{"id":51650,"date":"2019-11-22T17:59:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=51650"},"modified":"2019-11-22T17:59:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:29:23","slug":"old-photo-of-baba-ramdev-with-cancer-patient-shared-to-portray-him-as-a-womaniser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photo-of-baba-ramdev-with-cancer-patient-shared-to-portray-him-as-a-womaniser\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photo of Baba Ramdev with cancer patient shared to portray him as a womaniser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of yoga guru Baba Ramdev with a woman, has been circulated on social media with the words, <em>&#8220;\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u092d\u0930 \u0936\u093f\u0937\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0905\u0932\u094b\u092e \u0935\u093f\u0932\u094b\u092e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926&#8221; \u091a\u0930\u092e \u0938\u0941\u0916&#8221; \u0915\u093e \u0906\u0928\u0902\u0926 \u0932\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u092c\u093e \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>The tweet is of November 18.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u092d\u0930 \u0936\u093f\u0937\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0905\u0932\u094b\u092e \u0935\u093f\u0932\u094b\u092e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947<\/p>\n<p>\u092c\u093e\u0926&#8221; \u091a\u0930\u092e \u0938\u0941\u0916&#8221; \u0915\u093e \u0906\u0928\u0902\u0926 \u0932\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u092c\u093e \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude1c\ud83d\ude1c\ud83d\ude1c\ud83d\ude1c\ud83d\ude1c\ud83d\ude1c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%97_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935_\u0920\u0917_\u0939\u0948<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uvd83Iwol3\">pic.twitter.com\/Uvd83Iwol3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Political Di\u23fa (@arrya19661275) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arrya19661275\/status\/1196288346097668096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The above tweet has been posted with the hashtag <em>#\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935_\u0920\u0917_\u0939\u0948 (#Ramdev is a thug). <\/em>An attempt has been made to project Ramdev as a womanizer. The photo has been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AE%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> by a few users on Twitter. Alt News found a screenshot of this tweet posted on Facebook by a user.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=734462710392208&amp;id=100014854563018\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=734462710392208&amp;id=100014854563018\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Zameer-Khan\/100014854563018\">Zameer Khan<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=734462710392208&amp;id=100014854563018\">Tuesday, November 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>FACT CHECK: FALSE CLAIM<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The social media claim surrounding the picture is false. The narrative was debunked by Baba Ramdev himself, on social media. In fact, this image has been circulating for several years now. Ramdev had issued a clarification almost five years back, on November 26, 2014. In a tweet, he had said, <em>&#8220;I am ashamed and sad to know that people are not leaving even a cancer patient, to spread maligning messages.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am ashamed and sad to know that people are not leaving even a cancer patient, to spread maligning messages <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/WWQ3DVcBRW\">pic.twitter.com\/WWQ3DVcBRW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u092e\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935 (@yogrishiramdev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yogrishiramdev\/status\/537546589632352258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the infographic tweeted by Ramdev, the woman seen in the picture is Priti, a cancer patient who was undergoing treatment at Vedanta hospital, where Ramdev had paid her a visit. The same was posted on Facebook on the official page of Baba Ramdev, on November 26, 2014.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swami.ramdev\/photos\/a.204034684014\/10152925488054015\/?type=3\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/swami.ramdev\/photos\/a.204034684014\/10152925488054015\/?type=3\"><p>\u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092a\u094d\u0930\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0924\u094b \u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0930\u094b !<br \/>\n\u092f\u0939 \u092c\u0939\u0928, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948, \u0906\u092f\u0941 27 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937 \u0939\u0948, cancer \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0940\u095c\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u0948, \u091c\u0940\u0935\u0928 \u0914\u0930 \u092e\u094c\u0924 \u0915\u0947&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swami.ramdev\/\">Swami Ramdev<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/swami.ramdev\/photos\/a.204034684014\/10152925488054015\/?type=3\">Wednesday, November 26, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>A photograph of Baba Ramdev with a female cancer patient, has been shared on social media for several years with a false claim, maligning the yoga guru.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of yoga guru Baba Ramdev with a woman, has been circulated on social media with the words, &#8220;\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u092d\u0930 \u0936\u093f\u0937\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0905\u0932\u094b\u092e \u0935\u093f\u0932\u094b\u092e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926&#8221; \u091a\u0930\u092e \u0938\u0941\u0916&#8221; \u0915\u093e \u0906\u0928\u0902\u0926 \u0932\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u092c\u093e \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0926\u0947\u0935&#8221;\u00a0The tweet is of November 18. \u0930\u093e\u0924 \u092d\u0930 \u0936\u093f\u0937\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0905\u0932\u094b\u092e \u0935\u093f\u0932\u094b\u092e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926&#8221; \u091a\u0930\u092e \u0938\u0941\u0916&#8221; \u0915\u093e \u0906\u0928\u0902\u0926 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":51664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[132],"class_list":["post-51650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/11\/fi_ramdeb.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51650"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51672,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51650\/revisions\/51672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51650"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=51650"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=51650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}