{"id":157539,"date":"2023-05-31T13:58:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T08:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=157539"},"modified":"2023-05-31T13:58:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T08:28:46","slug":"up-baghpat-school-acting-video-shared-with-communal-angle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/up-baghpat-school-acting-video-shared-with-communal-angle\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of school students rehearsing for cultural event viral with communal spin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A video of a group of girls in red and white uniforms is making the rounds on social media. In the clip, a woman is sitting on a chair while the girls can be seen kneeling down and touching the ground with their foreheads a number of times like one does while offering prayer. The video is being circulated with the claim that Hindu girls are being trained to offer namaz in a school in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rahul Pandey of Right Wing propaganda website OpIndia tweeted the video and said that female students were being trained to offer namaz in their school and the real &#8216;Kerala Story&#8217; was going on in Baghpat, also known as Jatland. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QpkDA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u091b\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u094d\u0915\u0942\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u093f\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0928\u092e\u093e\u091c \u092a\u0922\u093c\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u091f\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0928\u093f\u0902\u0917<\/p>\n<p>\u091c\u093e\u091f\u0932\u0948\u0902\u0921 \u0915\u0939\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 UP \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0917\u092a\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0905\u0938\u0932\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheKeralaStory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheKeralaStory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u092b \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0928\u0948\u0924\u093f\u0915 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u092e\u0902\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0939\u094b \u0930\u0939\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0908\u091a\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u091c\u092c\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0938\u094d\u0924 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u091a\u093e\u0930<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thisissanjubjp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@thisissanjubjp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/baghpatpolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@baghpatpolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adgzonemeerut?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@adgzonemeerut<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uppolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Uppolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMOfficeUP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CMOfficeUP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vivekagnihotri?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vivekagnihotri<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sMxQUhjIj5\">pic.twitter.com\/sMxQUhjIj5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rahul Pandey (@STVRahul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STVRahul\/status\/1662631804237680640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shivam Dixit, associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh mouthpiece Panchjanya, tweeted the video saying that a female teacher was training Hindu girls to offer namaz in Baghpat. He claimed that preparations were on to turn the girls into Ayesha, Sania and Nafiza. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/iVrWR\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-29-164136.jpg?resize=810%2C885&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/r0EeV\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Atul Kushwaha<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/gxm7i\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Jat Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/E6g2R\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hum Log We The People (@ajaychauhan41)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> among others shared the viral video with the same claim.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-157539 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/up-baghpat-school-acting-video-shared-with-communal-angle\/z3-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z3.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z3.jpeg 886w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z3-264x300.jpeg 264w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z3-768x874.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/up-baghpat-school-acting-video-shared-with-communal-angle\/z2-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"894\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z2.jpeg 894w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z2-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z2-768x771.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/up-baghpat-school-acting-video-shared-with-communal-angle\/z1-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"1102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z1.jpeg 886w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z1-241x300.jpeg 241w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z1-823x1024.jpeg 823w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/05\/z1-768x955.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News performed a Google search to gather information on this incident. We found an article by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abplive.com\/states\/up-uk\/up-baghpat-a-video-muslim-teacher-teaching-namaz-to-girl-students-viral-school-management-clarified-ann-2418668\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ABP Ganga<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> containing a statement by Munesh Chowdhary, principal of Hoshiyari Devi Girls Inter College situated in western Uttar Pradesh. He says that a programme for students titled &#8216;<\/span><b>Unity in Diversity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8216; was organized in the school. It was meant for students belonging to all religions. A play, which was part of the programme had a scene which can be seen in the viral video. The video was shot during rehearsals. He further revealed that as soon as he came to know about the scene being planned, it was immediately cut out. When the play was presented in front of students, the scene was not included.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-29-172717.png?resize=810%2C498&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upon searching for related keywords on YouTube, we also found a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z9kdSbfyPvY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">video report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by ABP Ganga. At the 1:18 mark of this clip, the statement by the principal of Hoshiyari Devi Girls Inter College can be heard, in which he reiterates that this was a part of the rehearsal of a play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z9kdSbfyPvY]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We noticed that Baghpat police had also put out a statement on this issue. In their investigation, the police found that preparations for a cultural program were going on in the school, under which some girls of Hoshiyari Devi Girls Inter College, located in Rathoda village under Chhaprauli police station area, were set to participate. The video shows a part of the preparations for this by a teacher of the school. They also added that the viral video was not a recent one. When the police talked to school president Rampal Shastri, manager Dharamveer Singh and principal Munesh Chowdhary regarding the viral video, they explained that a teacher from the school was preparing for the cultural program and the claims related to female students offering namaz in school are untrue.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/baghpatpolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#baghpatpolice<\/a><br \/>\n\u0925\u093e\u0928\u093e \u091b\u092a\u0930\u094c\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924\u0930\u094d\u0917\u0924 \u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0932\u092f \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0902\u092c\u0902\u0927 \u092e\u0947\u0902-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UPPolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UPPolice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uppolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@uppolice<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UPPViralCheck?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UPPViralCheck<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n1YM65C69l\">pic.twitter.com\/n1YM65C69l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baghpat Police (@baghpatpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/baghpatpolice\/status\/1662699710669373442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, several social media users shared a clip of the rehearsal of a play by some girls and gave it a false communal spin with the misleading claim that they were being trained to offer namaz at a school.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a group of girls in red and white uniforms is making the rounds on social media. 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