

{"id":66261,"date":"2020-05-09T11:28:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T05:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=66261"},"modified":"2020-05-11T12:33:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T07:03:50","slug":"fake-tweet-portrays-amit-shah-saying-he-has-bone-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-tweet-portrays-amit-shah-saying-he-has-bone-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake tweet portrays Amit Shah saying he has bone cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A screenshot of Home Minister Amit Shah&#8217;s alleged tweet has gone viral on WhatsApp. As per the screenshot, Shah wrote in Hindi that he is suffering from bone cancer and seeks blessings from the Muslim community for a speedy recovery. The purported tweet is circulating in the backdrop of people questioning the Home Minister&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/india\/coronavirus-outbreak-nitin-gadkari-fills-visibility-vacuum\/cid\/1771176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">low profile<\/a> during the Covid-19 outbreak that continues to rage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-66262 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-05-09-at-00.07.00.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-05-09-at-00.07.00.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-05-09-at-00.07.00-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-05-09-at-00.07.00-1024x537.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-05-09-at-00.07.00-768x403.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-05-09-at-00.07.00-990x519.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The text in the viral image reads, &#8220;My fellow countrymen, each step that I took was for the nation&#8217;s well-being, I don&#8217;t hate any person from any caste or religion. Since the past few days due to poor health I haven&#8217;t been able to serve the citizens of the country, I am sad to share that I have bone cancer in the back of my throat. I hope during good months of Ramzan, Muslim community will also pray for my speedy recovery and I will be at your service soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[Translated from: \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e, \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0909\u0920\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u0915\u0926\u092e \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0939\u093f\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0940 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0940 \u092f\u093e \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937 \u0915\u0947 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0926\u0941\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948, \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0926\u093f\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u093f\u0917\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0925 \u0915\u0947 \u091a\u0932\u0924\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0947\u0935\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0915\u0930 \u092a\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0902, \u092f\u0939 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0926\u0941\u0916 \u0939\u094b \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0917\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u091b\u0932\u0947 \u0939\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u094b\u0928 \u0915\u0948\u0902\u0938\u0930 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0939\u0948, \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u0936\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0902, \u0930\u092e\u091c\u093c\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0907\u0938 \u092e\u0941\u092c\u093e\u0930\u0915 \u092e\u0939\u0940\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091c \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u092d\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0925 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0926\u0941\u0906 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0914\u0930\u091c\u0932\u094d\u0926 \u0939\u0940 \u0938\u094d\u0935\u0938\u094d\u0925 \u0939\u094b \u0915\u0930 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0947\u0935\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0942\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0964)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alt News has received several requests to fact-check this on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews\" data-from-md=\"\">official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66263 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-2.23.05-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"838\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-2.23.05-AM.png 838w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-2.23.05-AM-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-2.23.05-AM-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-2.23.05-AM-130x86.png 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fake Twitter screenshot<\/h4>\n<p>The viral image of Home Minister Amit Shah&#8217;s tweet is not authentic. The tweet has been manufactured and this is evident from the inconsistencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Tweet is not in perfect alignment\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alt News has compared the viral tweet with a screenshot of a recent tweet by Shah. In the viral tweet, the text crosses over the red line towards the left and beyond the display picture. It is not aligned.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66274 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-4.46.18-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"907\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-4.46.18-AM.png 907w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-4.46.18-AM-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-4.46.18-AM-768x290.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/>The viral tweet has been manufactured to imitate how a tweet appears on mobile phones. The time &#8217;12h&#8217; appears beside the username and not on the bottom in the time-date format, meaning that the fake tweet attempts to replicate tweets that appear on the home page when they haven&#8217;t been opened (clicked on).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66297 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/VIRAL-CLIP-2-e1589013026678.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/VIRAL-CLIP-2-e1589013026678.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/VIRAL-CLIP-2-e1589013026678-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/VIRAL-CLIP-2-e1589013026678-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/VIRAL-CLIP-2-e1589013026678-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/VIRAL-CLIP-2-e1589013026678-1536x810.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/VIRAL-CLIP-2-e1589013026678-990x522.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/VIRAL-CLIP-2-e1589013026678-1320x696.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Exceeds character count<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At first glance itself, the text in the viral screenshot seems over the 280 character limit on Twitter. Alt News extracted the text from the image by saving the file and opening it in Google docs. Upon pasting the text on Twitter, we found that it has 149 extra characters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66268 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-3.56.50-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-3.56.50-AM.png 602w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-09-at-3.56.50-AM-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Spelling and grammatical mistakes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tweet carries more commas than required and only one full stop at the end. The entire paragraph is essentially one sentence. Furthermore, the word &#8216;\u091c\u093e\u0924\u093f&#8217; (caste) has been wrongly spelt as &#8216;\u091c\u093e\u0924\u0940&#8217;, &#8216;\u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0925\u094d\u092f&#8217; (health) as &#8216;\u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0925&#8217;, &#8216;\u092e\u0948\u0902&#8217; (Me) as &#8216;\u092e\u0947\u0902&#8217; and &#8216;\u0914\u0930 \u091c\u0932\u094d\u0926&#8217; (and soon) as &#8216;\u0914\u0930\u091c\u0932\u094d\u0926&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>On May 9, Amit Shah tweeted a statement in Hindi which clarified that he is &#8220;completely fine and does not suffer from any diseases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0925\u094d\u092f \u0915\u0940 \u091a\u093f\u0902\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0938\u092d\u0940 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e \u0938\u0902\u0926\u0947\u0936\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F72Xtoqmg9\">pic.twitter.com\/F72Xtoqmg9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amit Shah (@AmitShah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitShah\/status\/1259066254511362050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Therefore, a fake tweet is widely circulating on social media in the name of Amit Shah. Moreover, if such a tweet was put out from the Home Minister&#8217;s official account, it would not be taken down. But we were unable to find the tweet on Shah&#8217;s timeline. Even if we assume that the tweet has been deleted, there would be a clarification from the Home Minister which is not the case. In March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/morphed-news-graphics-falsely-claim-amit-shah-contracted-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alt News debunked<\/a> two images that claimed Shah was infected with the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p><em>[This article was updated with Home Minister Amit Shah&#8217;s tweet.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A screenshot of Home Minister Amit Shah&#8217;s alleged tweet has gone viral on WhatsApp. As per the screenshot, Shah wrote in Hindi that he is suffering from bone cancer and seeks blessings from the Muslim community for a speedy recovery. 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