{"id":34121,"date":"2019-04-22T21:57:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T16:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=34121"},"modified":"2021-10-19T16:49:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:19:53","slug":"no-pm-modi-did-not-call-himself-son-of-a-pathan-clipped-video-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-pm-modi-did-not-call-himself-son-of-a-pathan-clipped-video-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"No, PM Modi did not call himself &#8220;son of a Pathan&#8221;; clipped video shared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video immensely shared on social media shows prime minister Narendra Modi saying &#8211; &#8220;\u092e\u0948\u0902 \u092a\u0920\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 |\u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 , \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 | (I am son of a Pathan. I speak the truth, my actions are true.)&#8221; Below is a tweet by Rohan Gupta, chairman of Congress social media department.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u0920\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930 \u092e\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0926\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u092c\u094b\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0947 ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gwP6rhBgSt\">pic.twitter.com\/gwP6rhBgSt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rohan Gupta (@rohanrgupta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rohanrgupta\/status\/1450308701064245248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The same video was earlier shared in 2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/immu007786\/videos\/2297875886937247\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/immu007786\/videos\/2297875886937247\/\"><p>\u092e\u0948\u0902 \u092a\u0920\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u0939\u0941,\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0930 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902,\u0938\u093e\u0932\u093e \u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0907\u0938\u0947 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u0936\u0947\u0930 \u0938\u093e\u092c\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0924\u0941\u0932\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964\ud83d\ude38\ud83d\ude38<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a role=\"button\" href=\"#\">\u0907\u092e\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0916\u093e\u0928<\/a> on Monday, 22 April 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>In fact, it was quite viral in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Main Pathan ka baccha hu&quot; - clipped viral statement of PM Modi\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/331771736?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1290\" height=\"685\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Clipped video<\/h4>\n<p>The 10-second clip widely circulated on social media was picked up from prime minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s speech in Rajasthan after the Pulwama terror attack. &#8220;Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday threw a challenge to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan, asking him to act honourably by bringing to justice those responsible for the Pulwama terror attack,&#8221;\u00a0reported\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDBGKUFIWsg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NDTV<\/a>\u00a0on February 23, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In the complete video, PM Modi does not call himself &#8220;son of a Pathan&#8221;, but attributes this statement to Pakistani PM Imran Khan. At around 1 minute into the video, he says, &#8220;&#8230;you (Imran Khan) have come from the world of sports. Come, India and Pakistan together will fight against poverty, illiteracy, disrespect &#8211; this is what I told him that day. And he told me, &#8220;Modiji main Pathan ka baccha hu, main saccha bolta hu aur saccha karta hu.&#8221; Today we need to put to test these words spoken by the Pakistani prime minister.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"On Pulwama, PM Modi&#039;s Dare For Imran Khan, &quot;Son Of A Pathan&quot;\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JDBGKUFIWsg?start=60&#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 the clip viral on social media, the word &#8220;Modiji&#8221; was edited out before the PM began the &#8220;son of a Pathan&#8221; statement, which gave viewers the impression that the prime minister was talking about himself. However, he claimed that the words were spoken by Pakistani PM Imran Khan. A similar piece of misinformation was earlier debunked about Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/aloo-sona-machine-previously-debunked-misinformation-revived-by-ani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;aloo-sona machine&#8221;<\/a> remark. The statement was attributed to the Congress president, when in fact, he claimed that the words were uttered by PM Modi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video immensely shared on social media shows prime minister Narendra Modi saying &#8211; &#8220;\u092e\u0948\u0902 \u092a\u0920\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 |\u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 , \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 | (I am son of a Pathan. I speak the truth, my actions are true.)&#8221; Below is a tweet by Rohan Gupta, chairman of Congress social media department. 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