{"id":51513,"date":"2019-11-20T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=51513"},"modified":"2019-11-20T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:52:09","slug":"photo-of-23-year-old-student-shared-as-45-year-old-congress-leader-and-jnu-student-abdul-raza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-of-23-year-old-student-shared-as-45-year-old-congress-leader-and-jnu-student-abdul-raza\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Is this 45-year-old Congress leader and JNU student Abdul Raza?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is raging with misinformation relating to the ongoing protest in the national capital by students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). In yet another instance, a photograph has been shared on social media, targeting the protesting students. An image of a student is being circulated with the claim that he is a 45 year old Congress leader Abdul Raza who is still a student at the university.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">45 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937\u0940\u092f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0905\u092c\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0932_\u0930\u091c\u093e<\/a> \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0915\u093e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092e\u0923\u094d\u0921\u0932_\u0905\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0937<\/a> \u092d\u0940 \u0905\u092d\u0940 JNU \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0922\u093c\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0930\u200c \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964<br \/>\n\u0939\u0926 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u092f\u093e\u0930\u2026\ud83d\ude20\ud83d\ude20\ud83d\ude21<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShutDownJNU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShutDownJNU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/97PW0nVKNw\">pic.twitter.com\/97PW0nVKNw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0921\u093e.\u0938\u0940\u092e\u093e (@seematri6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seematri6\/status\/1196701445505970177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;\u092f\u0947 JNU \u0915\u093e \u091b\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u093e 45 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0915\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u094c\u0928 \u0939\u0948 \u0905\u092c\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0932 \u0930\u091c\u093e \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0923\u094d\u0921\u0932 \u0905\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0938\u092e\u091d\u0947&#8221; (This 45 year old turned out to be a JNU student, he is Abdul Raza, a Congress leader- translated).<\/em> This is the narrative accompanying the photograph.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 JNU \u0915\u093e \u091b\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u093e 45 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0915\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u094c\u0928 \u0939\u0948 \u0905\u092c\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0932 \u0930\u091c\u093e \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0923\u094d\u0921\u0932 \u0905\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0938\u092e\u091d\u0947\ud83e\udd14\ud83d\ude02<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JNU_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JNU_\u0915\u094b_\u092c\u0902\u0926_\u0915\u0930\u094b<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JNU_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JNU_\u092e\u0947\u0902_\u0939\u0930\u093e\u092e_\u0915\u093e_\u0916\u093e\u0928\u093e_\u092c\u0902\u0926_\u0939\u094b<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vE6y49z0d4\">pic.twitter.com\/vE6y49z0d4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 NAVEEN KUMAR \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 10.3K \ud83d\udcaf Follow \ud83d\udd19 (@Naveenk70993743) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Naveenk70993743\/status\/1196716332902834187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Social media users have tweeted the picture with the hashtag<em> #ShutDownJNU<\/em>. Several users have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NarpatKothdi\/status\/1196709643105398786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">retweeted<\/a> the claim. It has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts\/?q=%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87%20JNU%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%2045%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51514\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/jnu1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/jnu1.png 450w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/jnu1-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>FACT CHECK: NOT 45-YEAR OLD ABDUL RAZA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The claim is false. The person in the photograph is not a 45-year old Congress leader named Abdul Raza. His name is\u00a0 Shubham Bokade. Shubham is 23 years old, and is pursuing MA in Linguistics at JNU. In a conversation with Alt News, Bokade said, &#8220;<em>My name is Shubham Bokade. I am a student at JNU doing my master&#8217;s in Linguistics. I&#8217;m 23 years old. I&#8217;ve completed my undergrad from Nagpur University. I came to this University to study because of my passion for academics and because JNU remains the most reputed University in the country. The recently erupted protests in the University for fee hike, like everyone else had affected me as well. Thus, I participated in the protests because I believe accessible and affordable education is a right. Just because you want to vilify a University and because of my premature balding you think it&#8217;s okay to Target me is deplorable. I&#8217;ve faced harassment because of my bald head all my life and I thought coming to JNU would somehow stop that, the recent episode however, has shaken me. Whatever mental harassment done to me  because of this episode is irreparable.<\/em>&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Bokade called out the post and further stated, &#8220;<em>First of all, the post being circulated is fake. I think the narrative being circulated is also very problematic. It is Islamophobic, clearly. Secondly, suppose even if I were the Abdul Raza who is 45 years of age as the fake news claims, the question is what&#8217;s wrong with a 45 year old man trying to get an education at an affordable price. The idea of education is not to make University spaces exclusive but rather to make space for the last person standing.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is only the latest instance of misinformation of this nature, wherein JNU students are being targeted online through the use of either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/random-images-of-young-women-picked-off-the-internet-circulated-to-discredit-jnu-students-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">old and unrelated<\/a> photographs, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-he-is-not-47-year-old-moinuddin-from-kerala-but-2019-student-from-jnu-named-pankaj-mishra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">false narratives<\/a> altogether.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is raging with misinformation relating to the ongoing protest in the national capital by students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). 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