{"id":164758,"date":"2023-09-01T12:33:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T07:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=164758"},"modified":"2023-09-01T12:33:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T07:03:57","slug":"no-isro-chief-s-somanath-did-not-visit-rss-office-in-bengaluru-after-chandrayaan-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-isro-chief-s-somanath-did-not-visit-rss-office-in-bengaluru-after-chandrayaan-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"No, ISRO chief S Somanath did not visit RSS office in Bengaluru after Chandrayaan landing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 9-second clip featuring the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), S Somanath, is viral on social media with the claim that the ISRO chairman visited the Bengaluru office of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). In the video, a man can be seen felicitating S Somanath with a shawl.<\/p>\n<p>X (formerly Twitter) Blue user @MrSinha_, who often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=site%3Aaltnews.in+%40MrSinha_&amp;sca_esv=561605647&amp;rlz=1C1ONGR_enIN1000IN1000&amp;ei=OnrwZICvMPCRseMPnOqOaA&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiAtM6o5oaBAxXwSGwGHRy1Aw0Q4dUDCBA&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=site%3Aaltnews.in+%40MrSinha_&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGXNpdGU6YWx0bmV3cy5pbiBATXJTaW5oYV9IxgVQ2QNY2QNwAXgAkAEAmAGdAaABnQGqAQMwLjG4AQPIAQD4AQL4AQHiAwQYASBBiAYB&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp&amp;bshm=rimc\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shares<\/a> misinformation, posted the above-mentioned clip on August 25 claiming that the clip shows that the ISRO chairman is at the RSS office in Bengaluru. His tweet has received over 8.7 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 6,000 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/OLtym\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ISRO Chief Somnath at the RSS office, Banglore.\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udea9<\/p>\n<p>It will give solid heartburn to Italians\/IsIamists\/commies.\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aO25g82JeU\">pic.twitter.com\/aO25g82JeU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSinha_\/status\/1695098089995133232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other users such as <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230831114622\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAbhishek_IND\/status\/1695100841173324278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TheAbhishek_IND<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230831114038\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/VlKAS_PR0NAM0\/status\/1695093333096583626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@VlKAS_PR0NAM0<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230831114157\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/asliarpita\/status\/1695100083786957190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asliarpita<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230831114405\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsArenaIndia\/status\/1695107539506004365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NewsArenaIndia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230831114644\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/Indian_Analyzer\/status\/1695119286753493338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Indian_Analyzer<\/a>,\u00a0 also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=RSS%20ISRO&amp;src=recent_search_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> the same clip with similar claims.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-164758 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 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href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-isro-chief-s-somanath-did-not-visit-rss-office-in-bengaluru-after-chandrayaan-landing\/screenshot-2023-08-31-185131\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-185131.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-185131.png 398w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-185131-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/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\/no-isro-chief-s-somanath-did-not-visit-rss-office-in-bengaluru-after-chandrayaan-landing\/screenshot-2023-08-31-185120\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-185120.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-185120.png 410w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-185120-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/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\/no-isro-chief-s-somanath-did-not-visit-rss-office-in-bengaluru-after-chandrayaan-landing\/screenshot-2023-08-31-185233\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-185233.