{"id":25782,"date":"2019-01-12T20:14:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T14:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=25782"},"modified":"2019-01-12T21:50:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T16:20:13","slug":"fake-news-alok-verma-called-pm-modi-most-corrupt-prime-minister-in-independent-india-in-his-resignation-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-news-alok-verma-called-pm-modi-most-corrupt-prime-minister-in-independent-india-in-his-resignation-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake news: Alok Verma called PM Modi &#8220;most corrupt Prime Minister in independent India&#8221; in his resignation letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On January 11, former CBI director Alok Verma resigned from service a day after a high-powered committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to remove him from his post and transfer him to the post of DG, Fire Services. A day after this, a claim about the former CBI chief calling PM Modi, the most corrupt Prime Minister in his resignation letter went viral on social media.<i> &#8220;<\/i><i><strong>\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0935 \u0938\u0940\u092c\u0940\u0906\u0908 \u0928\u093f\u0926\u0947\u0936\u0915 \u0905\u0932\u094b\u0915 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940\u092b\u093e <\/strong><\/i><span lang=\"hi\"><i><strong>\u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930<\/strong><\/i><\/span><i><strong> \u0932\u093f\u0916\u0915\u0930 \u0928\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u0924\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0906\u095b\u093e\u0926 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 <\/strong><\/i><span lang=\"hi\"><i><strong>\u092d\u094d\u0930\u0937\u094d\u091f \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940<\/strong><\/i><\/span><i> &#8220;(Former CBI Director Alok Verma resigns. He wrote a letter calling Narendra Modi, the most corrupt Prime Minister of independent India -translated), <\/i>reads a post by a Facebook page,<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RaveeshKumarS\/photos\/a.1818145871808381\/2283950511894579\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> I Support Ravish Kumar<\/a><\/i>. It has been shared more than 15,000 times.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_652.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_652.jpg 522w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_652-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>No mention about the Prime Minister<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alok Verma had addressed his resignation letter to the Secretary of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). A picture of the letter was tweeted by journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nidhi\/status\/1083663385638699008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nidhi Razdan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And Alok Verma has resigned from the IPS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2fdblLkq8i\">pic.twitter.com\/2fdblLkq8i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nidhi\/status\/1083663385638699008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The text of the letter was also reported by several media organizations. An article published by <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/alok-verma-quits-here-s-his-resignation-letter-to-govt\/story-7q5KXKwxySkBV3bF2OOH0O.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hindustan Times<\/a><\/i> on January 11 also reproduced the letter, a copy of which is posted below. As can be seen in the letter below, at no point in the letter did Alok Verma refer to the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_653.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"866\" height=\"1568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_653.png 866w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_653-166x300.png 166w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_653-768x1391.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_653-566x1024.png 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 11, former CBI director Alok Verma resigned from service a day after a high-powered committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to remove him from his post and transfer him to the post of DG, Fire Services. 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