\u0938\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u091c\u0917\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937 \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 @SudarshanNewsTV<\/a> \u0915\u0947 14 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0930 @SureshChavhanke<\/a> \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0926\u093f\u0915 \u0936\u0941\u092d\u0915\u093e\u092e\u0928\u093e\u090f\u0902\u0964<\/p>\n \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u0906\u092a\u0915\u093e \u091a\u0948\u0928\u0932 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091c \u0915\u094b \u0938\u091a \u0938\u0947 \u0905\u0935\u0917\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0947\u0917\u093e\u0964<\/p>\n \u2014 Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) August 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n A few months hence, Chavhanke ran a broadcast where he claimed that AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi ‘danced’ after the murder of Hindu Samaj leader Kamlesh Tiwari. Chavhanke played a video of Owaisi uploaded by ANI, where the leader can be seen imitating manoeuvring a kite (his party’s symbol). This was shot on October 17, a day before Tiwari was killed<\/a> in Lucknow on October 18.<\/p>\n \u091a\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u094c\u0924 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0924\u092e \u092e\u0928\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0913\u0935\u0948\u0938\u0940 #\u0915\u092e\u0932\u0947\u0936_\u0924\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0940<\/a> \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0932\u093f\u0926\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u091d\u0942\u092e \u0915\u0930 \u0928\u093e\u091a\u093e<\/p>\n \u0910\u0938\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0915\u093f \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u092e\u093f\u0936\u0928 \u0938\u092b\u093c\u0932 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0939\u094b.@myogiadityanath<\/a> @AmitShah<\/a> \u0914\u0930 @narendramodi<\/a> \u091c\u0940, \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u092c\u093e\u0939\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0928\u093e \u0928 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0947 #KamleshTiwari<\/a> \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke \u201cSudarshan News\u201d (@SureshChavhanke) October 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The programming head of Sudarshan News, Rajesh Rana, explained to Alt News that the misreport was due to a ‘confusion’.\u00a0“ANI had uploaded the video on October 18, therefore, we interpreted that the clip was shot the same day,”\u00a0he informed. It is noteworthy that though ANI\u00a0had uploaded the video on October 18, its tweet<\/a> clearly mentioned that the event was held the previous day.<\/p>\n Incidentally, Suresh Chavhanke tweeted ‘evidence’ of Owaisi ‘celebrating’ Tiwari’s murder soon after the channel’s conversation with Alt News. However, the video shared in his clarification was not the same clip used by Sudarshan News\u00a0in its October 20 broadcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u0913\u0935\u0948\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0921\u093e\u0902\u0938 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092c\u0942\u0924 #\u0915\u092e\u0932\u0947\u0936_\u0924\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0940_\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0915\u093e\u0902\u0921<\/a> \u0915\u0947 \u091c\u0936\u094d\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u0915\u091f\u0915\u091f\u0917\u0947\u091f, \u092a. \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u0928\u0938\u092d\u093e, \u0938\u0902\u092d\u093e\u091c\u0940\u0928\u0917\u0930 (\u0914\u0930\u0902\u0917\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926) \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 19 \u0905\u0915\u094d\u091f\u0942\u092c\u0930 4 pm.<\/p>\n \u0913\u0935\u0948\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0915\u0939\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u093f \u092f\u0947 \u0921\u093e\u0901\u0938 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u092a\u0924\u0902\u0917 \u0909\u0921\u093c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u094d\u091f\u093e\u0907\u0932 \u0939\u0948, \u092a\u0930 \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0924\u0902\u0917 \u0909\u0921\u093c\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0917\u093c\u0948\u0930 \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e\u093f\u0915 \u0939\u0948, \u0924\u094b \u0914\u0935\u0948\u0938\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e #ArrestOwaisi<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7VbLWvoMr6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke \u201cSudarshan News\u201d (@SureshChavhanke) October 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Apart from blatant disinformation, Chavhanke’s nearly one-hour long report had a persistent defamatory tone. He suggested that the AIMIM leader should be locked behind bars. Those familiar with Chavhanke and his channel are not oblivious to their repeated targeting of the Muslim community.<\/p>\n On the occasion of the 2019 World Environment Day, Chavhanke had organised a ‘public parliament’ in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar<\/a> to demand a population control law in the country to deter further growth of Muslims. The rally, held with the support BJP MP Giriraj Singh, echoed anti-Muslim rhetoric from every corner.<\/p>\n This report will focus on the numerous cases of misinformation, which are often communal in nature, broadcast by Sudarshan News\u00a0and propagated by its CMD and editor-in-chief, Suresh Chanvhanke, himself.