{"id":71889,"date":"2020-07-27T14:13:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T08:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=71889"},"modified":"2020-07-28T18:33:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:03:38","slug":"sps-azam-khan-did-not-remark-on-ram-mandir-news-track-swarajya-misreport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/sps-azam-khan-did-not-remark-on-ram-mandir-news-track-swarajya-misreport\/","title":{"rendered":"SP&#8217;s Azam Khan did not remark on Ram Mandir: News Track Live, Swarajya misreport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News portal <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/DcRxJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News Track Live published an article<\/a> that Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan has declared that he is a \u2018Ram bhakt\u2019 and treatened to take his life by \u2018Jal Samadhi\u2019 in Saryu river if he is not invited to the Bhoomi Pujan of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on August 5.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-71900 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/3bd7397f-3c9a-4a21-9db1-378842bf5d83.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/3bd7397f-3c9a-4a21-9db1-378842bf5d83.png 508w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/3bd7397f-3c9a-4a21-9db1-378842bf5d83-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This report was <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/eS9Kk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted by BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-71897 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/6f1cedae-2615-486e-82d9-6cc973960d48.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/6f1cedae-2615-486e-82d9-6cc973960d48.png 445w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/6f1cedae-2615-486e-82d9-6cc973960d48-263x300.png 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same news was also tweeted and published without verification by <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/LtVBn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">right-wing portal Swarajya<\/a>. It was reported that Khan was in Ayodhya when he took the oath of sacrificing himself if not invited to the foundation laying ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"909\" class=\"wp-image-71891 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/image-1.jpeg 615w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/image-1-203x300.jpeg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>A different Azam Khan<\/h4>\n<p>It turned out that news portals News Track Live and Swarajya mixed up SP leader Azam Khan with another person with the same name. Kunwar Mohd. Azam Khan is the President of Shri Ram Mandir Nirman Muslim Karsevak Manch. He is the one who had made this announcement. Khan was earlier associated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/lucknow\/muslim-karsevak-manch-hands-over-chaadar-to-head-priest-of-makeshift-ram-temple\/story-JWP0jcV0481HJJLLhp2stJ.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS-backed Muslim Rashtriya Manch<\/a>. He later established <a href=\"http:\/\/muslimkarsewak.com\/media.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muslim Karsevak Manch<\/a> and has been in the news for actively supporting the construction of Ram Mandir.<\/p>\n<p>In the video below, Kunwar Mohd. Azam Khan can be seen making the threat of \u2018Jal Samadhi\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ram Mandir: Azam Khan \u0915\u093e \u0910\u0932\u093e\u0928- \u092d\u0942\u092e\u093f \u092a\u0942\u091c\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092c\u0941\u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e, \u0924\u094b \u0932\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u091c\u0932 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u0927\u093f!\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1vAzUxS7RfU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan is currently in jail along with his wife and son. According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/samajwadi-leader-azam-khan-surrenders-sent-to-jail-wife-son-1650180-2020-02-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Today report<\/a>, he was booked for \u201cland grabbing, encroachment, book theft, power theft, statue theft, buffalo theft, goat theft while his son Abdullah Azam was booked for forgery in birth date documents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstracklive.com\/news\/azam-khan-says-i-am-a-devotee-of-ram-if-i-am-not-invited-in-bhoomi-pujan-i-will-take-jal-samadhi-mc25-nu764-ta764-1393346-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News Track Live<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/swarajyamag.com\/insta\/will-take-jal-samadhi-if-not-invited-to-bhoomi-pujan-of-ram-mandir-sp-leader-azam-khan-turns-ram-bhakt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swarajya<\/a> updated their reports without clarification. BJP\u2019s Sambit Patra <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sambitswaraj\/status\/1287301644611354624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quote-tweeted his erroneous tweet<\/a> and wrote, &#8220;It seems that the agency published incorrect news.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News portal News Track Live published an article that Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan has declared that he is a \u2018Ram bhakt\u2019 and treatened to take his life by \u2018Jal Samadhi\u2019 in Saryu river if he is not invited to the Bhoomi Pujan of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on August 5. This report was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":71903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282,17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739,742],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-71889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-analysis","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-news","an_content_type-fact-check","an_content_type-media-analysis"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Untitled-design-91.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71889","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71889"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72004,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71889\/revisions\/72004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71889"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=71889"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=71889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}