{"id":26437,"date":"2019-01-22T17:49:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T12:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=26437"},"modified":"2019-01-22T17:49:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T12:19:44","slug":"amit-shah-falsely-claims-vande-mataram-bharat-mata-ki-jai-slogans-not-raised-at-tmcs-mega-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/amit-shah-falsely-claims-vande-mataram-bharat-mata-ki-jai-slogans-not-raised-at-tmcs-mega-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Amit Shah falsely claims \u2018Vande mataram\u2019 &amp; \u2018Bharat Mata ki Jai\u2019 slogans not raised at TMC\u2019s Mega Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At his rally in West Bengal&#8217;s Malda, BJP president Amit Shah claimed that no slogans of &#8216;Vande Mataram&#8217; and &#8216;Bharat Mata ki Jai&#8217; were raised during the Opposition&#8217;s Mahagathbandhan rally. <em>&#8220;\u091c\u093f\u0938 \u0917\u0920\u092c\u0902\u0927\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u092f \u0915\u093e \u091c\u092f\u0915\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0928\u093e \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u094b, \u0935\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0924\u0930\u092e\u094d \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0932\u0917\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u094b, \u0935\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u093e \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092d\u0932\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947? \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u092e\u093f\u0924 \u0936\u093e\u0939 (An alliance where Bharat Mata ki Jai and Vande Mataram slogans were not raised, how can it do good for the country? Shri Amit Shah),&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4India\/status\/1087645484636823553?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> the Bharatiya Janata Party from its official handle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26438 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/bjpppp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/bjpppp.png 612w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/bjpppp-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the live video of Shah&#8217;s address uploaded by BJP, at 13:50, he can be heard claiming that no slogans of &#8216;Vande Mataram&#8217; and &#8216;Bharat Mata ki Jai&#8217; were raised at the rally.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LIVE : Shri <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitShah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmitShah<\/a> addresses public meeting in Malda, West Bengal. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AmitShahInMalda?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AmitShahInMalda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iCHYnLUinX\">https:\/\/t.co\/iCHYnLUinX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BJP (@BJP4India) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4India\/status\/1087636392216125440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The BJP president&#8217;s\u00a0assertion was also reported by mainstream media, including\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/lok-sabha-elections\/amit-shah-in-west-bengal-live-updates-bjp-president-to-kick-off-party-campaign-in-malda\/story-PqbeQSzavlLcnldvVK6pyL.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hindustan Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/republic\/status\/1087640519025389569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republic TV<\/a>.<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26439 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/epub.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/epub.png 483w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/epub-249x300.png 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the truth?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The United India Rally, where opposition parties came together to rally for a change in central government, took place on January 19 at Kolkata&#8217;s Brigade Parade Ground. The over 5-hour video of the event does not validate Amit Shah&#8217;s statements. At around <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qDdYCCMNHFY?t=11076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3:04:35<\/a> in the full video, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee can be heard chanting &#8216;Vande Mataram&#8217;, which is preceded with the chants of &#8216;Jai Hind&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qDdYCCMNHFY?t=11076\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/qDdYCCMNHFY?t=11076<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Banerjee says &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;Badal do badal do, dilli ki sarkar badal do! Jai Hind! Vande Mataram.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The chants she made at the end of her speech were also reported on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/live-updates-mamata-banerjee-s-mega-rally-in-kolkata-today\/story-hkKyV6o2SiiSkV5cNkJgvJ.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mainstream media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26445 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/download-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"707\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/download-9.png 707w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/download-9-300x256.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gujarat youth leader Hardik Patel also made a speech at TMC&#8217;s Mega Rally. In the video posted below, he can be heard saying &#8216;Bharat Mata ki Jai&#8217; at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YBq3owoIVWg?t=290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4:50<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch Hardik Patel&#039;s Speech At Mamata&#039;s Opposition Mega Meet In Kolkata\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YBq3owoIVWg?start=290&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In fact, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda also <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qDdYCCMNHFY?t=7778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> something similar &#8211; &#8216;Jai Bharat&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>It is, thus, clear that Amit Shah made a false claim accusing Opposition parties of not raising the slogans of &#8216;Vande Mataram&#8217; and &#8216;Bharat Mata ki Jai&#8217;. Alt News, however, found that the fallacy wasn&#8217;t limited to Shah, but was widespread on social media with the help of a fake quote attributed to\u00a0<em>Aaj Tak&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>Sweta Singh.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sweta Singh calls out the fake quote<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The journalist tweeted on January 22 that a statement\u00a0not made by her was printed in some newspaper &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u0907\u0924\u0928\u0940 \u092c\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u092c\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u092c\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e \u0925\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u0941 \u0915\u093e\u0928 \u0924\u0930\u0938 \u0917\u090f \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u092f \u0914\u0930 \u0935\u0902\u0926\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0924\u0930\u092e\u094d \u0938\u0941\u0928\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u092f\u0947\u0964 \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u092f\u0947 \u092c\u0947\u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u0915\u093f\u0938 \u092e\u0941\u0901\u0939 \u0938\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936\u0939\u093f\u0924 \u092e\u0947 \u090f\u0915 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u093e\u0935\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0964 Such a big rally was organised where the country&#8217;s biggest politicians came, but ears were longing to hear the chants of Bharat Mata ki Jai and Vande Mataram. How can these shameless people claim to work in the country&#8217;s favour?&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>She posted a newspaper clipping, asking people to identify the outlet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u093e\u0932\u0942\u092e \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u0947 \u0915\u094c\u0928 \u0938\u093e \u0905\u0916\u093c\u092c\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u0948, \u0924\u094b \u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u092c\u0924\u093e\u090f\u0901\u0964 \u0928\u093e \u0924\u094b \u092e\u0948\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0910\u0938\u093e \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0928\u093e \u0932\u093f\u0916\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0928\u093e \u092f\u0947 \u0924\u0925\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0915 \u0924\u094c\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902\u0915\u093f \u0909\u0938 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u092f \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0925\u093e\u0964 \u0917\u093c\u091c\u093c\u092c \u0939\u0948, \u0905\u092c \u092a\u0948\u0930\u094b\u0921\u0940 \u0905\u0915\u093e\u0909\u0902\u091f \u092d\u0940 \u091b\u093e\u092a\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0901\u0917\u0947! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h0PYfwKd9T\">pic.twitter.com\/h0PYfwKd9T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sweta Singh (@SwetaSinghAT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwetaSinghAT\/status\/1087557615536799744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Singh wrote that the newspaper printed the quote from a parody account run under her name. We found that a handle\u00a0<em>@SwetaSinghHere <\/em>had tweeted a similar statement, which has now been deleted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26440 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/download.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/download-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><br \/>\nThe quote had also picked up the pace on social media. From a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=105432990569743&amp;set=a.101570874289288&amp;type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sweta Singh parody account<\/a> on Facebook, it drew 11,000 shares at the time of writing this article.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26441 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/sweat.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/sweat.png 450w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/sweat-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The claims circulating on social media and the ones made by BJP chief Amit Shah accusing opposition parties of not raising the slogans of &#8216;Vande Mataram&#8217; and &#8216;Bharat Mata ki Jai&#8217; are completely false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At his rally in West Bengal&#8217;s Malda, BJP president Amit Shah claimed that no slogans of &#8216;Vande Mataram&#8217; 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