<\/p>\n In July 2018, Sudarshan News<\/a> had published a report which claimed that a decree against UP police was passed by a mosque in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0935\u094b \u0938\u092c \u0915\u0941\u091b \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0921\u0930 \u0925\u093e . #up<\/a> \u0915\u0940 \u090f\u0915 #\u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926<\/a> \u0938\u0947 \u0906\u092f\u093e \u092b\u0930\u092e\u093e\u0928 – “\u091f\u0941\u0915\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u091f\u0941\u0915\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093e\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 @Uppolice<\/a> \u0935\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b”@baghpatpolice<\/a> @dgpup<\/a> @myogiadityanath<\/a> @narendramodi<\/a>@adgzonemeerut<\/a> @HMOIndia<\/a> #UPCM<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/B2YBnlCpZ2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke STV (@SureshChavhanke) July 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The news turned out to be false and was debunked<\/a> by Alt News. There was no decree issued by a mosque, but a man named Anees verbally threatened the police because he was dissatisfied with their investigation into his son’s death. Sudarshan News’s\u00a0reportage was grossly misleading and the truth was also pointed out by Baghpat police<\/a>. However, Chavhanke defiantly stood by<\/a> his outlet’s factually incorrect report.<\/p>\n Sudarshan News played a video<\/a> during a July 1, 2019 broadcast where sword-wielding people could be heard chanting slogans calling to kill RSS workers.<\/p>\n This video was morphed, found Alt News<\/a>. Anti-RSS chants were added to the original video of a Muharram procession from Dehri, Bihar.<\/p>\n In September 2017,\u00a0Sudarshan News\u00a0posted an image of a differently-abled man claiming that he was a ‘Rohingya criminal’ dragged by the police.<\/p>\n Suresh Chavhanke tweeted the article which is still available on his timeline.<\/p>\n \u092a\u0928\u093e\u0939 \u0926\u0947 \u0915\u0930 \u0924\u092c\u093e\u0939 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u0917\u093e\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u092c\u0902\u0917\u0932\u093e\u0926\u0947\u0936.. \u092c\u0902\u0917\u0932\u093e\u0926\u0947\u0936\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0915\u0921\u0947 \u0924\u0940\u0928 \u0930\u094b\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0917\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0905\u092a\u0930\u093e\u0927\u0940 https:\/\/t.co\/AmmRTWVsL7<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke STV (@SureshChavhanke) September 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n SM Hoaxslayer<\/a>\u00a0had reported last year that the differently-abled man in the photo was actually an activist and a member of Bangladesh’s Gonojagoron Mancha. The photo is from the organisation’s protests which took place in 2014.<\/p>\n The Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) issued a notice<\/a> to\u00a0Sudarshan TV\u00a0in May 2018 for airing a mischievous report that allegedly referred to some locals of north Delhi’s Bawana region as ‘Rohingyas’ and ‘Bangladeshis’.<\/p>\n The DMC also ordered the channel to broadcast an apology and submit an undertaking stating that no such reports will be telecast in future.<\/p>\n On December 3, 2018, a cop was killed<\/a> after a mob protesting alleged illegal cow slaughter clashed with the police in Siana tehsil of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh. “In the unrest following the Bulandshahr Ijtema, children are stuck in schools and crying, people are in the forest, they have shut the doors of their homes- residents in live conversation with Sudarshan News,” tweeted Chavhanke, suggesting that the Ijtema was somehow linked with the violence in which the cop was killed.<\/p>\n #\u092c\u0941\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0936\u0939\u0930_\u0907\u091c\u094d\u0924\u0947\u092e\u093e<\/a> \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0935\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0915\u0908 \u0938\u094d\u0915\u0942\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u092b\u0901\u0938\u0947 \u0939\u0948, \u0930\u094b \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948, \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u091c\u0902\u0917\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0948, \u0918\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0930\u0935\u093e\u091c\u093c\u0947 \u092c\u0902\u0926 \u0915\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u0938\u0939\u092e\u0947 \u0939\u0942\u090f \u0939\u0948- \u0938\u0941\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0908\u0935 \u092c\u093e\u0924\u091a\u0940\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928\u0940\u092f \u0932\u094b\u0917\u0964 #\u092c\u0941\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0936\u0939\u0930_\u092e\u0947\u0902_\u092c\u0935\u093e\u0932<\/a> @SudarshanNewsTV<\/a> \u092a\u0930 \u0932\u093e\u0908\u0935<\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke STV (@SureshChavhanke) December 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Bulandshahr police clarified via Twitter that the violence which shook the town was not related to the Ijtema gathering. Replying to Chavhanke\u2019s tweet, the police made an appeal to not spread misinformation.