

{"id":7401,"date":"2017-12-25T22:56:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T17:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=7401"},"modified":"2017-12-26T01:12:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T19:42:48","slug":"vyapam-whistle-blower-anand-rai-penchant-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/vyapam-whistle-blower-anand-rai-penchant-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Vyapam whistle-blower Anand Rai has a penchant for fake news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Self-styled godman, Baba Virendra Dev Dixit of Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya was in the news recently for alleged sexual exploitation of minors and women. It was shocking to find a picture claiming to be that of Union Minister Smriti Irani seeking blessings of Dixit. The said picture was tweeted by Dr Anand Rai, a whistleblower in the Vyapam Scam with a suggestive caption <em>\u201c\u0907\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940 \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u0947&#8230; \u0906\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936 \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0940 &#8216;\u0906\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093f\u0915 \u092f\u094c\u0928 \u092f\u0942\u0928\u093f\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0938\u093f\u091f\u0940&#8217; \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0932\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u092c\u093e \u0935\u0940\u0930\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0935 \u0926\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0936\u094d\u0930\u092e \u092e\u0947\u0902 &#8216;\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0938\u093e\u0926&#8217; \u0932\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0925\u0940 \u0938\u094d\u092e\u0943\u0924\u093f \u0908\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940\u0964\u201c (Someone look at her too\u2026 An ideal minister of an ideal government, Smriti Irani, went to rapist Baba Virendra Dev Dixit\u2019s \u2018Modern Sex University\u2019 ashram to take \u201cPrasad\u201d from him). <\/em>In this offensive allegation, the word \u201cPrasad\u201d is in quotes to draw attention to what the tweet could be alluding to. Rai\u2019s tweet has been retweeted over 2400 times.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-tweet-1024x872.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"593\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-tweet-1024x872.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-tweet-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-tweet-768x654.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-tweet-696x593.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-tweet-1068x910.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-tweet-493x420.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-tweet.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0907\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940 \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0932\u0947&#8230;<br \/>\n\u0906\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936 \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940<br \/>\n\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0940 &#8216;\u0906\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093f\u0915 \u092f\u094c\u0928 \u092f\u0942\u0928\u093f\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0938\u093f\u091f\u0940&#8217; \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0932\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u092c\u093e \u0935\u0940\u0930\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0935 \u0926\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0936\u094d\u0930\u092e \u092e\u0947\u0902 &#8216;\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0938\u093e\u0926&#8217; \u0932\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0925\u0940 \u0938\u094d\u092e\u0943\u0924\u093f \u0908\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YJLFMBN7PP\">pic.twitter.com\/YJLFMBN7PP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Anand Rai (@anandrai177) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anandrai177\/status\/944638683885350912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not only is Rai\u2019s allegation highly insulting, it is also an outright lie. Even though BJP leaders have been photographed in the past with several self-styled godmen who have been on the wrong side of the law, like Asaram Bapu, Baba Ram Rahim and Radhey Maa, in this particular case it is not true. The image was originally <a href=\"http:\/\/indiatoday.intoday.in\/story\/smriti-irani-rajasthan-astrologer-bhilwara-zubin-irani-president\/1\/403443.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> in India Today as that of Irani\u2019s meeting with a Rajasthan based astrologer, Pandit Nathulal Vyas in 2014. Not only has Rai posted a picture of the astrologer alleging that it is of a rapist but also suggested that Irani visited his ashram for \u201cPrasad\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Selection_25_12_2017_001-937x1024.png\" alt=\"Astrologer to Smriti Irani: You will be the President of India one day\" width=\"696\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Selection_25_12_2017_001-937x1024.png 937w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Selection_25_12_2017_001-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Selection_25_12_2017_001-768x839.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Selection_25_12_2017_001-696x760.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Selection_25_12_2017_001-1068x1167.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Selection_25_12_2017_001-384x420.png 384w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/Selection_25_12_2017_001.png 1339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rai has not deleted his offensive tweet even after several Twitter users have pointed out his blatant lie to him.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that Rai has been called out for spreading fake news. Rai had tweeted a photoshopped picture of Yogi Adityanath drinking cow urine with the caption, \u201c\u0938\u0939\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u092f\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0917\u094b\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u094b\u0917\u0940\u201d. The tweet has now been deleted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7406\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-fake-yogi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"888\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-fake-yogi.jpg 888w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-fake-yogi-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-fake-yogi-768x692.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-fake-yogi-696x627.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-fake-yogi-466x420.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In June, he tweeted a picture of a terrorist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/majorgauravarya\/status\/871537538242035713\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">killed by CRPF<\/a> in J&#038;K as that of a young son of a farmer from Mandsaur shot dead by the government.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"983\" class=\"wp-image-7402 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-dca7tdqxyaa5lrg-jpg.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DCA7tDQXYAA5LRg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-dca7tdqxyaa5lrg-jpg.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-dca7tdqxyaa5lrg-jpg-229x300.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-dca7tdqxyaa5lrg-jpg-696x912.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-dca7tdqxyaa5lrg-jpg-320x420.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rai also claimed that convicted Dera chief, Baba Ram Rahim was airlifted in a helicopter owned by Gautam Adani. Alt news had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/twist-tale-helicopter-used-ferry-pm-modi-gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">busted<\/a> this news but it is yet to be deleted by Rai.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rapist Baba was airlifted in Modi&#8217;s favorite AW139 helicopter owned by Gautam Adani. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8nBAeCzYZq\">pic.twitter.com\/8nBAeCzYZq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Anand Rai (@anandrai177) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anandrai177\/status\/901431394265583617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In August, Rai had announced the death of Dilip Kumar, which he quickly deleted on learning that it is fake news.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7407\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-dilip-kumar.jpg\" alt=\"anand-rai-dilip-kumar\" width=\"639\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-dilip-kumar.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-dilip-kumar-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/anand-rai-dilip-kumar-464x420.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We see from the cross section of tweets above that while some like the one about Dilip Kumar could be a genuine mistake, others are not so innocent. Rai may have done stellar work in exposing Vyapam scam but he is harming his own credibility if he continues with such irresponsible online behaviour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-styled godman, Baba Virendra Dev Dixit of Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya was in the news recently for alleged sexual exploitation of minors and women. It was shocking to find a picture claiming to be that of Union Minister Smriti Irani seeking blessings of Dixit. 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