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This statement has been attributed to Priyanka Chaturvedi, national spokesperson of the Congress party, by a Facebook page <em>Yogi Sarkar<\/em>. <em>Yogi Sarkar<\/em> has a following of over 480,000. The quotation was posted on September 17 and has been shared over 6200 times so far.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YogiSarkarr\/posts\/1611771572261316\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YogiSarkarr\/posts\/1611771572261316\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YogiSarkarr\/\">Yogi Sarkar<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YogiSarkarr\/posts\/1611771572261316\">Sunday, September 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>On September 13, three terrorists belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammed were <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/defence\/1-jem-terrorist-killed-and-8-security-personnel-injured-in-encounter-in-jks-reasi\/articleshow\/65796024.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed in an encounter<\/a> with security forces at Reasi district in J&amp;K. After the encounter ended, the slain terrorists were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/lieutenant-general-cherish-mathson-army-men-drag-terrorists-bodies-as-they-could-have-explosives-1917124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chained and dragged<\/a> by security personnel. It is in the context of this photograph that the quote has been attributed to Chaturvedi.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress spokesperson meanwhile has clarified via a tweet that she has not made the statement ascribed to her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Another day, another fake quote attributed to me, yet again viral on Facebook.<br \/>\nFacebook is becoming a hub of lies and fake stories.<br \/>\nGet well soon wishes to those afflicted by liar-itis and fake-itis virus since 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w2e4pZFyou\">https:\/\/t.co\/w2e4pZFyou<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/priyankac19\/status\/1041865906354302976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>FREQUENT TARGET OF FAKE QUOTES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Priyanka Chaturvedi has been a constant target for purveyors of misinformation who have credited false statements to her. Earlier, when the Mandsaur rape case had surfaced, a quotation was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/priyanka-chaturvedi-daughter-fake-quote-rape-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ascribed to Chaturvedi<\/a> according to which she had defended the rapist saying that the Congress party stands with him, and that it is the right of Muslims to rape.<\/p>\n<p>Following the circulation of this fake quote, Chaturvedi and her daughter were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/priyanka-chaturvedi-daughter-fake-quote-rape-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threatened on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/priyankachaturvedi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/priyankachaturvedi.jpg 339w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/priyankachaturvedi-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/priyankachaturvedi-266x420.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In another instance, when the Asian Games were on at Jakarta in August 2018, a fake quote ascribed to Chaturvedi was doing the rounds, according to which she had said, <em>&#8220;\u0915\u0930\u094b\u095c\u094b\u0902 \u0930\u0941\u092a\u092f\u0947 \u0916\u0930\u094d\u091a \u0915\u0930\u0915\u0947 \u0939\u092e \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0967\u0966 \u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e \u0938\u094b\u0928\u093e \u091c\u0940\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u0907\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0924\u094b \u0915\u0908 \u0915\u093f\u0932\u094b\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e \u0938\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0959\u0930\u0940\u0926\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928 \u092d\u0942\u0916\u093e \u092e\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u0907\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0916\u0947\u0932 \u0914\u0930 \u092c\u0941\u0932\u0947\u091f \u091f\u094d\u0930\u0948\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u095c\u0940 \u0939\u0948&#8221; (We spent crores to win 10 grams of gold, with this money we can buy many kilograms of gold instead. Farmer is dying hungry and they are concerned about sports and bullet trains- translated)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19802\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/pchaturvediquote-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/pchaturvediquote-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/pchaturvediquote-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/pchaturvediquote-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/pchaturvediquote-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/09\/pchaturvediquote.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This too was fake, as was confirmed by Chaturvedi herself in a tweet of August 24.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A fake quote attributed to me about India\u2019s sporting heroes representing us in the Asian Games by a parody handle of ANI has gone viral on Facebook. Wish the imbeciles behind this, engaged on issues rather than fake quotes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/priyankac19\/status\/1032903091593478144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Attributing false quotations to public figures is among the most predictable and routinely used tactic on social media, requiring only an image and provocative and\/or ludicrous text to be placed together. Despite the obvious nature of these quotations and clarifications to the contrary, there hardly seems to be a let-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u091c\u093f\u0938 \u092b\u094c\u091c\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0947\u0958\u0938\u0942\u0930 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0918\u0938\u0940\u091f\u093e \u0909\u0938\u0915\u094b \u092b\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0940 \u0926\u094b \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0924\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u0917 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 (The soldier who dragged an innocent terrorist should be hanged, otherwise we will set the country on fire- translated). This statement has been attributed to Priyanka Chaturvedi, national spokesperson of the Congress party, by a Facebook page Yogi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":19810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[132],"class_list":["post-19796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-quotes"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fake, provocative quote on Kashmir encounter attributed to Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fake, provocative quote on Kashmir encounter attributed to Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u091c\u093f\u0938 \u092b\u094c\u091c\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0947\u0958\u0938\u0942\u0930 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0918\u0938\u0940\u091f\u093e \u0909\u0938\u0915\u094b \u092b\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0940 \u0926\u094b \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0924\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u0917 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 (The soldier who dragged an innocent terrorist should be hanged, otherwise we will set the country on fire- translated). 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