<\/p>\n \u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u092d\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0915 \u0916\u092c\u0930 \u0928 \u092b\u0948\u0932\u093e\u090f\u0902\u0964 \u0907\u0938 \u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0907\u091c\u094d\u0924\u093f\u092e\u093e \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0930\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0938\u0902\u092c\u0902\u0927 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0907\u091c\u094d\u0924\u093f\u092e\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0941\u0936\u0932 \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092a\u0928\u094d\u0928 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u092a\u094d\u0924 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0909\u092a\u0930\u094b\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0907\u091c\u094d\u0924\u093f\u092e\u093e \u0938\u094d\u0925\u0932 \u0938\u0947 45-50 \u0915\u093f\u092e\u0940 \u0925\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0947 \u0918\u091f\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0939\u0948 \u091c\u093f\u0938\u092e\u0947 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0909\u092a\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0935\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0918\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0915\u093e\u0930\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964\u0907\u0938 \u0938\u0902\u092c\u0902\u0927 \u092e\u0947 \u0935\u0948\u0927\u093e\u0928\u093f\u0915 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 https:\/\/t.co\/TwouiJoqhu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Bulandshahr Police (@bulandshahrpol) December 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Alt News had debunked this claim in an earlier article<\/a>.<\/p>\n A 26-year-old veterinary doctor went missing on November 27, 2019, near Hyderabad. A day later, her charred body was found at the underpass of a National Highway in Chatanpally village. The victim was gang-raped and subsequently murdered and burnt by four. The accused, Mohammed Pasha, Naveen, Keshavulu and Shiva, were identified by the police<\/a> after scanning CCTV footage installed near a toll plaza where the victim had parked her two-wheeler.<\/p>\n \u201c\u0939\u0948\u0935\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u094b\u0939\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0926 \u092a\u093e\u0936\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u094b\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u092a\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0928 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0921\u0949. ***** \u0915\u093e \u092c\u0932\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930, \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0939\u094d\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u091c\u0932\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0932\u093e\u0936 \u0915\u094b (Devil Mohammed Pasha raped ***** after making a plan with his friends, then burnt her after the murder.)\u201d \u2013 read the headline of a report by Sudarshan News<\/a> which selectively highlighted only the Muslim perpetrator’s name.<\/p>\n In April 2020, photographs of a policeman thrashing a Hindu priest were widely shared on social media. Sudarshan News claimed that the priest was alone when he was beaten by Rewa SP Abid Khan.<\/p>\n \u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0930\u0940\u0935\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0928\u094d\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u0915\u0947\u0932\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u091c\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u092a\u0941\u091c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u0947\u0930\u0939\u092e\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0930\u093e.<\/p>\n \u092a\u0948\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u092b\u0947\u0902\u0915 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u091c\u0932 \u0914\u0930 \u092c\u0942\u091f\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0941\u091a\u0932\u093e \u092a\u0942\u091c\u093e \u0938\u094d\u0925\u0932.<\/p>\n \u091a\u0940\u0916\u0924\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u092a\u0941\u091c\u093e\u0930\u0940- “\u092e\u093e\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u0935\u0930\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f \u0915\u093e \u0905\u0902\u0924\u093f\u092e \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0939\u0948., \u0926\u0940\u092a\u0915 \u091c\u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0906\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 \u0938\u093e\u0939\u092c”#\u0906\u092c\u093f\u0926_\u0916\u093e\u0928<\/a> \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0930\u0940\u0935\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u0947 SP..@ChouhanShivraj<\/a> @CMMadhyaPradesh<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/umTFoFddDT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sudarshan News (@SudarshanNewsTV) April 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Sudarshan News in a May 18, 2014 broadcast, claimed that Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan said that he will leave the country if PM Modi comes to power.<\/p>\n \u0938\u0941\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928 \u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u0902\u092a\u093e\u0926\u0915 \u0938\u0941\u0930\u0947\u0936 \u091a\u0935\u094d\u0939\u093e\u0923\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0936\u093e\u0939\u0930\u0941\u0916 \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u092a\u0930 \u0935\u093e\u0930.. \u2014 Sudarshan News (@SudarshanNewsTV) May 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Khan never made the purported statement but a morphed tweet was attributed to him. Alt News had debunked this here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Good time to tell all fools who r talking of a tweet that I didn’t tweet, u suck as much as the grammar of that fake tweet & I’m being kind.