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He also took a jibe at the newly-election Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Jagan Mohan Reddy. <em>&#8220;Jagan Reddy is a Vatican stooge who refused to light a lamp &amp; gives Jerusalem ads on Tirupati bus tickets!&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>wrote Sharma.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44520 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-182726-e1566719581899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-182726-e1566719581899.jpg 1443w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-182726-e1566719581899-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-182726-e1566719581899-768x934.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-182726-e1566719581899-842x1024.jpg 842w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-182726-e1566719581899-990x1204.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-182726-e1566719581899-1320x1605.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A similar claim is also floating on Facebook. From the page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Resurgingdharma\/videos\/384478322267456\/?v=384478322267456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;<\/a><span class=\"_371z\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Resurgingdharma\/videos\/384478322267456\/?v=384478322267456\">Resurging Dharma&#8217;<\/a> the video has received over 11,000 views. It was circulated with the claim &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;<\/em><\/span><em>Non\u00a0<span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">Hindu<\/span><\/span>\u00a0security personal manhandling Hindu devotees at\u00a0<span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">Tirumala<\/span><\/span>, Save Tirumala.\u00a0remove all non-<span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">Hindus<\/span><\/span> working inside Hindu Temples!&#8221; <\/em>Several other users also have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=Tirumala&amp;epa=FILTERS&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lIjoie1wibmFtZVwiOlwiY3JlYXRpb25fdGltZVwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwie1xcXCJzdGFydF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOVxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0wOFxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOVxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF9tb250aFxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMDhcXFwiLFxcXCJzdGFydF9kYXlcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDE5LTA4LTAxXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMDgtMzFcXFwifVwifSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> the video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Resurgingdharma\/videos\/384478322267456\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/Resurgingdharma\/videos\/384478322267456\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/Resurgingdharma\/videos\/384478322267456\/\">Non Hindu security personal manhandling Hindu devotees at Tirumala, Save Tirumala.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Non #Hindu security personal manhandling Hindu devotees at #Tirumala, Save Tirumala.\ud83d\ude22 remove all non-#Hindus working inside Hindu Temples! \ud83d\ude21<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Resurgingdharma\/\">Resurging Dharma<\/a> on Friday, 23 August 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The clip is, in fact, doing rounds on social media, with a similar claim, since 2017. From a Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amaravationlineofficial\/videos\/1307303852657989\/?v=1307303852657989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"_371z\">Amaravati &#8211; AP Capital<\/span><\/a>, it drew 5.3 million views, more than 1.2 lakh shares and over 10,000 likes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44477 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3a65ef13-cf26-478c-886b-19382e0479c3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1095\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3a65ef13-cf26-478c-886b-19382e0479c3.png 1470w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3a65ef13-cf26-478c-886b-19382e0479c3-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3a65ef13-cf26-478c-886b-19382e0479c3-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3a65ef13-cf26-478c-886b-19382e0479c3-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3a65ef13-cf26-478c-886b-19382e0479c3-470x264.png 470w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3a65ef13-cf26-478c-886b-19382e0479c3-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3a65ef13-cf26-478c-886b-19382e0479c3-215x120.png 215w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3a65ef13-cf26-478c-886b-19382e0479c3-990x559.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/3a65ef13-cf26-478c-886b-19382e0479c3-1320x745.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1095px) 100vw, 1095px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Five-year-old video from UP<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News broke the video into multiple frames and reverse-searched one of the images on Google. We were redirected to a 2014 broadcast by YouTube channel <em>APN News\u00a0<\/em>which carried the same video. According to the channel, the incident took place in Banke Bihari Temple in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44492 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-210550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-210550.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-210550-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-210550-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-210550-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-210550-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-210550-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-210550-990x651.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Screenshot_20190824-210550-1320x868.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The anchor says that a large number of devotees had gathered at the temple and the police manhandled a few of them to control the crowd. An officer got into a verbal scuffle with a woman whose husband was pushed around. Many devotees had to return without offering their prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the false claim that the video is from Andhra&#8217;s Tirumala temple, Twitter user Aviral Sharma also termed CM Jagan Mohan Reddy a &#8220;Vatican stooge&#8221; because he allegedly denied &#8220;lighting a lamp.&#8221; Reddy was recently on a US visit, seeking investments for his state. The BJP had claimed that the Andhra CM <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/vijayawada\/jagan-anti-hindu-didnt-light-lamp-at-us-event-claims-bjp\/articleshow\/70780258.cms\">refused to light a ceremonial lamp<\/a> and termed him &#8216;anti-Hindu&#8217;. It later came to light that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/controversy-over-ap-cm-jagan-and-electric-lamp-bjp-calls-him-anti-hindu-107611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lamp was electric<\/a>. BJP Andhra Pradesh has now <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sunil_Deodhar\/status\/1163856412239417344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1163856412239417344&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenewsminute.com%2Farticle%2Fcontroversy-over-ap-cm-jagan-and-electric-lamp-bjp-calls-him-anti-hindu-107611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taken down<\/a> its tweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Twitter user Aviral Sharma, who is followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, shared a video where a policeman can be seen roughing up a few people who seem to be devotees inside a temple. Sharma claimed that &#8220;Christian police personnel manhandled Tirumala temple devotees&#8221;. 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