{"id":24094,"date":"2018-12-18T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=24094"},"modified":"2019-03-18T19:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T13:57:00","slug":"no-sachin-pilots-father-in-law-did-not-praise-pm-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-sachin-pilots-father-in-law-did-not-praise-pm-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Sachin Pilot&#8217;s father-in-law did not praise PM Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a man praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi is\u00a0currently viral on social media with claims suggesting that the man is Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot&#8217;s father-in-law. The caption attached to the video is &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u0938\u091a\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u0932\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0938\u0941\u0930 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092c\u094b\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u094b \u092c\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c (All young friends, watch what Sachin Pilot&#8217;s father-in-law is saying. Breaking news.)&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/narendramodifanclubonceagain\/videos\/470525880139944\/\" data-width=\"350\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/narendramodifanclubonceagain\/videos\/470525880139944\/\"><p>\u0938\u091a\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u0932\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0938\u0941\u0930 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092c\u094b\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u094b \u092c\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/narendramodifanclubonceagain\/\">We Support Modi<\/a> on Monday, 17 December 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several individual users have widely circulated the video. From the account of one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/subhash.jatre.1\/videos\/506503469860729\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subhash Jatre<\/a>, it has over 1 lakh views and nearly 5,000 shares. Multiple right-wing pages have also shared the video (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HindusDiary\/videos\/2304982926401196\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Kattarhindudeshseva\/videos\/1135718003254100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>) with the identical narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News found that the video has been circulated on Twitter as well. A user followed by PM Modi and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal&#8217;s Office has also circulated the video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u091a\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u0932\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0938\u0941\u0930 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092c\u094b\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u094b \u092c\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c ll<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4Gujarat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BJP4Gujarat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BJP4India<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitShah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmitShah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amitmalviya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amitmalviya<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitThakerBJP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmitThakerBJP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iPankajShukla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iPankajShukla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParasKGhelani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ParasKGhelani<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jitulaljamnagar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jitulaljamnagar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jitu_vaghani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jitu_vaghani<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Satishsanadhya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Satishsanadhya<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raviranabjp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@raviranabjp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hakubhajadeja?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hakubhajadeja<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rcfalduofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rcfalduofficial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mpvadodara?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mpvadodara<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0fykX1Q5s1\">pic.twitter.com\/0fykX1Q5s1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manish P Pandey (@ManishKBJP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManishKBJP\/status\/1073254901113708544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The oldest instance of the video we could find on social media was December 4.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0938\u091a\u093f\u0928<\/a> \u092a\u093e\u092f\u0932\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0938\u0941\u0930 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092c\u094b\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u094b \u092c\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abpnewshindi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@abpnewshindi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZeeNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZeeNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RahulGandhi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APanagariya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@APanagariya<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArvindKejriwal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ArvindKejriwal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yadavakhilesh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yadavakhilesh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SachinPilot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SachinPilot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/myogiadityanath?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@myogiadityanath<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VbWgSsHqhJ\">pic.twitter.com\/VbWgSsHqhJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 gaurav kumar dubey (@gauravkumardub1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gauravkumardub1\/status\/1069907784244830219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2018<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 15px;color: #222222\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>The man in the video is NOT Sachin Pilot&#8217;s father-in-law, Farooq Abdullah<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sachin Pilot is married to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outlookindia.com\/photos\/single\/33396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sara Abdullah<\/a>, the daughter of J&amp;K National Conference chief and ex-Chief Minister of J&amp;K Farooq Abdullah, which makes Pilot his son-in-law. Sara was married to him in 2004.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24134\" style=\"width: 1008px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24134 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/pilot-e1545136921715.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/pilot-e1545136921715.png 1008w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/pilot-e1545136921715-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/pilot-e1545136921715-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/pilot-e1545136921715-696x421.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/pilot-e1545136921715-694x420.png 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/photos\/india-news\/farooq-abdullah-and-family-at-preview-launch-of-the-splendor-of-kashmir-4930260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Indian Express<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The man in the viral video bears no resemblance to Abdullah, as seen in the collage below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24111\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24111 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/video.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/video.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/video-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/video-768x402.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/video-1024x536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/video-696x364.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/video-1068x559.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/video-803x420.jpeg 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Conference Chief Farooq Abdullah (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The video of a person whose identity we are yet to ascertain (and will update the article when we do) was viral as Sachin Pilot&#8217;s father-in-law praising PM Modi. Since the conclusion of the recent assembly elections, misinformation targetting the Congress has surged. Earlier, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/false-claim-of-sachin-pilot-blackening-poster-of-pm-narendra-modi-shared-on-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">false claim<\/a> of Sachin Pilot blackening\u00a0the poster of PM Modi was viral on social media. In many other instances of misinformation, claims of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-false-claim-of-pakistani-flag-waved-at-congress-victory-rally-in-rajasthan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pakistani flags<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/madhu-kishwars-fake-news-spree-defends-misleading-video-with-another-misleading-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pro-Pakistan slogans<\/a> raised in Congress rallies were widely in circulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a man praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi is\u00a0currently viral on social media with claims suggesting that the man is Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot&#8217;s father-in-law. The caption attached to the video is &#8211;\u00a0&#8220;\u0938\u091a\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u093e\u092f\u0932\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0938\u0941\u0930 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092c\u094b\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u093e \u0938\u093e\u0925\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u094b \u092c\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0902\u0917 \u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c (All young friends, watch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":24114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[476,475,474,477],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-24094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-farooq-abdullah","tag-father-in-law","tag-sachi-pilot","tag-sara-abdullah","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/12\/video-2.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24094"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30898,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24094\/revisions\/30898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24094"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=24094"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=24094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}