<\/p>\n \u2014 Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) May 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n On August 16, 2018, it was reported that former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s health was in a critical condition. Many media outlets<\/a> jumped the gun to publish ‘breaking news’ and broadcast Vajpayee’s death before an official announcement was made. AIIMS put out a press release stating that the former PM took his last breath at 5:05 PM. However, Sudarshan News\u00a0had already declared him dead at 3 PM.<\/p>\n In a comical Facebook Live last year, Suresh Chavhanke claimed that Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was not lodged in jail after his rape conviction, but was living abroad since three months before the pronouncement of his sentence.<\/p>\n \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0921\u093e \u0916\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0938\u093e ! Posted by Sudarshan News<\/a> on Friday, 1 September 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n During the length of the 13-minute Live, he made absurd claims like the person who was arrested was not Ram Rahim but his duplicate. He added that a DNA test of the man imprisoned should be conducted to prove his identity.<\/p>\n This Facebook Live was aired from the official page of Sudarshan News on September 1, 2017, the same day a\u00a0Hindustan Times<\/a>\u00a0article reported that an inmate lodged adjacent to Ram Rahim’s cell said that he heard the self-styled Godman scream at night and not consume any food out of fear.<\/p>\n Alt News contacted\u00a0Sudarshan News for comments on the frequent disinformation shared by the channel. Rana informed that the organisation\u00a0cites ‘social media’ as a source whenever a piece of information is picked up from networking platforms. When asked if such content is verified before broadcast, the program head said that the channel informs viewers about viral content without claiming it’s true, or false.<\/p>\n The cases of misinformation listed earlier in this report contradict Rana’s statement as the channel has pushed unauthenticated social media posts as true. However, a major cause of concern is a news outlet’s acceptance of the fact that it publishes viral content without verification thus not only giving credence to false claims but also encouraging them.<\/p>\n Rana blamed ‘unsubstantiated’ social media posts and claimed that Sudarshan News\u00a0has often provided clarification for misleading content.\u00a0However, he was unable to recall specific cases.<\/p>\n Our request for a conversation with Suresh Chavhanke went unfulfilled.<\/p>\n On November 27, 2018, Chavhanke tweeted that India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru called himself a ‘Hindu by accident’. At the time of writing this article, Chavhanke’s tweet received over 2,300 likes and 900 retweets.<\/p>\n \u0939\u092e \u0938\u093e\u0930\u0947 #\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942<\/a> \u0935\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u092f\u0939 \u092f\u0936 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u091c\u093f\u0938 #\u0928\u0947\u0939\u0930\u0942<\/a> \u0928\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u0915\u094b \u090f\u0915\u094d\u0938\u093f\u0921\u0947\u0902\u091f\u0932\u0940 #Hindu<\/a> \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e\u0964 \u0906\u091c \u0909\u0938\u0940 #Secular<\/a> #\u0928\u0947\u0939\u0930\u0942_\u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940<\/a> \u0918\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0935\u0902\u0936\u091c @RahulGandhi<\/a> \u0916\u0941\u0926 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u093c\u092c\u0930\u0926\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940 #\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941<\/a> \u0938\u093e\u092c\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0928 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u091c\u0924\u0928 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 #BindasBol<\/a> ! @SudarshanNewsTV<\/a> #\u091c\u092f\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0930\u093e\u092e<\/a> #\u0917\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0930<\/a> #\u0917\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0930_\u0926\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092f<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke STV (@SureshChavhanke) November 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This identical claim has been debunked by Alt News multiple times in the past (1<\/a>, 2<\/a>).\u00a0 Nehru did not call himself a ‘Hindu by accident’ but he was described as ‘English by education, Muslim by culture and Hindu by an accident of birth’ by Hindu Mahasabha leader B R Nanda in his book ‘The Nehrus: Motilal and Jawaharlal<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n In a video viral on social media, a teenage boy was seen tearing the national flag while saying,\u00a0“Main pakka Musalman hoon”. Alt News found<\/a> that the boy actually belonged to the Hindu community and was posing as a Muslim to stir up a controversy. Among the ones who circulated the unauthenticated video was Suresh Chavhanke. He tweeted a longer version where the boy was abused, made to apologise and forced to say \u201cPakka Hindu hoon\u201d. The tweet received nearly 2,000 retweets.