{"id":69334,"date":"2020-06-19T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=69334"},"modified":"2020-06-19T20:46:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:16:36","slug":"aimim-members-burn-nepali-flag-image-edited-to-claim-they-burn-bhagwa-and-indian-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/aimim-members-burn-nepali-flag-image-edited-to-claim-they-burn-bhagwa-and-indian-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Image of AIMIM members burning Nepalese flag falsely shared as saffron and Indian flag"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three images of two Muslim men burning flags in front of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) banner have gone viral on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>. As per the accompanying claim, AIMIM Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh members burnt saffron flags.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is Md Saleem Ansari from AIMIM, Pratapgarh<\/span> who is publicly burning a saffron flag. Such people become the cause of riots,” reads the claim. Multiple users on Twitter have tagged UP police alerting them about the alleged incident.<\/p>\n

(Translated from: \u092f\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093e\u092a\u0917\u0922\u093c \u0915\u0947 AIMIM \u091c\u093f\u0932\u093e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u092e\u094b\u0966 \u0938\u0932\u0940\u092e \u0905\u0902\u0938\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u091c\u094b \u0915\u093f \u0916\u0941\u0932\u0947\u0906\u092e \u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e \u091d\u0902\u0921\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u0932\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u0910\u0938\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u0926\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0935\u091c\u0939 \u092c\u0928\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964)<\/span><\/p>\n

Twitter users @NEERAJD811<\/a> (archive link<\/a>) and @TheThakurSaheb<\/a> (archive link)<\/a> posted the set of images. Their tweets were retweeted over 1000 and 600 times respectively.<\/p>\n

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Some Facebook users (link 1,<\/a> link 2<\/a>) have shared another image of the incident and claimed that the men burned the Indian national flag. A poster with ‘India \u092e\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926’ written is seen behind the men.<\/p>\n

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Fact-check<\/h4>\n

Alt News performed a keyword search on Facebook using ‘\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093e\u092a\u0917\u0922\u093c \u0915\u0947 AIMIM’ and found that Facebook user Parwana Malik Ziya had posted the viral images on June 14. In the post,<\/a> Ziya wrote that AIMIM members burnt a Nepalese flag after the country’s government declared a part of Indian territory as their own. As per this post, the men in the viral image are AIMIM members Saleem Ahmed Ansari and Israr Ahmed.\"\"<\/p>\n

Using this as a clue, Alt News performed another keyword search, this time on Twitter, and found that this claim has been debunked by Pratapgarh<\/span> police. Responding to Twitter user @Vivek21shukla, Pratapgarh<\/span> police tweeted in Hindi, “The flag displayed in the above-mentioned case is of Nepal. To protest the parliament of Nepal allegedly declaring Indian territories as their land, <\/span>members of AIMIM party Pratapgarh burnt Nepalese flags. (translated from <\/span>\u0909\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u093f\u0924 \u091d\u0923\u094d\u0921\u093e \u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0902\u0938\u0926 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0925\u093f\u0924 \u0930\u0942\u092a \u0938\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u094b \u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u092f\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0906\u0908\u090f\u092e\u0906\u0908\u090f\u092e \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091f\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093e\u092a\u0917\u0922\u093c \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0926\u0938\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u093e \u091d\u0923\u094d\u0921\u093e \u091c\u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964). The tweet by Pratapgarh<\/span> police also included two images \u2014 a news clipping and letter by Ansari dated June 16 which also talks about the protest against Nepal.
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\u2014 PRATAPGARH POLICE (@pratapgarhpol) June 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nepal\u2019s parliament recently passed the amendment to include a new political map featuring areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura in the Constitution of Nepal. As per a June 18 Hindustan Times<\/a> report, “Almost 98% of the 1,750-km land and riverine border between India and Nepal has been delineated and differences remain only in the Kalapani sector in Uttarakhand and Susta sector in Bihar.”<\/p>\n

The clipping shared by the police clearly shows that the men are burning a Nepalese flag.<\/p>\n

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In response to @Asli_Shivani’s tweet, Pratapgarh<\/span> police upload a video clarification by one of the men in the viral video. He says, “I had notified the respected president and district magistrate about this protest. I’m protesting against Nepal. In case someone thinks that this act was done to hurt religious sentiments, I’d like to apologise. (Translated from \u092e\u0948\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0907\u0938 \u0906\u0936\u092f \u0915\u093e \u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u092a\u0928 \u092e\u093e\u0928\u0928\u0940\u092f \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u092a\u0924\u093f \u0938\u0902\u092d\u094b\u0926\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u091d\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0907\u0938 \u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092f\u0939 \u0932\u0917 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u092e\u0948\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0927\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093f\u0915 \u092d\u093e\u0935\u0928\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0906\u0939\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u092e\u093e\u092b\u093c\u0940 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0902\u0964)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2014 PRATAPGARH POLICE (@pratapgarhpol) June 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Moreover, we can clearly see AIMIM’s banner in the viral images with a poster that reads ‘Nepal \u092e\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926’.<\/p>\n

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The same men can be seen burning a Nepalese flag in a video uploaded by YouTube channel Osoking O\u2019Tv on June 18.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nbwWXRefplM<\/p>\n

The collage below clearly shows that the Indian flag and the poster against the country were morphed into the image.<\/p>\n

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Thus the social media claim associated with the viral image is false. The AIMIM members were burning Nepalese flags to protest the country’s decision to include Indian territory in their map.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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