{"id":82448,"date":"2020-12-15T20:14:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T14:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=82448"},"modified":"2020-12-16T19:42:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T14:12:26","slug":"locomotive-with-fortune-atta-ad-shared-as-adani-has-taken-over-indian-railways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/locomotive-with-fortune-atta-ad-shared-as-adani-has-taken-over-indian-railways\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Railways ‘sold’ to Adani? No, images of ads on trains viral with false claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the second week of December, a video that shows Fortune Atta’s ad on an Indian Railway locomotive was widely shared with the claim Adani had taken over Indian Railways. Fortune Atta is a product of Adani Wilmar Group’s sub-brand Fortune Foods. It has been shared by several Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> users.
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A Twitter user posted the video and wrote, “ADANI<\/span> RAILWAY.<\/span>” (archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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ADANI RAILWAY pic.twitter.com\/j2omJz4Jdt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Er.Satinder Singh – \u0a2e\u0a48\u0a02 \u0a35\u0a40 \u0a15\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a3e\u0a28 (@Satinde38905077) December 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another user wrote, “What this means is that Indian Railways has also been sold to Adani.” (archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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What this means is that Indian Railways has also been sold to Adani.@aajtak<\/a> @vikrantgupta73<\/a> @WesternRly<\/a> @RajatSharmaLive<\/a> @narendramodi<\/a> @RailMinIndia<\/a> @ABPNews<\/a> @ pic.twitter.com\/v4Qu8x8poO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ashokee13 Bhutedia (@AbBhutedia) December 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra shared the video on her Facebook account and wrote, “BJP government has placed a stamp of his billionaire friend on the railways constructed with the hard work of crores of Indians. Gradually in the future, a part of the railways will be sold to Modi’s billionaire friends. (\u091c\u093f\u0938 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f \u0930\u0947\u0932\u0935\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c\u094b\u0902 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0939\u0928\u0924 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u092f\u093e \u092d\u093e\u091c\u092a\u093e \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0909\u0938 \u092a\u0930 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0905\u0930\u092c\u092a\u0924\u093f \u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0905\u0921\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0920\u092a\u094d\u092a\u093e \u0932\u0917\u0935\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964 \u0915\u0932 \u0915\u094b \u0927\u0940\u0930\u0947 – \u0927\u0940\u0930\u0947 \u0930\u0947\u0932\u0935\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u090f\u0915 \u092c\u0921\u093c\u093e \u0939\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0938\u093e \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0930\u092c\u092a\u0924\u093f \u092e\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u091a\u0932\u093e \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e\u0964)”<\/p>\n

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Posted by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra<\/a> on Sunday, 13 December 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

A Facebook user posted<\/a> this video and wrote “Adani Nirbhar [dependent] Railways!” (archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Prior to these posts on December 12, Congress leader Hardik Patel posted this video on Twitter<\/a> (archived link<\/a>) and Facebook<\/a>. He wrote “Adani’s fresh flour advertisement on Indian Railway is worth watching. Now we can firmly say that the farmers’ fight is on the path of truth.” This video has been viewed over three lakh times.
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\u2014 Hardik Patel (@HardikPatel_) December 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since then multiple users have posted this video on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a> along with above-mentioned Hindi text.<\/p>\n

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The video was also shared by actor and Congress member Nagma Moraji (archived link<\/a>) and Srinivas B V, national president at the India Youth Congress (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Adani trains are getting ready … pic.twitter.com\/kbqNAdV8k6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nagma (@nagma_morarji) December 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2014 Srinivas B V (@srinivasiyc) December 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Key Context:<\/strong> One of the farm bills introduced this September was the Farmers\u2019 Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020. If passed, the bill will allow the farmers to sell their produce outside the government regulated Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMC). Thus increasing privatisation in the agriculture sector. The impact of this bill will only be assessed after it is passed. However, several experts feel that the introduction of private players will lead to more exploitation of farmers. As the debate around the farm bills continues, protestors and the government are trying to negotiate the terms of the farm bills.<\/p>\n

Misleading claim viral<\/h4>\n

The practice of advertising on Indian Railway locomotive is not new. In fact, it was incepted in the UPA regime.<\/p>\n

In 2008, The Economic Times<\/a> reported that Indian Railways was planning to introduce vinyl wrapping ads on trains. Using advanced keyword search on Google, we found a 2012 commercial circular by the Ministry of Railway<\/a> that approved commercial publicity on trains using vinyl wrapping.<\/p>\n

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In 2013, YouTube channel DeshGujaratHD uploaded a video of locomotive wrapped in Amul’s branding.<\/p>\n

[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g85kGjRKNq0[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n

In 2014, Twitter users Vikrant Kumar and Sreedhar Pillai posted ad wrapped on locomotive and train respectively.<\/p>\n

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First time saw advertisement on a Train Engine & its Amul \ud83d\ude42 pic.twitter.com\/1cKBpdXqsk<\/a><\/p>\n

— Vikrant ~ \u0935\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0924 (@vikrantkumar) June 8, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n