyar, including his 96-year-old great nephew Shri K. V. Krishnan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Smt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nsitharaman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nsitharaman<\/a> visits Siva Madam in Varanasi and interacts with the family members of Mahakavi Bharathiyar, including his 96-year-old great nephew Shri K. V. Krishnan. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KashiTamilSangamam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KashiTamilSangamam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sdb1sR1Tfs\">pic.twitter.com\/sdb1sR1Tfs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NSitharamanOffice (@nsitharamanoffc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nsitharamanoffc\/status\/1598934139176374273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Therefore, the video going viral on social media of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman reportedly meeting her father is baseless. She actually met K V Krishnan, the great nephew of the renowned Tamil poet Bharathiyar in Varanasi.<\/p>\n<p><em>Vansh Shah is an intern with Alt News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past couple of days, several social media users have shared a video of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman meeting an elderly man, claiming that he is the minister\u2019s father who lives a simple life. Many of them praised the politician for her respect for traditions in front of her father. 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