{"id":159108,"date":"2023-06-17T21:12:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T15:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=159108"},"modified":"2023-06-17T21:12:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T15:42:51","slug":"clipped-video-shared-as-muslim-cleric-integrated-telengana-collector-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/clipped-video-shared-as-muslim-cleric-integrated-telengana-collector-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Telangana collectorate inauguration was attended by Hindu, Muslim &amp; Christian priests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 22pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">A video is being shared widely on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter in which a group of people are seen standing next to a man who appears to be a Maulvi (cleric) reciting verses. It has been claimed that a cleric was reciting religious verses at the inauguration of the Collector&#8217;s office in Telangana. Twitter user &#8216;Hum Log We The People&#8217; tweeted this video with a similar claim. The user wrote, &#8220;Has Telangana become India&#8217;s first Islamic state?&#8221; The tweet garnered more than 23,000 views as of this writing. (<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230615110330\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajaychauhan41\/status\/1668516763947139077\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0924\u0947\u0932\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0928\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0939\u0932\u093e \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e\u093f\u0915 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u094d\u092f \u092c\u0928 \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948??<\/p>\n<p>\u0924\u0947\u0932\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0928\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u0932\u0947\u0915\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0911\u092b\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u0908 \u0907\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u093e \u0909\u0926\u094d\u0918\u093e\u091f\u0928 \u0928\u092e\u093e\u091c \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0932\u092e\u093e \u092a\u0922\u093c \u0915\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VnfxE9Bu9J\">pic.twitter.com\/VnfxE9Bu9J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0939\u092e \u0932\u094b\u0917 We The People (@ajaychauhan41) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajaychauhan41\/status\/1668516763947139077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another Twitter user amplified the video with the same claim. (<a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230615120006\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hirenlehru111\/status\/1668526146055716866\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0947\u0932\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0928\u093e \u092e\u0947 \u0915\u0932\u0947\u0915\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0932\u092f \u0915\u093e \u0909\u0926\u094d\u0918\u093e\u091f\u0928 \u0964 \u092e\u094c\u0932\u0935\u0940 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5hOGCFCn1q\">pic.twitter.com\/5hOGCFCn1q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hiren Lehru \ud83d\udea9 \u0939\u093f\u0930\u0947\u0928 \u0932\u0947\u0939\u0930\u0942 (@Hirenlehru111) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hirenlehru111\/status\/1668526146055716866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 22pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">It is also widespread on <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AF%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%20\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> and <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" 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width=\"886\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/ezgif-3-99a99b8e48.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/ezgif-3-99a99b8e48.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/ezgif-3-99a99b8e48-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/ezgif-3-99a99b8e48-768x671.jpg 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 landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/clipped-video-shared-as-muslim-cleric-integrated-telengana-collector-office\/ezgif-3-d1767bf5ff\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1034\" height=\"549\" 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transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Fact Check<\/span><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 22pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Alt News performed a keyword search to gather more information about the video. This led us to a video report dated June 4, 2023 by &#8216;T News Telugu&#8217; titled, \u201cCM KCR felicitates Nirmal Collector, KCR inaugurates Integrated Nirmal Collectorate\u201d. Nirmal is a district in Telangana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 22pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> In this six-minute video report, scenes from the viral video appear at the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FMoDiXjHZjo?t=99\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">1:38 mark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">. It is seen in the video that the Maulvi is reciting Kalma. A Christian priest can also be seen reciting something <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FMoDiXjHZjo?t=172\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">after the 2:52 mark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"CM KCR Honors Nirmal Collector | KCR Inaugurates Nirmal Integrated Collectorate | T News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FMoDiXjHZjo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 22pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Alt News also spotted Hindu priests in several frames of the video, which we have indicated with a red arrow in the following images:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-159108 gallery-columns-3 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\/clipped-video-shared-as-muslim-cleric-integrated-telengana-collector-office\/z1-11\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1175\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z1.jpg 1175w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z1-1024x739.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z1-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1175px) 100vw, 1175px\" \/><\/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\/clipped-video-shared-as-muslim-cleric-integrated-telengana-collector-office\/z2-11\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1162\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z2.jpg 1162w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z2-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z2-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z2-768x560.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1162px) 100vw, 1162px\" \/><\/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\/clipped-video-shared-as-muslim-cleric-integrated-telengana-collector-office\/z4-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1174\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z4.jpg 1174w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z4-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z4-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z4-768x553.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1174px) 100vw, 1174px\" \/><\/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\/clipped-video-shared-as-muslim-cleric-integrated-telengana-collector-office\/z3-8\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1173\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z3.jpg 1173w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z3-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z3-1024x730.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/06\/z3-768x547.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1173px) 100vw, 1173px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 22pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Upon further investigation, Alt News found a YouTube video of Telangana chief minister&#8217;s office. The video, which is about 39-minute long, also covers the inauguration of the integrated collectorate of Nirmal district by the chief minister of Telangana. In this video, <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/c5VPpnO5OH0?t=593\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">after the 9:53 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">mark, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and some priests are also seen together. Nirmal district collector Kranti Varun Reddy is also present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 22pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">In this video report, after the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/c5VPpnO5OH0?t=632\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">10:33 mark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, the worshipers perform aarti for 3 minutes and 34 seconds with Hindu customs. Later, at <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/c5VPpnO5OH0?t=829\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">the 13:49 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">mark, District Collector Varun Reddy sits on the chair and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao greets him. In this video, after the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/c5VPpnO5OH0?t=922\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">15:22 mark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, the cleric recites Kalima and at the <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/c5VPpnO5OH0?t=995\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">16:38 mark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">, the priest offers prayers, just like in the viral video.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c5VPpnO5OH0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\"><\/iframe>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 22pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Alt News also found a tweet from the collector of Nirmal district, dated June 4. He tweeted pictures of the inauguration ceremony. In some of these pictures, he is also seen with a Hindu priest.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"te\">\u0c28\u0c3f\u0c30\u0c4d\u0c2e\u0c32\u0c4d \u0c1c\u0c3f\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c3e \u0c28\u0c42\u0c24\u0c28 \u0c38\u0c2e\u0c40\u0c15\u0c43\u0c24 \u0c1c\u0c3f\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c3e \u0c38\u0c2e\u0c41\u0c26\u0c3e\u0c2f \u0c15\u0c3e\u0c30\u0c4d\u0c2f\u0c3e\u0c32\u0c2f\u0c02 (IDOC) \u0c28\u0c41 \u0c2e\u0c41\u0c16\u0c4d\u0c2f\u0c2e\u0c02\u0c24\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c3f \u0c15\u0c46. \u0c1a\u0c02\u0c26\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c36\u0c47\u0c16\u0c30 \u0c30\u0c3e\u0c35\u0c41 \u0c17\u0c3e\u0c30\u0c41 \u0c28\u0c47\u0c21\u0c41 \u0c2a\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c3e\u0c30\u0c02\u0c2d\u0c3f\u0c02\u0c1a\u0c3e\u0c30\u0c41. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TelanganaCMO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TelanganaCMO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ugTOQTNWbv\">pic.twitter.com\/ugTOQTNWbv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collector Nirmal (@Collector_NML) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Collector_NML\/status\/1665413655981088769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To sum up, a video of the inauguration of the integrated collectorate of Telangana\u2019s Nirmal district was shared on social media with the misleading claim that a Maulvi recited Kalma at the function. 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