{"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&#8217;s wife performing puja on INS Vikrant shared as &#8220;baptism&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Elizabeth Antony, the wife of former Defence Minister AK Antony, performing a ritual on &#8216;INS Vikrant&#8217; is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that Mrs Antony was drawing a &#8216;cross&#8217; on the aircraft carrier and baptising the vehicle.<em> &#8220;Former Defence Minister A.K Anthony&#8217;s wife Elizabeth drew a cross on INS Vikrant and Baptised it during its launch&#8230;.no one had any problem.. Hallelujah!!!&#8221;, <\/em>read the message <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DGrieshnak\/status\/1181929911193239552?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> along with the video, which has been retweeted more than 6,700 times so far.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former Defence Minister A.K Anthony&#8217;s wife Elizabeth drew a cross on INS Vikrant and Baptised it during its launch&#8230;. no one had any problem.. Hallelujah!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/34nauFgRid\">pic.twitter.com\/34nauFgRid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 D\u00f3n Grieshnak (@DGrieshnak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DGrieshnak\/status\/1181929911193239552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indian folk singer and Padma Shri Malini Awasthi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maliniawasthi\/status\/1182155648370262017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> the same video with a similar narrative. It has garnered more than 1,200 retweets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u0930\u0940\u0924\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0950 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0915\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0924\u0928\u092a\u0902\u0925\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0928\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u091b\u0926\u094d\u092e \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0928\u093f\u0930\u092a\u0947\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u092f\u0939 \u091c\u093c\u0930\u0942\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f\u0964\u092f\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0915\u092a\u094b\u0924 \u0906\u0908\u090f\u0928\u090f\u0938 \u0935\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u0928\u094c\u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0936\u093e\u092e\u093f\u0932 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0924\u0924\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0932\u0940\u0928 \u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u090f \u0915\u0947 \u090f\u0902\u0925\u094b\u0928\u0940 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INSVikrant?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INSVikrant<\/a> \u0915\u094b &#8216;\u092c\u0947\u092a\u091f\u093e\u0907\u0938\u0921&#8217; \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0928\u0940 \u090f\u0932\u093f\u091c\u093c\u093e\u092c\u0947\u0925 \u0928\u0947 \u0909\u0938\u092a\u0930 &#8216;\u0915\u094d\u0930\u0949\u0938&#8217; \u092c\u0928\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bFp2hvBAgC\">pic.twitter.com\/bFp2hvBAgC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u092e\u093e\u0932\u093f\u0928\u0940 \u0905\u0935\u0938\u094d\u0925\u0940 (@maliniawasthi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maliniawasthi\/status\/1182155648370262017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The same video posted Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/306285196576514\/posts\/592264941311870\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Against Urban Naxals<\/a> has amassed more than 1,600 shares.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48532\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-14_55_16-India-Against-Urban-Naxals-Posts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-14_55_16-India-Against-Urban-Naxals-Posts.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-14_55_16-India-Against-Urban-Naxals-Posts-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twitter handle <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMIT_GUJJU\/status\/1181997558391955456?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48551\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-16_44_48-Amit-Kumar-Sindhi-on-Twitter_-_Former-Defence-Minister-A.K-Anthonys-wife-Elizab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-16_44_48-Amit-Kumar-Sindhi-on-Twitter_-_Former-Defence-Minister-A.K-Anthonys-wife-Elizab.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-16_44_48-Amit-Kumar-Sindhi-on-Twitter_-_Former-Defence-Minister-A.K-Anthonys-wife-Elizab-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>With a Google search, Alt News found that Elizabeth Antony had launched the indigenously-built Aircraft Carrier &#8216;INS Vikrant&#8217; at Cochin Shipyard in Kochi on August 12, 2013. Moreover, Twitter user Sanakan Venugopal found a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vssanakan\/status\/1182296625131089922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> where the wife of former Defence Minister can be seen performing puja on the ship and not &#8216;baptising&#8217; 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&#8217;t have been a catholic ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IAC Lauching ceremony 12 Aug 13 at Cochin Shipyard Limited\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fk9Y4gFOUCY?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>According to an article published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prokerala.com\/news\/photos\/india-s-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-ins-vikrant-1-19862.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Prokerala<\/em><\/a> website on August 13, 2014, Mrs Antony was applying kumkum on the IAC as part of the launch ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48524\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-14_05_08-Indias-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-INS-Vikrant.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1172\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-14_05_08-Indias-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-INS-Vikrant.jpg 1172w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-14_05_08-Indias-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-INS-Vikrant-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-14_05_08-Indias-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-INS-Vikrant-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-14_05_08-Indias-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-INS-Vikrant-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-11-14_05_08-Indias-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-INS-Vikrant-990x700.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1172px) 100vw, 1172px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, an old video of the former Defence minister&#8217;s wife performing puja on the aircraft carrier was shared with the false claim that she was baptising the ship. It was suggested that she had then performed a &#8216;Christian&#8217; ritual on the ship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Elizabeth Antony, the wife of former Defence Minister AK Antony, performing a ritual on &#8216;INS Vikrant&#8217; is doing the rounds on social media. 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