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-185233.png 398w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-185233-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/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\/no-isro-chief-s-somanath-did-not-visit-rss-office-in-bengaluru-after-chandrayaan-landing\/screenshot-2023-08-31-171725\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-171725.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-171725.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-31-171725-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>After breaking down the clip into multiple keyframes we ran a reverse image search on a few of them. This led us to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajeshpadmar\/status\/1681698313094193152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> made by RSS leader Rajesh Padmar (@rajeshpadmar) on July 19, 2023. The tweet included the viral clip where the ISRO chairman was being felicitated and other pictures related to the event. The caption says Dattatreya Hosabale, the general secretary of RSS, congratulated S Somanath for the successful launch of Chandrayaan-3 at Rashtrotthana Parishat, an NGO in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RSS Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale congratulated Dr S Somanath, Chairman of ISRO on successfully leading of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chandrayan3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chandrayan3<\/a>, at Rashtrotthana Parishat, Chamarajapete, Bengaluru. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yk3iTMoiB4\">pic.twitter.com\/yk3iTMoiB4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rajesh Padmar (@rajeshpadmar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajeshpadmar\/status\/1681698313094193152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The above tweet proves that the video clip is from July and not recent. It also states that the felicitation took place at the office of the NGO, <a href=\"https:\/\/rashtrotthana.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rashtrotthana Parishat<\/a>, and not the RSS office in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n<p>Set up in 1965, the NGO works in the fields of social awareness, social education and service to people. In 2022, it established a 162-bed integrated multispecialty hospital with a vision to provide affordable health care to all sections of the society.<\/p>\n<p>We checked the website of the NGO Rashtrotthana Parishat and found a <a href=\"https:\/\/rashtrotthana.org\/rashtrotthana-parishat-facilitates-isro-chief-dr-somnath-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a> on their website titled: &#8220;Rashtrotthana Parishat Felicitates ISRO Chief, Dr. Somnath&#8221;. The blog also carried similar images as those in Rajesh Padmar&#8217;s tweet.<\/p>\n<p>The blog mentioned that the event was organised by the NGO and the location of the felicitation was in Chamarajpet, at the head office of Rashtrotthana Parishat where RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale felicitated him with a shawl. Members of the NGO were also present there and can be seen in the photos.<\/p>\n<p>While the blog did not mention the date of the felicitation or when the blog post was published, it did mention the successful sending of spacecraft to the Moon and not the landing achieved by the Chandrayaan-3 mission, hence, it is likely that the post is from July.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-164901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-01-025007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"987\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-01-025007.jpg 987w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-01-025007-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-01-025007-768x464.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also came across a <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/mMLUpVa4d7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook post<\/a> made by VSK Karnataka, VSK stands for Vishwa Samvad Kendra \u2014 the official media centre of the RSS. The post was made on July 19 and included the same viral clip. The caption in Kannada can be translated as: &#8220;In the view of the success of India&#8217;s ambitious Chandrayaan-3 mission, ISRO chairman S Somanath was felicitated by Dattatreya Hosabale, general secretary of the RSS. Rashtrotthana Parishat president M P Kumar and general secretary N Dinesh Hegde felicitated the ISRO chairman on behalf of the NGO&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VSKKarnatakaMedia\/videos\/310447231327475\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VSKKarnatakaMedia\/videos\/310447231327475\/\"><p>\u0cad\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ca4\u0ca6 \u0cae\u0cb9\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0cb5\u0cbe\u0c95\u0cbe\u0c82\u0c95\u0ccd\u0cb7\u0cc6\u0caf \u2018\u0c9a\u0c82\u0ca6\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0caf\u0cbe\u0ca8\u20133\u2019\u0cb0 \u0caf\u0cb6\u0cb8\u0ccd\u0cb8\u0cbf\u0ca8 \u0cb0\u0cc2\u0cb5\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cbe\u0ca6 \u0cad\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ca4\u0cc0\u0caf \u0cac\u0cbe\u0cb9\u0ccd\u0caf\u0cbe\u0c95\u0cbe\u0cb6 \u0cb8\u0c82\u0cb6\u0ccb\u0ca7\u0ca8\u0cbe \u0cb8\u0c82\u0cb8\u0ccd\u0ca5\u0cc6\u0caf \u0c85\u0ca7\u0ccd\u0caf\u0c95\u0ccd\u0cb7\u0cb0\u0cbe\u0ca6 \u0c8e\u0cb8\u0ccd. \u0cb8\u0ccb\u0cae\u0ca8\u0cbe\u0ca5\u0ccd \u0c85\u0cb5\u0cb0\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0cc1 \u0c86\u0cb0\u0cc6\u0cb8\u0ccd\u0cb8\u0cc6\u0cb8\u0ccd \u0ca8 \u0cb8\u0cb0\u0c95\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0caf\u0cb5\u0cbe\u0cb9\u0cb0\u0cbe\u0ca6 \u0ca6\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca4\u0cbe\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cc7\u0caf \u0cb9\u0cca\u0cb8\u0cac\u0cbe\u0cb3\u0cc6 \u0c85\u0cb5\u0cb0\u0cc1 \u0c85\u0cad\u0cbf\u0ca8\u0c82\u0ca6\u0cbf\u0cb8\u0cbf\u0ca6\u0cb0\u0cc1.<br \/>\n\u0cb0\u0cbe\u0cb7\u0ccd\u0c9f\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0ccb\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca5\u0cbe\u0ca8 \u0caa\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0cb7\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca4\u0cbf\u0ca8 \u0c85\u0ca7\u0ccd\u0caf\u0c95\u0ccd\u0cb7\u0cb0\u0cbe\u0ca6 \u0c8e\u0c82.\u0caa\u0cbf. \u0c95\u0cc1\u0cae\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ccd &amp; \u0caa\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0ca7\u0cbe\u0ca8 \u0c95\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0caf\u0ca6\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0cb6\u0cbf \u0ca8\u0cbe. \u0ca6\u0cbf\u0ca8\u0cc7\u0cb6\u0ccd \u0cb9\u0cc6\u0c97\u0ccd\u0ca1\u0cc6 \u0c85\u0cb5\u0cb0\u0cc1 \u0cb0\u0cbe\u0cb7\u0ccd\u0c9f\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0ccb\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca5\u0cbe\u0ca8 \u0caa\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0cb7\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca4\u0cbf\u0ca8 \u0caa\u0cb0\u0cb5\u0cbe\u0c97\u0cbf \u0c87\u0cb8\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0ccb \u0c85\u0ca7\u0ccd\u0caf\u0c95\u0ccd\u0cb7\u0cb0\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0cc1 \u0cb8\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0cae\u0cbe\u0ca8\u0cbf\u0cb8\u0cbf\u0ca6\u0cb0\u0cc1.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VSKKarnatakaMedia\">VSK Karnataka<\/a> on Wednesday, 19 July 2023<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>VSK Karnataka also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VSKKarnataka\/status\/1695358224139210998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> a clarification regarding the viral clip on August 26. They mentioned that the claim that ISRO chief S Somanath visited the RSS office in Bengaluru was false. They also mentioned that the clip shows the ISRO chief interacting with people heading the <a href=\"https:\/\/rashtrotthana.org\/tapas-a-gateway-to-iit-jee\/#:~:text=IITs%20in%20India%20are%20well,%2C%20'Tapas'%20in%202012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TAPAS project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/rashtrotthana.org\/a-glimpse-of-what-we-do\/poor-boys-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tapas<\/a>&#8216; is an initiative by Rashtrotthana Parishat in 2012 through which they provide IIT and NIT boy aspirants from underprivileged sections of society with free IIT-JEE coaching.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Clarification:<br \/>\nThe news (Video) circulating in Social media saying ISRO chief Sri Somnath visited RSS office is not a fact.<br \/>\nHe has not visited RSS office. This is an old video clip when he met people who are heading the TAPAS project. TAPAS is an initiative where BPL students\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VSK Karnataka (@VSKKarnataka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VSKKarnataka\/status\/1695358224139210998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Therefore, it is clear that the claim that ISRO chief S Somanath visited the RSS office in Bengaluru is false. Neither is the clip recent nor did S Somanath visit the RSS office. The clip shows the ISRO chairman being felicitated by the general secretary of RSS Dattatreya Hosabale at an NGO called Rashtrotthana Parishat after successful launching of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 9-second clip featuring the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), S Somanath, is viral on social media with the claim that the ISRO chairman visited the Bengaluru office of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). In the video, a man can be seen felicitating S Somanath with a shawl. 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