#AFWAFactCheck<\/a> | Did Gajendra Chauhan tweet in support of Shringi Yadav? Read to know the truth.<\/p>\n Read: https:\/\/t.co\/YPC9EVrE4a<\/a>#FactCheck<\/a> @AFWACheck<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/pKwHTjupQw<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n India Today’s reasons for declaring the tweet fake<\/a> are \u2013<\/p>\n 1. A Twitter advanced search does not throw up the tweet.<\/p>\n 2. The date and time format in some of the screenshots does not match the current format of Twitter.<\/p>\n India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the viral image is morphed.#afwafactcheck<\/a> #FactCheck<\/a> (@AFWACheck<\/a>) (@KunduChayan<\/a>)https:\/\/t.co\/u5J8IeQgUj<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) March 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Below is a tweet where the time does not have an ‘AM or PM’ and the date reads 16\/03\/21 instead of the common ‘Mar 16, 2021′ on desktop and ’16 Mar 21’ on Andriod phones.<\/p>\n For this bit of human excreta, somebody who beats up a boy for drinking water is a nationalist. pic.twitter.com\/mPOl6MDvt1<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ajay Kamath (@ajay43) March 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Gajendra Chauhan indeed tweeted in support of the accused who beat up a minor in Ghaziabad. Below is a screenshot of an archived link<\/a> to his tweet.<\/p>\n The date and time format that led India Today to the conclusion that the tweet is fake can be explained via phone settings. Below is another tweet<\/a> by Chauhan where the date format is DD\/MM\/YY and the time does not have ‘AM or PM’. This is because the tweet has been accessed on an iPhone set on the 24-hour clock. Contrastingly, the format is different when the same tweet is accessed on an Android phone with the 12-hour clock setting.<\/p>\n India Today could have easily ascertained that the tweet is genuine because it was quote-tweeted by several people. Below are tweets by journalists Aditya Menon and Uzair Hasan Rizvi.<\/p>\n Ashwatthama ka role behtar hota iske liye https:\/\/t.co\/MyYEmitgkg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Aditya Menon (@AdityaMenon22) March 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Certification of nationalism can easily be obtained by harassing and beating a Muslim in India. https:\/\/t.co\/9DXmeLwjpg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Uzair Hasan Rizvi (@RizviUzair) March 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Chauhan’s tweet in fact caused substantial outrage on Twitter. ‘<\/p>\n A man best remembered for playing ‘Dharmaraj’ Yudhisthir in the 1980s TV show Mahabharat stands for adharm in real life. Mr. Chauhan, thrashing a child is nothing but wanton cowardice. But if your idea of nationalism is incomplete without thrashing kids, it has to be resisted. https:\/\/t.co\/zhSASNaWTS<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Manimugdha Sharma (@quizzicalguy) March 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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