{"id":298055,"date":"2025-05-06T20:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=298055"},"modified":"2025-05-06T20:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:41:08","slug":"viral-image-shows-akhilesh-yadav-with-pakistani-mp-saifullah-no-false-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-image-shows-akhilesh-yadav-with-pakistani-mp-saifullah-no-false-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"No, man seen in viral image with Akhilesh is not Pak politician Saifuallah Abro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan since the Pahalgam terrorist attack on April 22, Pakistani politician and Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senator Saifullah Abro said in a <\/span>discussion in the Pakistani parliament<\/span><\/a>, “The whole of Indian Opposition is condemning the Pahalgam attack. Be it the Aam Aadmi Party of Delhi or the Samajwadi Party of Uttar Pradesh, no one is supporting Modi. Everyone is protesting. No one supported Modi. Everyone said that this incident happened under your watch. You are already against Muslims and now you need something to shield yourself.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Against this backdrop, a picture of Samajwadi Party national president and former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is being widely circulated on social media. Users are sharing this picture and claiming that the man seen in the photo with Akhilesh Yadav is Saifullah Abro.<\/span><\/p>\n

UP BJP Yuva Morcha social media in-charge and member of the state backward classes commission <\/span>Dr. Richa Rajpoot<\/span><\/a> shared this picture on Instagram and claimed, \u201cMr. Akhilesh\u2019s close friend Mr. Saifullah, who was praising him in the parliament of Pakistan\u201d. (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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On April 30, BJP MP from Godda, Jharkhand, <\/span>Nishikant Dubey<\/span><\/a>, also shared this picture and indirectly linked Akhilesh Yadav and Saifullah with each other. He wrote in the caption, \u201cA wave of happiness in Pakistan on Akhilesh Yadav\u2019s anti-India statement, seems the Samajwadi Party chief will contest the next election from Islamabad?\u201d (<\/span>Archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Right-wing influencers <\/span>Jitendra Pratap Singh<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Zeenat Rana<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Arun Yadav<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Sandeep Mishra<\/span><\/a> and journalist <\/span>Sudhir Mishra<\/span><\/a> also made similar claims of Saifullah being in the alleged photo with Akhilesh Yadav. <\/span>(<\/span>Archived link 1<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>link 2<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>link 3<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>link 4<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>link 5<\/span><\/a>,<\/span>link 6<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n