{"id":86205,"date":"2021-02-09T17:49:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T12:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=86205"},"modified":"2021-02-09T17:49:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T12:19:37","slug":"congress-mp-adhir-chowdhury-makes-false-claims-about-amit-shah-jp-nadda-in-ls-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-mp-adhir-chowdhury-makes-false-claims-about-amit-shah-jp-nadda-in-ls-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury makes false claims about Amit Shah, JP Nadda in LS address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged in the Lok Sabha on February 8 that Home Minister Amit Shah sat on Rabindranath Tagore&#8217;s chair at Rabindra Bhavan in Shantiniketan during his West Bengal visit ahead of the upcoming state elections. He also said that BJP President JP Nadda said Tagore was born in Shantiniketan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to say that BJP politician Amit Shah ji, <strong>BJP politician Nadda Sahab went to Bengal ahead of elections. They were visiting Rabindranath Tagore&#8217;s Shantiniketan and saying he was born there.<\/strong> This is absurd. You should read first where he was born. Suddenly they are saying Tagore was born in Shantiniketan. People are laughing. Even we feel bad&#8230;<strong>Our Amit Shah goes and sits on Rabindranath Tagore&#8217;s chair.<\/strong> Don&#8217;t know what people tell you and you go sit. This is an insult&#8230;&#8221; This part of his speech can be watched onward <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/h3hV9kU35t0?t=1285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">21:20<\/a> in the video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury&#039;s Remarks | Motion of Thanks on the President&#039;s Address in Lok Sabha\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h3hV9kU35t0?start=1285&#038;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<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>This fact-check has been broken into two sections that separately address the claims made by Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury in the Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>1. Did Amit Shah sit on Rabindranath Tagore&#8217;s chair at Rabindra Bhavan in Shantiniketan?<\/p>\n<p>2. Did Amit Shah or JP Nadda say Tagore was born in Shantiniketan?<\/p>\n<p>Both these allegations are false.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Amit Shah did not sit on Tagore&#8217;s chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Home Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/politics\/amit-shah-pays-tribute-to-rabindranath-tagore-during-visva-bharati-university-visit\/570457\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amit Shah was on a two-day<\/a> visit to West Bengal in December last year. Shah went to Visva Bharati University at Shantiniketan where he paid tribute to Bengali poet and revolutionary Rabindranath Tagore at Rabindra Bhavan on the university campus.<\/p>\n<p>Shah had also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitShah\/status\/1340581613722193922\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted pictures of his visit<\/a> where he is seen showering flowers on Tagore&#8217;s chair. The chair is covered with a white cloth. The same picture was also uploaded on the Home Minister&#8217;s website (screenshot below).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86209 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/8029f738-7675-4d58-a326-203115607134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1157\" height=\"837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/8029f738-7675-4d58-a326-203115607134.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/8029f738-7675-4d58-a326-203115607134-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/8029f738-7675-4d58-a326-203115607134-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/8029f738-7675-4d58-a326-203115607134-768x556.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1157px) 100vw, 1157px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The claim that Shah sat on Tagore&#8217;s chair was also viral on social media in December 2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/subhash.lall.39\/posts\/787155495168853\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/subhash.lall.39\/posts\/787155495168853\"><p>\u0917\u0941\u0930\u0942\u0926\u0947\u0935 \u0930\u0935\u0940\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930\u0928\u093e\u0925 \u091f\u0948\u0917\u094b\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0907\u0938 \u092a\u0935\u093f\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928 \u092a\u0930 \u0906\u091c\u0924\u0915 \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092c\u0948\u0920\u093e\u0964 \u0926\u0941\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u092e\u093e\u092e \u0935\u093f\u0936\u093f\u0937\u094d\u091f \u0905\u0924\u093f\u0925\u093f \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0902 \u0906\u0924\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/subhash.lall.39\">Subhash Lall<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/subhash.lall.39\/posts\/787155495168853\">Thursday, 24 December 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, the image used to promote the claim shows Shah signing the visitor&#8217;s book while seated on a <em>divan\u00a0<\/em>(a piece of couch-like sitting furniture). This image was also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitShah\/status\/1340581613722193922\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted by Shah<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86210 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/ddc15508-08cd-463f-8ba0-17b3d0f79ba6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1371\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/ddc15508-08cd-463f-8ba0-17b3d0f79ba6.jpg 1371w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/ddc15508-08cd-463f-8ba0-17b3d0f79ba6-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/ddc15508-08cd-463f-8ba0-17b3d0f79ba6-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/ddc15508-08cd-463f-8ba0-17b3d0f79ba6-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1371px) 100vw, 1371px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/west-bengal\/tagore-chair-sofa-on-display\/cid\/1316298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seated on the same\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/west-bengal\/tagore-chair-sofa-on-display\/cid\/1316298\">divan<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>to sign the visitor&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86214 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/bangladeshi-prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-signs-690329.