{"id":46881,"date":"2019-09-23T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T10:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=46881"},"modified":"2023-02-16T22:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:39:16","slug":"fake-audio-claiming-to-be-lakshmi-mittals-commentary-on-indian-politics-viral-on-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-audio-claiming-to-be-lakshmi-mittals-commentary-on-indian-politics-viral-on-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral audio clip with commentary on Indian politics falsely ascribed to Lakhsmi Mittal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An audio clip is being shared on Twitter in the name of United Kingdom-based steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal. India-born Mittal is chairman of ArcelorMittal, world\u2019s largest integrated steel and mining company. The speaker in the audio file can be heard airing his views on topics like PM Modi, secularism, Hindu identity of India, and Ram Janambhumi. The clip is being circulated with the claim that the words are spoken by Lakshmi Mittal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>\u2014 \ud835\ude70\ud835\udd93\ud835\udd86\ud835\udd93\ud835\ude8di \u2764\ufe0f\u0950 #ImwithAdani (@Anandi_sanatani) <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anandi_sanatani\/status\/1618180131503341568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News received multiple requests on its WhatsApp helpline number for fact-checking the audio clip.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-46881 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190922-200918_01-1-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190922-200918_01-1-1-1024x728.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190922-200918_01-1-1-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190922-200918_01-1-1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190922-200918_01-1-1-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190922-200918_01-1-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot-2023-01-31-133331.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot-2023-01-31-133331.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot-2023-01-31-133331.jpg 975w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot-2023-01-31-133331-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot-2023-01-31-133331-768x411.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few statements from the audio clip:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was Nehru\u2019s fault to have declared India as a secular country. Today 99% of the politicians are bending backwards to appease the minorities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWho the f*** cares if we are a secular state or not.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe is the one PM we have had who thinks of India first and we are accusing him because he is a Hindu.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRam Janambhumi has been hanging fire for 350 years. Can you imagine the same thing happening in Rome?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHindus are one community that has been subjugated, humiliated, massacred.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIndia was left behind because British ruled us at a time when industrial revolution was happening the world over.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen they have found a messiah in Modi, why is everyone up in arms?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The full audio clip can be heard here:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-46881-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/ogg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/WhatsApp-Audio-2019-09-20-at-22.29.54.ogg?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/WhatsApp-Audio-2019-09-20-at-22.29.54.ogg\">http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/WhatsApp-Audio-2019-09-20-at-22.29.54.ogg<\/a><\/audio>\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>There are a number of clues in the clip that give away the fact that Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman of the ArcelorMittal group, is not making these statements.<\/p>\n<p>To begin with, the voice and the accent in the audio do not match with the available samples of Lakshmi Mittal\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n<p>There are other clues that point out that the speaker is not Lakshmi Mittal.<\/p>\n<p>The person in the audio narrates:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>My grandfather was one of the second largest steel manufacturers in the country after Tatas. And we were so heavily restricted by the British government, not to allow, not to manufacture more. We were not even allowed to manufacture screws and nails which used to be imported from Sheffield and Manchester and Bristol.<\/em>\u201d He further says, \u201c<em>I have friends in UK and Germany. I worked for 3 1\/2 years in Munich<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The family\u2019s steel business was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/finance\/2942112\/Hammering-out-a-world-steel-empire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">established<\/a> by Lakshmi Mittal\u2019s father, Mohanlal Mittal post-independence and there are no records of his grandfather running India\u2019s second-largest steel company during British rule. According to the listing of the Mittal family in<em> Forbes<\/em> richest families list, Mittal&#8217;s father Mohan Lal started the family&#8217;s steelmaking business in the 1950s. Facing constraints at home, he sent Lakshmi to Indonesia in 1976 where he set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/mittal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, an official handle of ArcelorMittal has itself has clarified that the speaker in the audio file is not Lakshmi Mittal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An audio file is circulating online claiming to be remarks on Indian politics and religion by our Chairman and CEO. We do not know who the speaker is, but it is not Mr Lakshmi Mittal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ArcelorMittal (@ArcelorMittal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArcelorMittal\/status\/1174631374201991168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is clear that the audio clip is being circulated with a false narrative in an attempt to give it credibility by portraying it as views of one of the most successful businessmen in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An audio clip is being shared on Twitter in the name of United Kingdom-based steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal. India-born Mittal is chairman of ArcelorMittal, world\u2019s largest integrated steel and mining company. 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