{"id":50702,"date":"2019-11-11T21:02:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T15:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=50702"},"modified":"2020-07-21T17:45:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T12:15:05","slug":"fake-quote-attributed-to-kapil-sibal-i-will-not-let-ram-mandir-be-built-till-im-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-quote-attributed-to-kapil-sibal-i-will-not-let-ram-mandir-be-built-till-im-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake quote claims Kapil Sibal said he will die if Ram Mandir is inaugurated"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quote on Ayodhya-Ram Mandir issue, attributed to Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal, is widely circulating on social media. It says, “Kapil Sibal once said that he will die by suicide when Ram Mandir is inaugurated? (\u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932 \u0938\u093f\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0932 \u0928\u0947 \u090f\u0915\u092c\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0923 \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u0935\u094b \u0906\u0924\u094d\u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930 \u0932\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947?)” Below is a tweet by a fake account<\/a> created in the name of journalist Pushpendra Kulshreshtha.<\/p>\n

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A 40 kg silver brick may be laid as the foundation stone for Ram Mandir on August 5<\/a> in a ceremony to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n

That Sibal said he will take his own life when Ram Mandir is inaugurated is viral on social media, also shared by a parody account of Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami.<\/p>\n

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Recurring claim<\/h4>\n

Another version of this claim was widely circulating last year. It said. “I will not let Ram Mandir be constructed till I’m alive – Kapil Sibal. (\u091c\u092c \u0924\u0915 \u091c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901, \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092c\u0928\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0942\u0901\u0917\u093e – \u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932 \u0938\u093f\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0932.)”<\/p>\n

Among those who shared it was Gaurav Pradhan<\/a>, who is followed by PM Modi on Twitter. His tweet where he wrote, “@KapilSibal<\/span>\u092d\u093e\u0908 \u091c\u093c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u0930 \u0917\u090f (@KapilSibal brother are you dead or alive?)<\/span>“, garnered over 3,000 retweets.<\/p>\n

[Read: A peek into the online world of Gaurav Pradhan \u2013 a compilation of misinformation]<\/a><\/h5>\n

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Several other users on both Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> shared the same screenshot as Pradhan. The alleged quote has also been circulated sans the graphic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Multiple persons have shared a blog post by yogisena.wordpress.com\u00a0alleging the same. The post, however, is from 2018.<\/p>\n

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#AYODHYAVERDICT<\/a> #\u0930\u093e\u092e_\u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930<\/a>
\n\u0905\u092d\u0940 \u092f\u0947 \u091c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u093e \u0939\u0948….
\n\u091c\u092c \u0924\u0915 \u091c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901, \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u092c\u0928\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0942\u0902\u0917\u093e \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 : \u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932 \u0938\u093f\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0932, \u0915\u093e\u0901\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 pic.twitter.com\/IpAReRAyEx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mritunjay Shukla (@prof_mshukla) November 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Facebook page of the organisation (Yogi Adityanath ki Sena or YogiSenaGkp), the article had received close to 2,000 shares at the time<\/a>, March 15, 2018.<\/p>\n

[READ: Who runs the serial misinformation factory \u2018Yogi Adityanath Ki Sena\u2019?]<\/a><\/h5>\n

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Origins of the claim<\/h4>\n

The earliest version<\/a> of the similar claim was discovered on Twitter \u2014 “Kapil Sibal: If triple talaq is deemed removed, I will not let Ram Mandir be constructed. (\u0915\u092a\u093f\u0932 \u0938\u093f\u092c\u094d\u092c\u0932: \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0924\u0940\u0928 \u0924\u0932\u093e\u0915 \u0916\u093c\u0924\u094d\u092e \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0924\u094b \u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092c\u0928\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0942\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0964)” This tweet was made on May 17, 2017.<\/p>\n

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The exact quote was also shared<\/a> on Facebook that same day.<\/p>\n

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FAKE QUOTE<\/h4>\n

A quick Google search throws up no news reports crediting the quote to Kapil Sibal either recently or in the past. It is improbable that the media would not report such a controversial statement, had it been made by a prominent opposition leader.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the screenshot shared by several users redirects to a shady website digitalindiatv.com<\/a>\u00a0which had attributed the quote to Sibal on March 15, 2018.<\/p>\n

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It is noteworthy that the Congress leader’s association with the Ayodhya case has been full of controversies<\/a>. On December 5, 2017, Sibal’s request to defer the case till after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections was turned down by the Supreme Court. It was claimed that the politician, who is also an advocate, was representing the Sunni Warf Board on the case \u2014 an allegation Sibal had denied. The MP’s statements<\/a> on the issue have been reported in the media in the past where he cannot be heard making the controversial quote attributed to him.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Alt News last year, Sibal termed the quote, “Mischievous, motivated, false and defamatory,” and further added, “I gave several statements after the verdict saying that we respect the verdict and the nation has to move forward, address the concerns of ordinary people.”<\/p>\n

Thus a false quote attributed to Congress MP Kapil Sibal on Ram Mandir has been circulating online since the past few years. The quote was revived after the SC pronounced the verdict on the Ayodhya case on November 9, 2019 and now, ahead of the temple’s inauguration.<\/p>\n

[This article was updated on July 21, 2020 with a fresh version of the false quote claiming Sibal said that he will die by suicide when Ram Mandir is inaugurated.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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