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/bangladeshi-prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-signs-690329.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/bangladeshi-prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-signs-690329-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/bangladeshi-prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-signs-690329-768x571.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>India Today journalist Poulomi Saha tweeted a letter written by Visva Bharati VC to Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. &#8220;You have unfortunately been misinformed, as this is patently untrue,&#8221; the letter says adding, &#8220;In the past, during their official visits to Uttarayan, a number of dignitaries, including the former Chancellors, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Madam Pratibha Patil, Sri Pranab Mukherjee, and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Madam Sheikh Hasina, among others, have sat in that makeshift seat, which is actually just the edge of a window on which cushions are placed&#8230;<strong>Thus, not only is it not a chair, but it has never been Gurudev&#8217;s seat at all<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">V-C of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengal<\/a>\u2019s Visvabharati University writes to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adhirrcinc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@adhirrcinc<\/a> and tells him that he misspoke in Lok Sabha suggesting that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitShah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmitShah<\/a> sat on Rabindranath\u2019s seat during his visit to the University in December.<\/p>\n<p>Fact is others have also sat on what is just the edge of a window. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qd72rzd4kV\">pic.twitter.com\/Qd72rzd4kV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Poulomi Saha (@PoulomiMSaha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoulomiMSaha\/status\/1359097033244696576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/west-bengal\/tagore-chair-sofa-on-display\/cid\/1316298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph<\/a> had uploaded a picture of another sofa-chair that belonged to Tagore kept at the museum which does not resemble the <em>divan\u00a0<\/em>where Shah was seated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86213 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/dd7096cf-3959-459a-abf4-f04c26bbed06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"807\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/dd7096cf-3959-459a-abf4-f04c26bbed06.jpg 807w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/dd7096cf-3959-459a-abf4-f04c26bbed06-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/dd7096cf-3959-459a-abf4-f04c26bbed06-768x660.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Neither Amit Shah nor JP Nadda said Tagore was born in Shantiniketan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury&#8217;s claim is based on BJP President JP Nadda&#8217;s speech given in Kolkata last year. Ahead of the state polls in 2021, Nadda was on a two-day state visit on December 9-10, 2020. He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1336591585371279360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inaugurated<\/a> the BJP&#8217;s West Bengal State Election Office at Hastings in Kolkata.<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/inCV-4jutkI?t=42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">44 second mark<\/a> in the video below, he can be heard saying, &#8220;West Bengal is known for the exchange of ideas. Visva Bharati is here, Rabindranath Tagore was born here&#8230;&#8221; Thus, the BJP leader did not say Tagore was born in Shantiniketan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JP Nadda Inaugurates BJP&#039;s Bengal Election Office And Party Offices In 9 Districts | India Today\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/inCV-4jutkI?start=42&#038;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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/fake-news\/did-jp-nadda-say-rabindranath-tagore-was-born-at-visva-bharati-11077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boomlive<\/a> had debunked this claim last year when BJP Bengal had misquoted Nadda. TMC had <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AITCofficial\/status\/1336634401724067840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quote-tweeted<\/a> the erroneous tweet and clarified that Tagore&#8217;s birthplace is Jorasanko, Kolkata.<\/p>\n<p>Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury&#8217;s claims about Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda are false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged in the Lok Sabha on February 8 that Home Minister Amit Shah sat on Rabindranath Tagore&#8217;s chair at Rabindra Bhavan in Shantiniketan during his West Bengal visit ahead of the upcoming state elections. 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