<\/p>\n \u092a\u0915\u094d\u0915\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0938\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0939\u0942\u0901 \u0907\u0938\u0932\u093f\u090f \u0924\u093f\u0930\u0902\u0917\u093e \u092b\u093e\u0921\u093c \u0915\u0947 \u092b\u0947\u0902\u0915\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e \u201c\u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u092e\u0940 \u0905\u0917\u094d\u0928\u093f\u0935\u0947\u0936\u201d \u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0940 #\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924_\u092e\u093e\u0924\u093e_\u0915\u0940_\u091c\u092f<\/a> \u092c\u094b\u0932 \u0915\u0930 \u0928\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0964 \u0932\u093e\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092d\u0942\u0924 \u092c\u093e\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092e\u093e\u0928\u0924\u0947\u0964 \u0905\u092c \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0915\u0939\u0947\u0917\u093e \u0915\u093f \u092f\u0947 \u0924\u094b #Lynching<\/a> \u0939\u0948 \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u092f\u0939 \u092d\u0940 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u090f \u0915\u093f \u0938\u0902\u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u0907\u0938 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0930\u094b\u0915 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948? \u0915\u093c\u093e\u0928\u0942\u0928 \u0924\u094b \u0907\u0928\u0915\u094b \u0930\u094b\u0915\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0935\u093f\u092b\u0932 \u0939\u0948 ! pic.twitter.com\/MvVgV3UcSL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke STV (@SureshChavhanke) August 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n In September 2017, Chavhanke tweeted –\u00a0“When Rohingya Muslims were being investigated in Jaipur, a crowd of 25,000 surrounded a police station…”\u00a0His tweet ended with a #DeportRohingya\u00a0appeal. Chavhanke later deleted the tweet after multiple users pointed out that the images were from Gujarat.<\/p>\n The image on the left is of 2014 Vadodara violence<\/a> and the image on the bottom right is of 2002 Gujarat riots<\/a>. The top right image is of the 2011 riots in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n Earlier in September 2018, Chavhanke appealed to prime minister Modi to take action against ‘anti-Hindus’ who thrashed a Naga Sadhu.<\/p>\n \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 @narendramodi<\/a> \u091c\u0940 \u0907\u0938 \u0928\u093e\u0917\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0927\u0941 \u092a\u0930 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0935\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u0921\u0902\u0921\u0947 \u091a\u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0907\u0938 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u0926\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u092d\u0940 \u0915\u093c\u0940\u092e\u0924 \u092a\u0930, \u0915\u0941\u091b \u092d\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u0915\u0947, \u0924\u0941\u0930\u0902\u0924 \u0916\u094b\u091c\u093e \u091c\u093e\u090f \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0920\u094b\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0920\u094b\u0930 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u090f. #\u0915\u0943\u0937\u094d\u0923\u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u092e\u0940<\/a> \u092a\u0930 \u0907\u0938\u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0921\u093c\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0923\u094d\u092f \u0915\u093e \u0915\u093e\u092e \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e. #KrishnaJanmashtami<\/a> \u0924\u092d\u0940 #HappyJanamashtami<\/a> \u0915\u0939\u0928\u0947 https:\/\/t.co\/pciZWg8BQM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke STV (@SureshChavhanke) September 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n A similar claim was viral on social media and had been debunked<\/a> by Alt News. The official twitter handle of Dehradun police had put out a statement clarifying – \u201cThe man is an imposter against whom a complaint has been filed for molesting a woman while being intoxicated.\u201d\u00a0The man wasn’t a Naga Sadhu but was begging for alms when he was beaten up by a Hindu family for allegedly molesting a woman of the house.<\/p>\n \u0938\u094b\u0936\u0932 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u0917\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0927\u0941 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u092a\u0940\u091f\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u090f\u0915 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0935\u093e\u0907\u0930\u0932 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u2014 SSP Dehradun (@DehradunSsp) August 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Tweeting a video of Jamil, where he can be heard terming Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh a “dacoit”, Chavhanke claimed that the Pakistani Islamic scholar was invited to the Ijtema held Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n \u092a\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092c \u0915\u0947 \u0936\u0947\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u093e \u0930\u0923\u091c\u0940\u0924 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0921\u093e\u0915\u0942 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0902\u092c\u0916\u094d\u0924 \u0915\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u092e\u094c\u0932\u0935\u0940 \u0924\u093e\u0930\u093f\u0915 @TariqJamilOFCL<\/a> \u0915\u094b #\u092c\u0941\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0936\u0939\u0930_\u0907\u091c\u094d\u0924\u0947\u092e\u093e<\/a> \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b \u092c\u0941\u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948? \u0938\u093f\u0927\u094d\u0926\u0942 @sherryontopp<\/a> \u0928\u0947 \u0939\u094c\u0938\u0932\u093e \u092c\u0922\u093c\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948? @Uppolice<\/a> @myogiadityanath<\/a> @RSSorg<\/a> @rajnathsingh<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9w3cH99d3e<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke STV (@SureshChavhanke) December 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Earlier in this article, Alt News had reported how Sudarshan News\u00a0linked the Bulandsharhr violence to\u00a0Tablighi Ijtema\u00a0which took place in the city from December 1 to 3 last year. Tariq could not have been present in UP during this time because he was live-streaming a video from Pakistan on December 2.