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Dr. Sambit Patra, national spokesperson of the BJP was tagged in a tweet which had a screenshot of a press conference by the BJP which Dr. Patra had addressed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sambitswaraj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sambitswaraj<\/a> \u091c\u0940! \u0925\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u0936\u0930\u092e \u0924\u094b \u092c\u093e\u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0940\u091c\u093f\u090f\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KisanKrantiYatra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KisanKrantiYatra<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tyhyt9vnYv\">pic.twitter.com\/tyhyt9vnYv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avinash Das (@avinashonly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avinashonly\/status\/1047443549925650433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The above tweet is by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avinashonly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avinash Das<\/a>, who is a filmmaker. The screenshot is purportedly of a broadcast by <em>ABP News<\/em>, and Dr. Patra is quoted as saying, <em>&#8220;\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0918\u0941\u0938\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092f\u0947 \u0917\u0926\u094d\u0926\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u0948\u0902! (Those who entered Delhi are not farmers but traitors- translated). <\/em>The context here is the recent farmers&#8217; agitation wherein thousands of farmers from several states marched to the capital in order to press their demands.\u00a0This claim has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/str\/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%98%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88\/stories-keyword\/stories-live?ref=top_filter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared widely<\/a> on Facebook by a number of individual users.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20481\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/patra_quote_fb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/patra_quote_fb.jpg 501w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/patra_quote_fb-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/patra_quote_fb-466x420.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Photoshopped image<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The image circulating on social media is photoshopped. It has been taken from a press conference held in April 2018. The ABP News clip which had broadcast this presser can be<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EtsJfGeJX1g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> accessed here<\/a>. The exact screen grab which has been shared can be seen at 2:48 minutes in the above video. A screenshot of the same is posted below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/sambit-patra.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20520\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/sambit-patra.jpg\" alt=\"sambit-patra\" width=\"997\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/sambit-patra.jpg 997w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/sambit-patra-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/sambit-patra-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/sambit-patra-696x442.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/sambit-patra-662x420.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dr. Patra clarifies<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Sambit Patra has tweeted a clarification, saying no such press conference was held by the BJP where the statement ascribed to him is claimed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No such Press Conference was ever held by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BJP4India<\/a><br \/>\nThis is a photoshopped,fake news propagated by a verified Twitter handle to further vested interests &amp; cause disharmony in the country<br \/>\nI sincerely request <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TwitterIndia<\/a> to take stringent action against the verified handle! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tU0w2SCrpL\">https:\/\/t.co\/tU0w2SCrpL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sambitswaraj\/status\/1047748894120169472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The image showing the broadcast by <em>ABP News<\/em> is photoshopped. This was tweeted by Vikas Bhadauria who is a reporter with the channel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 \u0938\u094d\u0915\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0928 \u0936\u0949\u091f \u092b\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0940 \u0939\u0948 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avinashonly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@avinashonly<\/a> \u091c\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SHpTeRoxP9\">https:\/\/t.co\/SHpTeRoxP9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vikas Bhadauria ABP (@vikasbha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vikasbha\/status\/1047469888867094528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Disinformation is a tool that is increasingly being adopted by all sides of the political spectrum. A screenshot of a press conference was tampered with in order to portray the BJP spokesperson as irrational and insensitive, and shared subsequently on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 @sambitswaraj \u091c\u0940! \u0925\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u0936\u0930\u092e \u0924\u094b \u092c\u093e\u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0940\u091c\u093f\u090f (What is this @sambitswaraj ji! Please have a little shame- translated). Dr. Sambit Patra, national spokesperson of the BJP was tagged in a tweet which had a screenshot of a press conference by the BJP which Dr. Patra had addressed. \u092f\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 @sambitswaraj [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":20486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[132],"class_list":["post-20477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"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 quote ascribed to Sambit Patra on farmers&#039; agitation circulates on social media - 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 quote ascribed to Sambit Patra on farmers&#039; agitation circulates on social media - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 @sambitswaraj \u091c\u0940! \u0925\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u0936\u0930\u092e \u0924\u094b \u092c\u093e\u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0940\u091c\u093f\u090f (What is this @sambitswaraj ji! 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