{"id":48490,"date":"2019-10-10T21:23:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T15:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=48490"},"modified":"2019-10-14T13:14:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T07:44:24","slug":"old-video-of-ex-defence-ministers-wife-performing-puja-on-ins-vikrant-shared-as-baptism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-ex-defence-ministers-wife-performing-puja-on-ins-vikrant-shared-as-baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of ex-defence minister’s wife performing puja on INS Vikrant shared as “baptism”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video of Elizabeth Antony, the wife of former Defence Minister AK Antony, performing a ritual on ‘INS Vikrant’ is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that Mrs Antony was drawing a ‘cross’ on the aircraft carrier and baptising the vehicle. “Former Defence Minister A.K Anthony’s wife Elizabeth drew a cross on INS Vikrant and Baptised it during its launch….no one had any problem.. Hallelujah!!!”, <\/em>read the message tweeted<\/a> along with the video, which has been retweeted more than 6,700 times so far.<\/p>\n

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Former Defence Minister A.K Anthony’s wife Elizabeth drew a cross on INS Vikrant and Baptised it during its launch…. no one had any problem.. Hallelujah!!! pic.twitter.com\/34nauFgRid<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 D\u00f3n Grieshnak (@DGrieshnak) October 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indian folk singer and Padma Shri Malini Awasthi posted<\/a> the same video with a similar narrative. It has garnered more than 1,200 retweets.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 \u092e\u093e\u0932\u093f\u0928\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0938\u094d\u0925\u0940 (@maliniawasthi) October 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The same video posted Facebook page India Against Urban Naxals<\/a> has amassed more than 1,600 shares.<\/p>\n

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Twitter handle @AMIT_GUJJU<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>also posted the video with a similar narrative. It has garnered close to 1,900 retweets so far.<\/p>\n

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Fact-check<\/h2>\n

With a Google search, Alt News found that Elizabeth Antony had launched the indigenously-built Aircraft Carrier ‘INS Vikrant’ at Cochin Shipyard in Kochi on August 12, 2013. Moreover, Twitter user Sanakan Venugopal found a video<\/a> where the wife of former Defence Minister can be seen performing puja on the ship and not ‘baptising’ the ship as claimed on social media. At 55 seconds in the video, Mrs Antony can be seen drawing a figure on the ship. Throughout the rituals performed during the inauguration, a Hindu priest can be seen constantly instructing Antony, hence it couldn’t have been a catholic ceremony.<\/p>\n