<\/p>\n I’m live streaming on @YouTube<\/a>. Come watch: https:\/\/t.co\/PQp1V0Ye5I<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tariq Jamil (@TariqJamilOFCL) December 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n On February 28, 2020, in reference to the Delhi riots, Suresh Chavhanke wrote, \u201cAfter burning India\u2019s capital, the terrorist community has burnt the French capital as well. #IslamicJihad Now tell did the riots happen because of @KapilMishra_IND\u2019s speech. There is only one solution #EconomicBoycott.\u201d<\/p>\n \u0905\u092c \u092c\u094b\u0932\u094b @KapilMishra_IND<\/a> \u0928\u0947 \u092b\u093c\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0938 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u0923 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0907\u0938 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0935\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0926\u0902\u0917\u093e \u092d\u0921\u093c\u0915\u093e! \u090f\u0915 \u0939\u0940 \u0909\u092a\u093e\u092f #\u0906\u0930\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0915_\u092c\u0939\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/pl0qD7WPjl<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke \u201cSudarshan News\u201d (@SureshChavhanke) February 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n According to media reports, a railway station in Paris, Gare de Lyon, was set ablaze by protesters opposing a concert by Fally Ipupa from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our detailed fact-check can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n On May 11, 2020, Chavhanke tweeted a photo of a pink-coloured sack that had \u2018Eid Mubarak Ramzan Gift Government of Telangana\u2019 imprinted on it. \u201cThe Telangana government is offering free, special kits to Muslims for Ramzan On Hindu festivals Ramnavami, Hanuman Jayanti, Ugadi, it was forbidden to even step out of homes,\u201d he tweeted in reference to lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n Chavhanke had tweeted at least a 5-year-old image. Moreover, in view of the pandemic, the Telangana government had decided to not offer Ramzan gifts<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n A video of an elderly Muslim fruit-seller was shared<\/a> by Suresh Chavhanke with the claim that he was caught sprinkling his urine on the produce. This video was massively viral as COVID cases in the country rose. He later took down his tweet.<\/p>\n The police informed that the video was being shared with false claims. The elderly man had taken water from a bottle on his cart to wash hands after urination. He later used the same bottle to sprinkle water on the fruits. Our detailed fact-check on the incident can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n A video of three men lynched by an armed mob near Gadchinchale village which comes under the Kasa Police jurisdiction in Maharashtra\u2019s Palghar district was tweeted by Suresh Chavhanke with the claim that the mob can be heard saying, \u201cMaar Shoaib Maar\u201d.<\/p>\n \u0917\u0943\u0939\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u091c\u0940, \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u092e\u0947\u0902 #Shoaib<\/a> \u0938\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0908 \u0926\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u093e. @nawabmalikncp<\/a> \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0917\u093f\u0930\u0935\u0940 \u0930\u0916\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0928 \u0932\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u0947\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0901\u0939 \u092a\u0930 \u0932\u0917\u0947 \u0924\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u091a\u093e\u092c\u0940 \u0938\u094b\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092e\u0948\u0921\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0915\u0930 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u090f\u0902 \u0915\u093f \u0906\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0938\u0941\u0928\u093e? \u0935\u0930\u0928\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0932\u0947 \u0915\u093f \u0906\u092a \u0932\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902\u0915\u093f \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0947\u0915\u094d\u092f\u0942\u0932\u0930 \u0939\u093e\u0925 \u092e\u094c. @PawarSpeaks<\/a> \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0948\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u0940\u091a\u0947 \u0926\u092c\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 #\u092a\u093e\u0932\u0918\u0930<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/lNbrFshvKh<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke \u201cSudarshan News\u201d (@SureshChavhanke) April 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n After listening to several videos of the same incident taken from different angles, Alt News found<\/a> that the men were saying, \u201cBass oye bass (Stop hey stop)\u201d.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/Parmar_Hasmukh_\/status\/1251895529975558144<\/p>\n Apart from circulating blatant disinformation, Sudarshan News’s\u00a0content has also come in the crosshairs of the government and local police for allegedly igniting hate along communal\/religious lines.<\/p>\n In April 2017, Sudarshan News\u00a0and Suresh Chavhanke were\u00a0booked by the Uttar Pradesh police<\/a> on charges of allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity between religious groups.<\/p>\n The police took action after citizens from different communities complained that the channel aired programs that promoted communal disharmony. After review, the police concluded that in several clips, Chavhanke allegedly made statements spreading\u00a0“Hindu-Muslim hostility,”\u00a0reported The Hindu.