{"id":300228,"date":"2025-06-16T20:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T14:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=300228"},"modified":"2025-06-17T03:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T22:23:30","slug":"late-rajiv-dixit-imaginary-claim-about-satsada-bet-kutch-gujarat-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/late-rajiv-dixit-imaginary-claim-about-satsada-bet-kutch-gujarat-false\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Satsada Island’ sold to US company by ex-Gujarat CM? Old, false claim by late Rajiv Dixit resurfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Videos of speeches by the late Indian social activist Rajiv Dixit continue to do the rounds on social media. Recently, a video of one of his old speeches, where he talks about an island called ‘Satsada Bet’ near Gujarat’s Gandhidham in the Kutch district, went viral. In this, Dixit claims that under Chimanbhai Patel, then chief minister of Gujarat, the island, spread over 60,000 square kilometres, was sold to an American company named Cargill.<\/span><\/p>\n

We broke down the claims in Dixit’s video as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Satsada Bet is a massive island located in the sea near Gandhidham, Gujarat.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The area of the island is about 60,000 square kilometres.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The island was sold by former Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel to Cargill.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Instagram handle \u2018kutch_first\u2019 posted this video on May 25, 2025. At the time of writing, this post had over 323,000 views. It has now been deleted. (<\/span>Archive<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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    This video was also posted<\/a> on YouTube, where it garnered more than 5.5 million views and over 80,000 likes.<\/span><\/p>\n