{"id":23832,"date":"2018-12-12T21:41:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T16:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=23832"},"modified":"2019-03-18T19:40:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T14:10:02","slug":"former-union-minister-pawan-kumar-bansal-shares-fake-newspaper-cutting-quoting-amit-shah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/former-union-minister-pawan-kumar-bansal-shares-fake-newspaper-cutting-quoting-amit-shah\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal shares fake newspaper cutting quoting Amit Shah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;\u092f\u0939 \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u092e\u093f\u0924 \u0936\u093e\u0939 \u0928\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u0930\u0925\u093f\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u0964 \u0905\u0938\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0932\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0905\u0932\u0917-\u0905\u0932\u0917 \u091c\u0917\u0939 \u0905\u0932\u0917-\u0905\u0932\u0917 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 (This is what Shri Amit Shah said about his supporters. People taking the recourse of untruth speak different things at different places.-translated)&#8221; <\/em>tweeted former Union Minster <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pawanbansal_chd\/status\/1072495934980935681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pawan Kumar Bansal<\/a> on Tuesday. Along with this tweet an image of a purported newspaper cutting was also attached. The newspaper has ascribed a statement to BJP chief Amit Shah which calls the Baniya community \u2018thieves\u2019 and accuses them of profiteering.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0939 \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u092e\u093f\u0924 \u0936\u093e\u0939 \u0928\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u0930\u0925\u093f\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u0964 \u0905\u0938\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0932\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0905\u0932\u0917-\u0905\u0932\u0917 \u091c\u0917\u0939 \u0905\u0932\u0917-\u0905\u0932\u0917 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gSIAa0OvAJ\">pic.twitter.com\/gSIAa0OvAJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pawan Kumar Bansal (@pawanbansal_chd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pawanbansal_chd\/status\/1072495934980935681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Fake newspaper clip<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On December 10, Alt News had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-amit-shah-call-baniyas-thieves-and-cheaters-fake-newspaper-clip-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> the viral fake newspaper clip. It was found that no mainstream media outlet had reported the statement. Hence, it is unlikely that such a statement coming from the BJP chief calling members of the Baniya community &#8216;cheaters&#8217; and &#8216;thieves&#8217; would have gone unreported.<\/p>\n<p>To corroborate, we looked at the news reports and the video of Amit Shah&#8217;s rally in Bundi, Rajasthan on December 3. Alt News found that Shah had not uttered the statements attributed to him in the fake newspaper clip.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u093e\u0907\u0935 : \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u092e\u093f\u0924 \u0936\u093e\u0939 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0942\u0902\u0926\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u0928\u0938\u092d\u093e\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0930\u093e\u091c\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928_\u0930\u0940_\u0936\u093e\u0928_\u092d\u093e\u091c\u092a\u093e<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ffd8rLu9Yx\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ffd8rLu9Yx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BJP (@BJP4India) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4India\/status\/1069530947781980160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Other false claims<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a sub-section of the same article, it was falsely claimed that Amit Shah said that \u201cthese businessmen\u201d will be replaced in retail and wholesale markets with big investment. The concluding paragraph also fabricated a lie that Prime Minister Modi had compared businessmen and the Baniya community with \u201cthieves\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23842\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-KqNCaGKTT3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-KqNCaGKTT3.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-KqNCaGKTT3-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-KqNCaGKTT3-641x420.jpg 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>In the past as well, Alt News has debunked several instances where misinformation is circulated on social media in the form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=newspaper+clip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fake newspaper clips<\/a> to provide credibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u092f\u0939 \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u092e\u093f\u0924 \u0936\u093e\u0939 \u0928\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u0930\u0925\u093f\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u0964 \u0905\u0938\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0939\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0932\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0905\u0932\u0917-\u0905\u0932\u0917 \u091c\u0917\u0939 \u0905\u0932\u0917-\u0905\u0932\u0917 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 (This is what Shri Amit Shah said about his supporters. People taking the recourse of untruth speak different things at different places.-translated)&#8221; tweeted former Union Minster Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday. 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