{"id":167750,"date":"2023-10-09T17:36:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T12:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=167750"},"modified":"2023-10-09T17:47:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T12:17:51","slug":"pak-team-greeted-with-saffron-scarves-on-arrival-in-india-no-misleading-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/pak-team-greeted-with-saffron-scarves-on-arrival-in-india-no-misleading-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak team greeted with saffron scarves on arrival in India? No, misleading claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

A clip featuring Pakistan men’s Cricket team captain Babar Azam is viral on social media where he can be seen wearing a saffron scarf around his neck. The video is being shared with the claim that the Pakistani Cricket team was greeted upon landing in India for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup with these ‘Bhagwa Gamchhas’ (Saffron Scarves).<\/p>\n

Several Hindutva outfits and Right Wing political parties recognize the colour saffron<\/a> as a symbol of Hindutva or the Hindu nationalist ideology.<\/p>\n

X (formerly Twitter) Blue user Megh Updates \ud83d\udea8\u2122 (@MeghUpdates) shared the viral clip of Babar Azam with a saffron scarf on September 28 with the following caption: “New Bharat- Video of Pakistan Cricket Team players, upon arrival in India, greeted with BHAGWA Gamchas has gone viral on SM”. The tweet has received over 3 lakh 46,000 views and has been retweeted over 800 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Readers must note that the user, MeghUpdates, has been found sharing misinformation<\/a> frequently on social media.<\/p>\n

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New Bharat- Video of Pakistan Cricket Team players, upon arrival in India, greeted with BHAGWA Gamchas has gone viral on SM pic.twitter.com\/0thJlSizM1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Megh Updates \ud83d\udea8\u2122 (@MeghUpdates) September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

RSS mouthpiece Panchjanya also posted the 17-second viral clip of the Pakistani Cricket captain on X with a caption in Hindi that can be translated as: “Pakistani players are being welcomed in India with saffron gamchha. The Pakistani cricket team has reached India to play the World Cup”. The tweet has received over 55,000 views and has been retweeted over 600 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Panchjanya (@epanchjanya) September 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several other users and pages such as @Indian_Analyzer<\/a>, @asliarpita<\/a>, and @KrishanGahlot_<\/a> shared the viral clip with the above claim on X<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n