<\/p>\n According to a report by\u00a0Hindustan Times<\/a>, Chavhanke was arrested on April 14 and granted bail the next day. Earlier, the Centre had assured the Rajya Sabha of action against the media outlet.<\/p>\n In 2013, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting sent a show-cause notice to\u00a0Sudarshan News\u00a0after complaints were filed that the channel was instigating violence during the Muzzafarnagar riots.<\/p>\n According to\u00a0Business Standard<\/a>, a\u00a0senior official in the ministry said at the time, \u201cWe are monitoring the content aired by Sudarshan TV and we believe the channel is in violation of policies, as some of the content is believed to have instigated the violence. We have given them a show cause notice as we believe they should be given a chance to give their view. So far, we have only received complaints about Sudarshan TV and none of the other broadcasters.\u201d<\/p>\n Chavhanke said in a response that they\u00a0“have a clean history record and were only appealing to their viewers to remain calm.\u201d<\/p>\n Newslaundry<\/a> had reported last year that Sudarshan News added communal colour to a land dispute matter in Chhattisgarh. “Dirty show of Jihadis in Chhattisgarh, threaten Hindu women with rape,” was the focus of the broadcast.<\/p>\n \u091b\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0940\u0938\u0917\u0922\u093c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u0902\u0917\u093e \u0928\u093e\u091a \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0930\u0947\u092a \u0915\u0940 \u0927\u092e\u0915\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u092c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u092a\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0939 \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937\u093e\u0902\u0915 \u092e\u0947\u0902 https:\/\/t.co\/jsJ27gCRBi<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke \u201cSudarshan News\u201d (@SureshChavhanke) July 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Following the channel’s report,\u00a0Newslaundry reported that\u00a0“on July 11, a resident named Sanjay Singh filed an FIR against\u00a0Sudarshan\u2019s bureau chief Yogesh Mishra, Vijaya Gupta, her daughter Karishma Gupta, and Omesh Visen, a Bajrang Dal leader and close friend of the Gupta family. Singh, a member of the BJP state executive committee, registered the FIR at Purani Basti Police Station under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code.”<\/p>\n The channel’s editor-in-chief stood by the reportage.<\/p>\n Suresh Chavhanke’s Twitter cover photo is with prime minister Narendra Modi, where both men are smiling at each other whilst greeting with namastes. Despite being a frequent purveyor of fake news, Chavhanke enjoys the company of influential personalities.<\/p>\n \u0909\u092a\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u092a\u0924\u093f \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0935\u0947\u0902\u0915\u0948\u092f\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092f\u0921\u0942 \u091c\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0906\u091c \u0938\u0902\u092a\u093e\u0926\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0935\u0930\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0920 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u092d\u094b\u091c\u0928 \u092a\u0930 \u092c\u0941\u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e\u0964 \u0939\u092e\u0947\u0936\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u0918\u0941\u0932 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0915\u0930 \u0909\u092a\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u092a\u0924\u093f \u092d\u0935\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u0935\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0939\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u092f\u093e\u0964\u0916\u093c\u0941\u0926 \u0938\u092c\u0915\u094b \u0939\u0949\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0924\u0915 \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0928\u0947 \u0906\u090f\u0964\u092a\u093f\u091b\u0932\u0947 \u0909\u092a\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u092a\u0924\u093f #HamidAnsari<\/a> \u0914\u0930 \u0935\u0947\u0902\u0915\u0948\u092f\u093e \u091c\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093c\u092e\u0940\u0928 \u0906\u0938\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u0905\u0902\u0924\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u0908 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e pic.twitter.com\/rPxmfmbtYx<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Suresh Chavhanke STV (@SureshChavhanke) August 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Chavhanke seems to enjoy a cordial relationship with BJP MP Giriraj Singh who congratulated him on the 14th anniversary of\u00a0Sudarshan News.<\/p>\n \u0938\u0941\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928 \u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c \u0915\u0947 14 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u0947 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0930 @SureshChavhanke<\/a> \u0915\u094b \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924-\u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u092c\u0927\u093e\u0908\u0964 \u2014 Shandilya Giriraj Singh (@girirajsinghbjp) August 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The\u00a0Sudarshan News\u00a0editor was also invited to prime minister Modi’s swearing-in ceremony.