{"id":306841,"date":"2025-10-30T14:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=306841"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:25:10","slug":"viral-video-of-news18s-amish-devgan-touching-amit-shahs-shoe-is-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-video-of-news18s-amish-devgan-touching-amit-shahs-shoe-is-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral video of News18’s Amish Devgan touching Amit Shah’s shoe is fake"},"content":{"rendered":"

A clip showing News18 managing editor Amish Devgan sitting with Home Minister Amit Shah and holding his shoe with both hands to help him pick up his leg is being widely shared on social media with snide remarks about the state of journalism in India.<\/p>\n

X user Dr Aniruddha Malpani, MD (@malpani) shared the above-mentioned clip on October 26, sarcastically remarking that Devgan was the “role model of Indian journalism”. The post had over a million views and was reposted over 1,000 times at the time of writing this. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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The role model of Indian journalism ! pic.twitter.com\/51daIsNutH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dr Aniruddha Malpani, MD (@malpani) October 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An Instagram page, @thepolity_hub, also shared the same video with a caption in Hindi that translates to, “Amit Shah has made Amish Devgan sit on the tip of his shoe”.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by The Polity Hub (@thepolity_hub)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Several other users shared the same video, mocking the state of Indian media. Below are a few instances.<\/p>\n