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It shows Yechury referring to Communist-ruled China&#8217;s president Xi Jinping as his &#8220;boss&#8221;. The alleged tweet dates back to October 20, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69760 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-18_40_19-1-Narasinga-Rao-Naraparaju.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-18_40_19-1-Narasinga-Rao-Naraparaju.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-18_40_19-1-Narasinga-Rao-Naraparaju-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-18_40_19-1-Narasinga-Rao-Naraparaju-768x642.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-18_40_19-1-Narasinga-Rao-Naraparaju-990x828.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several others on Facebook have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Kalkutt\/posts\/3321335227910888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared<\/a> the alleged tweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69761 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/c4a97ea8-8b07-4d5e-8db3-bc8b75ec0cf7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/c4a97ea8-8b07-4d5e-8db3-bc8b75ec0cf7.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/c4a97ea8-8b07-4d5e-8db3-bc8b75ec0cf7-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>The tweet is fake and the first clue which makes this evident is the date of the tweet, October 20, 2015. Sitaram Yechury had joined Twitter at least a week later. We found this by searching for his Twitter handle on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180211081626\/https:\/twitter.com\/SitaramYechury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webarchive.org.<\/a> In the screenshot below, the date-time 8:13 PM, October 28, 2015 (highlighted in red) is in accordance with the time zone of the server where the screenshot was taken. The difference could be 12 hours (ahead or behind).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69775 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-20_44_46-Sitaram-Yechury-@SitaramYechury-_-Twitter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-20_44_46-Sitaram-Yechury-@SitaramYechury-_-Twitter.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-20_44_46-Sitaram-Yechury-@SitaramYechury-_-Twitter-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-20_44_46-Sitaram-Yechury-@SitaramYechury-_-Twitter-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-20_44_46-Sitaram-Yechury-@SitaramYechury-_-Twitter-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-20_44_46-Sitaram-Yechury-@SitaramYechury-_-Twitter-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/2020-06-23-20_44_46-Sitaram-Yechury-@SitaramYechury-_-Twitter-990x655.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the tweet is not aligned with the profile picture as it should be.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69777 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/fake-tweet-Actual-tweet-e1592927371232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/fake-tweet-Actual-tweet-e1592927371232.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/fake-tweet-Actual-tweet-e1592927371232-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/fake-tweet-Actual-tweet-e1592927371232-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/fake-tweet-Actual-tweet-e1592927371232-990x590.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A reverse search of the image took us to a report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/yechurys-call-on-xi-jinping-signals-strong-cpccpi-m-ties\/article7783317.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hindu<\/a> published in 2015. The headline of the article is similar to the text of the tweet. According to the article, &#8220;Mr. Yechury, who was in the Chinese capital to participate in an international conference of Asian political parties, called on President Xi last Thursday. In a conversation with The Hindu, following the meeting, Mr. Yechury said that President Xi conveyed to him that the Communist Party of China (CPC) highly valued its relations with the CPI (M).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69778 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/the-hindu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"707\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/the-hindu.jpg 707w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/the-hindu-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CPI(M) called-out the misinformation on Twitter and wrote that Yechury had joined the platform on October 27, 2015.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stop Lie Manufacturing<br \/>\nAnother example of sanghi dirty tricks<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SitaramYechury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SitaramYechury<\/a> joined Twitter on Oct 27, 2015. This fake tweet is dated oct 20.<br \/>\nBecause CPI(M) has exposed Modi&#8217;s doublespeak, sanghis have become desperate. Where is the order to do all these things coming from? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZYCkq07dHv\">pic.twitter.com\/ZYCkq07dHv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CPI (M) (@cpimspeak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cpimspeak\/status\/1275080932068749317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A fake tweet was shared on social media to portray CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury referring to Chinese president Xi Jinping as his &#8220;boss&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A purported tweet of Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury is doing the rounds on social media. It shows Yechury referring to Communist-ruled China&#8217;s president Xi Jinping as his &#8220;boss&#8221;. The alleged tweet dates back to October 20, 2015. Several others on Facebook have shared the alleged tweet. Fact-check The tweet is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":69779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[133],"class_list":["post-69756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fake tweet: Sitaram Yechury referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping as his &quot;boss&quot; - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fake tweet: Sitaram Yechury referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping as his &quot;boss&quot; - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A purported tweet of Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury is doing the rounds on social media. 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