<\/p>\n At Rashtrapati Bhawan in Sweering in ceremony with many friends, now @SureshChavhanke<\/a> ji with me pic.twitter.com\/Sc5wkKPI7H<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Subhash Chandra (@subhashchandra) May 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Other prominent BJP leaders who share a friendly association with Chavhanke, often tweeting praises, are union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad<\/a> and Dharmendra Pradhan<\/a>, MPs Vinay Sahasrabuddhe<\/a>, Niranjan Jyoti<\/a>, Hariom Pandey<\/a>, Amar Singh<\/a> and MLA T Raja Singh<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n Most articles published by\u00a0Sudarshan News\u00a0begin with an emotional pandering to its readers and most shows aired by the channel\u00a0are replete with sensationalism. Despite being called out multiple times for pushing a sectarian narrative,\u00a0the channel continues to polarise opinions, broadcast dangerous misinformation and enjoy political patronage. Any false report circulated by a media outlet with a substantial following might have serious consequences. Only on social media (Facebook and Twitter), Sudarshan News\u00a0and Suresh Chavhanke have a combined following of over 13 lakh – their ability to shape public opinion is not one to be taken lightly.<\/p>\n [This article was updated on August 27, 2020.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last year, railway minister Piyush Goyal had congratulated Suresh Chavhanke on the 14th anniversary of his media venture Sudarshan News. “I hope your channel continues to inform truth to the people,” wrote Goyal. \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u091c\u0917\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937 \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 @SudarshanNewsTV \u0915\u0947 14 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0930 @SureshChavhanke \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0926\u093f\u0915 \u0936\u0941\u092d\u0915\u093e\u092e\u0928\u093e\u090f\u0902\u0964 \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":49451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[283],"tags":[401],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-18607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-compilation","tag-suresh-chavhanke","fact_checks_claim_type-economics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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1. D<\/strong>isinformation about decree by mosque against UP police<\/h5>\n
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2. Old video morphed with slogans calling to kill RSS workers<\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\n3. Differently-abled man portrayed as ‘Rohingya criminal’<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\n4. Reference to Bawana locals of Delhi as ‘Rohingyas’<\/strong><\/h5>\n
5. Linked Tablighi Ijtema with mob violence in Bulandshahr; police denied<\/h5>\n
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6. Hyderabad vet’s rape-murder communalised<\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\n7. Police action on temple priest flouting lockdown in MP falsely communalised<\/h5>\n
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8. Fake quote attributed to Shah Rukh Khan<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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9. Reported former PM Vajpayee’s death before the official announcement<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\n10. Claimed fake Ram Rahim in jail, real one abroad\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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Disinformation personally shared by Suresh Chavhanke<\/h2>\n
1. Claimed Nehru said he is ‘Hindu by accident’<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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2. Posted a video claiming Muslim boy tore the Indian flag<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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3. Images of Godhra riots used for hatemongering against Rohingyas<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\n4.<\/strong>\u00a0False claim of Naga Sadhu thrashed by ‘anti-Hindus’<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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6. Falsely claimed Muslim community in Paris torched railway station<\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\n7. Shared at least 5-year-old image as Telangana govt\u2019s free gift during Ramzan<\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\n8. Video from Bijnor viral with false allegation that elderly Muslim vendor sprinkled urine on fruits<\/h5>\n
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<\/p>\n9. Palghar lynching falsely communalised on social media<\/h5>\n
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Booked by UP police for promoting enmity between religious groups<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nShow-cause notice for allegedly instigating violence during Muzaffarnagar riots\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
BJP Chattisgarh member files FIR against Sudarshan News for instigating hate<\/h2>\n
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Political patronage despite propagating misinformation<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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In August 2018, he tweeted images of a lunch gathering with vice president Venkaiah Naidu and compared him with former VP Hamid Ansari – “\u092a\u093f\u091b\u0932\u0947 \u0909\u092a\u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u092a\u0924\u093f #<\/s>HamidAnsari\u0914\u0930 \u0935\u0947\u0902\u0915\u0948\u092f\u093e \u091c\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093c\u092e\u0940\u0928 \u0906\u0938\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u0905\u0902\u0924\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u0908 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e ” Venkaiah ji is poles apart from former Vice President Hamid Ansari- translated).<\/p>\n\n
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