{"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&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A screengrab of<em> ABP News<\/em>, attributing a quote to Union Minister Smriti Irani, was shared by a Facebook page <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/indiaresists\/photos\/a.966139410082122\/2662997487062964\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Resists<\/a><\/em>. Irani is quoted saying, <em>&#8220;\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)&#8221;. <\/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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34348\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/India-Resists-post.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/India-Resists-post.png 374w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/India-Resists-post-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Journalist turned filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avinashonly\/status\/1120399739390963716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avinash Das<\/a> also posted the image urging social media users to confirm the authenticity of the screenshot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\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! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j2UdYUKeUy\">pic.twitter.com\/j2UdYUKeUy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avinash Das (@avinashonly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avinashonly\/status\/1120399739390963716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>A keyword search on Google with respect to the statement ascribed to Irani yields no results. The remotest <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/will-quit-politics-the-day-pm-modi-retires-smriti-irani\/articleshow\/67830581.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reference<\/a> to such a statement made by Irani states, <em>&#8220;The day &#8216;pradhan sevak&#8217; Narendra Modi ji decides to retire, I will also leave Indian politics&#8221;. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alt News contacted ABP News Senior Editor Pankaj Jha. He confirmed, <em>&#8220;Yes it&#8217;s a morphed screenshot&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, we found a video of the press conference telecasted by <em>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<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Priyanka Gandhi&#039;s Name Also Involved In The Land Scam: Smriti Irani | ABP News\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y_9NeOGrdtw?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>On several occasion in the past, (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-news-supreme-court-orders-case-to-be-registered-against-pm-modi-over-rafale-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-quote-ascribed-to-sambit-patra-on-farmers-agitation-circulates-on-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-rahul-gandhi-suggest-a-5000-crore-loan-for-pakistan-fake-screenshot-of-abp-news-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3<\/a>) screenshots of leading news channels have been morphed to mislead social media users. These morphed screenshots attempt to give a sense of make-believe that a said statement was also reported by the media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A screengrab of ABP News, attributing a quote to Union Minister Smriti Irani, was shared by a Facebook page India Resists. Irani is quoted saying, &#8220;\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)&#8221;. 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