{"id":48966,"date":"2019-10-16T20:12:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=48966"},"modified":"2019-10-17T14:04:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T08:34:16","slug":"no-this-is-not-tmc-mp-nusrat-jahan-performing-dhunuchi-dance-on-durga-puja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-this-is-not-tmc-mp-nusrat-jahan-performing-dhunuchi-dance-on-durga-puja\/","title":{"rendered":"No, this is not TMC MP Nusrat Jahan performing Dhunuchi dance on Durga Puja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two videos of women performing the traditional\u00a0<em>Dhunuchi <\/em>dance associated with Durga Puja in West Bengal has been shared with the claim that they show TMC MP Nusrat Jahan.<\/p>\n<h2>Video 1<\/h2>\n<p>BJP MP Paresh Rawal quote-tweeted a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MadhaviBhuta\/status\/1184004678784303104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> where a person shared a video of <em>Dhunuchi <\/em>dance performance claiming that it shows Jahan dancing. Rawal wrote, <em>&#8220;<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#nusratjahan<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> ji ma\u2019am lots of respect and more and more power to you! This country needs more and more people like you on BOTH THE SIDES!<\/span>&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nusratjahan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nusratjahan<\/a> ji ma\u2019am lots of respect and more and more power to you ! This country needs more and more people like you on BOTH THE SIDES ! Jai Hind. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W1uybYx89L\">https:\/\/t.co\/W1uybYx89L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirPareshRawal\/status\/1184380958872461312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The same video was shared by an individual user on Facebook, Sandeep Yadav, and attracted 1.8 million views. The accompanying message read,\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u0905\u0926\u094d\u092d\u0941\u0924, \u0938\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0926 \u0928\u0941\u0938\u0930\u0924 \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0902. (Wonderful, MP Nusrat Jahan.)&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandeepsky89\/videos\/2457840427632781\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/sandeepsky89\/videos\/2457840427632781\/\"><p>\u0905\u0926\u094d\u092d\u0941\u0924, \u0938\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0926 \u0928\u0941\u0938\u0930\u0924 \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0902.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandeepsky89\">Sandeep Yadav<\/a> on Sunday, 13 October 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The video has been massively shared on both <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%20filter%3Avideos&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82&amp;epa=FILTERS&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lIjoie1wibmFtZVwiOlwiY3JlYXRpb25fdGltZVwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwie1xcXCJzdGFydF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOVxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0xMFxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOVxcXCIsXFxcImVuZF9tb250aFxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMTBcXFwiLFxcXCJzdGFydF9kYXlcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDE5LTEwLTAxXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMTAtMzFcXFwifVwifSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100007738382506\/videos\/2421674338100489\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/100007738382506\/videos\/2421674338100489\/\"><p>\u0905\u0926\u094d\u092d\u0941\u0924, \u0938\u093e\u0902\u0938\u0926 \u0928\u0941\u0938\u0930\u0924 \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0902.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/RK-Sahu\/100007738382506\">RK Sahu<\/a> on Monday, 14 October 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>This video, however, shows a woman named Rashmi Mishra who performed the dance in Powai, Mumbai. A YouTube search with the keywords &#8216;Dhunuchi dance&#8217; led us to the same video uploaded by several users. One of the users titled the video as &#8216;Rashmi Mishra in PBWA, Mumbai.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amazing Dhunuchi Naach 2019 by Rashmi Mishra in PBWA, Mumbai\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JZQ05hGI7ZE?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>PBWA stands for Powai Bengali Welfare Association. The original video was uploaded by the organisation&#8217;s Facebook page which described it as, <em>&#8220;A glimpse of Dhunuchi nach competition performance on Saptami day at Times Powai Sarvajanin Durgotsav ( organized by Powai Bengali Welfare Association, Mumbai). A super performance by Rashmi Mishra.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbwadurgapuja\/videos\/516065482517004\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/pbwadurgapuja\/videos\/516065482517004\/\"><p>A glimpse of Dhunuchi nach competition performance on Saptami day at Times Powai Sarvajanin Durgotsav ( organized by Powai Bengali Welfare Association, Mumbai). A super performance by Rashmi Mishra&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pbwadurgapuja\/\">PBWA<\/a> on Sunday, 13 October 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Video 2<\/h2>\n<p>Another video of a woman performing the traditional Bengali dance was shared on social media with the claim that she is TMC MP Nusrat Jahan. A user Vinod Sharma (@vinodsharma1834) who is followed by the office of railway minister Piyush Goyal was among those who posted the clip. His tweet drew 1,600 likes at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0928\u0941\u0938\u0930\u0924 \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0917\u093e \u092a\u0942\u091c\u093e \u0928\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f ,,<br \/>\n\u091c\u093f\u0938\u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0932\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u091b\u0935\u093e\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u092e\u093f\u0930\u094d\u091a\u0940 \u0932\u0917 \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0925\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0921\u093c \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e,,,<br \/>\n\u0905\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0902\u0924 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930 ,,\u092f\u0939\u0940 \u0916\u0942\u092c\u0938\u0942\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0907\u0938 \u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u0943\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0940,,,,,\u0915\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u092c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u093c\u0948\u0926 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0917\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0932 \u0938\u0947 \u0909\u0921\u093c\u0924\u0947 \u0905\u0932\u094d\u0939\u0921 \u0906\u091c\u093c\u093e\u0926 \u0930\u0902\u0917&#8230;.\ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/66YJWAeFnS\">pic.twitter.com\/66YJWAeFnS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vinod Sharma #HTL \ud83d\udd49\ufe0f (@vinodsharma1834) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vinodsharma1834\/status\/1183050632774553601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;\u0928\u0941\u0938\u0930\u0924 \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0917\u093e \u092a\u0942\u091c\u093e \u0928\u0943\u0924\u094d\u092f ,, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0932\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u091b\u0935\u093e\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u092e\u093f\u0930\u094d\u091a\u0940 \u0932\u0917 \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0925\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0907\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093e\u092e \u0916\u0924\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0921\u093c \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e,,, \u0905\u0924\u094d\u092f\u0902\u0924 \u0938\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930 ,,\u092f\u0939\u0940 \u0916\u0942\u092c\u0938\u0942\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0907\u0938 \u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u0943\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0940,,,,,\u0915\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u092c\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u093c\u0948\u0926 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0917\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0932 \u0938\u0947 \u0909\u0921\u093c\u0924\u0947 \u0905\u0932\u094d\u0939\u0921 \u0906\u091c\u093c\u093e\u0926 \u0930\u0902\u0917. (Nusrat Jahan&#8217;s Durga Puja dance which irked Mullas and put Islam in danger. Very beautiful. This is the charm of our culture. Colours have freedom when certain women are caged in black burqas.)&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>wrote Sharma.<\/p>\n<p>The same clip has also been circulated on Facebook.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sanjygirii78\/videos\/402511280421068\/\" data-width=\"300\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/sanjygirii78\/videos\/402511280421068\/\"><p>\u0928\u0941\u0938\u0930\u0924 \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0924\u093f \u0938\u0902\u0917 &#8216;\u0916\u0947\u0932\u093e \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942\u0930&#8217; \u0924\u094b \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0926, \u0935\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0910\u0938\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0928\u0941\u0938\u0930\u0924 \u0928\u0947 \u091c\u0935\u093e\u092c&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sanjygirii78\/\">RAM DAILY NEEDS<\/a> on Tuesday, 15 October 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>This video, however, does not show Jahan but Bengali actor Ritabhari Chakraborty. The actor had shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3OQXjWnX3W\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photographs<\/a> of the Durga Puja event where she can be seen dressed identically,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-48981 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Untitled-design-2019-10-16T174646.411.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Untitled-design-2019-10-16T174646.411.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Untitled-design-2019-10-16T174646.411-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Untitled-design-2019-10-16T174646.411-768x402.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Untitled-design-2019-10-16T174646.411-1024x536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Untitled-design-2019-10-16T174646.411-990x518.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chakraborty can also be spotted in a video shared by a Youtuber about Durga Puja in South Kolkata. This video was uploaded on October 6.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"South Kolkata Durga Puja 2019 | Sudden meet with Ritabhari Chakraborty | Ft. Ritabhari Chakraborty |\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A9wFXXBSAD4?start=816&#038;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>Video clips of women performing the traditional dance associated with Durga Puja were shared on social as TMC MP Nusrat Jahan dancing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two videos of women performing the traditional\u00a0Dhunuchi dance associated with Durga Puja in West Bengal has been shared with the claim that they show TMC MP Nusrat Jahan. Video 1 BJP MP Paresh Rawal quote-tweeted a tweet where a person shared a video of Dhunuchi dance performance claiming that it shows Jahan dancing. 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