{"id":34347,"date":"2019-04-24T23:03:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T17:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=34347"},"modified":"2019-04-25T14:10:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T08:40:02","slug":"did-smriti-irani-say-if-pm-modi-loses-i-will-commit-suicide-a-fact-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-smriti-irani-say-if-pm-modi-loses-i-will-commit-suicide-a-fact-check\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Smriti Irani did not say, \u201cIf PM Modi loses I will commit suicide”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A screengrab of ABP News<\/em>, attributing a quote to Union Minister Smriti Irani, was shared by a Facebook page India Resists<\/a><\/em>. Irani is quoted saying, “\u0905\u0917\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0939\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0932\u0941\u0902\u0917\u0940 (If PM Modiji loses I will commit suicide -translated)”. <\/em>The viral post attempts to inject credibility to the claim by providing a corresponding screenshot of a news report purportedly telecasted by the said channel.<\/p>\n

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Journalist turned filmmaker Avinash Das<\/a> also posted the image urging social media users to confirm the authenticity of the screenshot.<\/p>\n

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\u092f\u0947 \u0938\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0940 \u0916\u093c\u092c\u0930 \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u093e \u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b\u0936\u0949\u092a \u0939\u0948? \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0915\u0902\u092b\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0930\u0947, \u092a\u094d\u0932\u0940\u091c! pic.twitter.com\/j2UdYUKeUy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Avinash Das (@avinashonly) April 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fact-check<\/h2>\n

A keyword search on Google with respect to the statement ascribed to Irani yields no results. The remotest reference<\/a> to such a statement made by Irani states, “The day ‘pradhan sevak’ Narendra Modi ji decides to retire, I will also leave Indian politics”. <\/em><\/p>\n

Alt News contacted ABP News Senior Editor Pankaj Jha. He confirmed, “Yes it’s a morphed screenshot”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Moreover, we found a video of the press conference telecasted by ABP News <\/em>from where the screengrab was possibly taken. Addressing a presser, Irani raised allegation against Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Robert Vadra, accusing them of being involved in a land scam.<\/p>\n