{"id":91042,"date":"2021-04-21T19:22:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=91042"},"modified":"2021-04-21T19:22:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T13:52:09","slug":"fake-letter-claims-ajit-doval-lauded-uttarakhand-chief-secy-for-kumbh-mela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-letter-claims-ajit-doval-lauded-uttarakhand-chief-secy-for-kumbh-mela\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake letter claims Ajit Doval lauded Uttarakhand chief secy. for Kumbh Mela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A letter doing the rounds in the name of national security advisor Ajit Doval suggests that he congratulated Uttarakhand chief secretary for successfully organising Kumbh Mela while coordinating with the police and the RSS. &#8220;I am confident that your efforts would ensure religious atmosphere, help to maintain order and promote Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideology in future as well,&#8221; reads the letter. Advocate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pbhushan1\/status\/1384789943873011714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prashant Bhushan<\/a> was among those who tweeted the letter but later took it down. An archive can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Xkac8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91045 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/4f6185ce-bcf9-4054-9f3d-2993459e34f4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/4f6185ce-bcf9-4054-9f3d-2993459e34f4.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/4f6185ce-bcf9-4054-9f3d-2993459e34f4-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several other handles have tweeted the letter. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/das2090\/status\/1384466092349968384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdahmedqamar\/status\/1384501688422199300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rajesh__kumr\/status\/1384496484167524352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FansTejashwi\/status\/1384495418248028167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-91042 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-letter-claims-ajit-doval-lauded-uttarakhand-chief-secy-for-kumbh-mela\/7e7f3bb9-1e9b-4e42-8a67-af08fe82a19d\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/7e7f3bb9-1e9b-4e42-8a67-af08fe82a19d.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/7e7f3bb9-1e9b-4e42-8a67-af08fe82a19d.jpg 582w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/7e7f3bb9-1e9b-4e42-8a67-af08fe82a19d-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-letter-claims-ajit-doval-lauded-uttarakhand-chief-secy-for-kumbh-mela\/a7c51970-3c07-4a1c-9a8f-6cbbd310816b\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"1041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/a7c51970-3c07-4a1c-9a8f-6cbbd310816b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/a7c51970-3c07-4a1c-9a8f-6cbbd310816b.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/a7c51970-3c07-4a1c-9a8f-6cbbd310816b-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/a7c51970-3c07-4a1c-9a8f-6cbbd310816b-578x1024.jpg 578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-letter-claims-ajit-doval-lauded-uttarakhand-chief-secy-for-kumbh-mela\/f5948a15-40c8-4a68-a458-3c047e86c585\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"1079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/f5948a15-40c8-4a68-a458-3c047e86c585.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/f5948a15-40c8-4a68-a458-3c047e86c585.jpg 589w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/f5948a15-40c8-4a68-a458-3c047e86c585-164x300.jpg 164w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/f5948a15-40c8-4a68-a458-3c047e86c585-559x1024.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-letter-claims-ajit-doval-lauded-uttarakhand-chief-secy-for-kumbh-mela\/296eb7e8-679c-4e43-a3f6-77a86b28569f\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/296eb7e8-679c-4e43-a3f6-77a86b28569f.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/296eb7e8-679c-4e43-a3f6-77a86b28569f.jpg 592w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/296eb7e8-679c-4e43-a3f6-77a86b28569f-166x300.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/296eb7e8-679c-4e43-a3f6-77a86b28569f-568x1024.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It is also circulating on Facebook.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nd.sharma.583234\/posts\/465397001374584\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nd.sharma.583234\/posts\/465397001374584\"><p>NSA Ajit Doval asks Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand to promote RSS ideology<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nd.sharma.583234\">N D Sharma<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nd.sharma.583234\/posts\/465397001374584\">Tuesday, 20 April 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Fake letter<\/h4>\n<p>The letter has grammatical errors which was the first hint that it may be fake. &#8220;I also appreciating that you use your past experience of Kumbh Mela officer&#8230;&#8221; is one of the sentences that should read, &#8220;I also appreciate that you used your past experience of working as Kumbh Mela officer&#8230;&#8221; The first sentence of the second paragraph is also grammatically incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>ANI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/national\/general-news\/nsa-doval-has-not-written-any-letter-lauding-kumbh-mela-conduct-say-govt-officials20210421010235\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published a report<\/a> stating that government officials have deemed the letter fake.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A letter is doing rounds suggesting that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has appreciated Uttarakhand government officials for successfully organising the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. The letter is fake and the NSA has not written any such letter: Government officials<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1384525155699814409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News found that PIB had debunked a similar letter circulated in Ajit Doval&#8217;s name last year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Claim: Letter allegedly written by National Security Advisor congratulating Commissioner Secretary, Ladakh for role in handling of border situation is circulating on twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PIBFactCheck?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PIBFactCheck<\/a>: no such letter has been written by the NSA, the letter is fake <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XwkQeimRBL\">pic.twitter.com\/XwkQeimRBL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PIBFactCheck\/status\/1266379911368896513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are multiple similarities in both these letters as highlighted below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91068 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/fake-letter-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/fake-letter-2021.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/fake-letter-2021-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/fake-letter-2021-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/fake-letter-2021-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found that the language used in both letters seems to be the format used by Ajit Doval. Below is a letter uploaded by several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationtv.com\/states\/uttar-pradesh\/nsa-ajit-doval-letter-to-chief-secretary-of-uttar-pradesh-rajendra-kumar-tiwari-after-ayodhya-case-119648.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news outlets<\/a> where Doval is complimenting UP chief secretary&#8217;s handling of the situation in the state post the Ayodhya verdict. Alt News cannot vouch for the authenticity of this letter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91069 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/letter_to_up_gov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/letter_to_up_gov.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/letter_to_up_gov-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/letter_to_up_gov-980x1024.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/letter_to_up_gov-768x803.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A fake letter is circulating in the name of national security advisor Ajit Doval that shows him lauding Uttarakhand chief secretary&#8217;s efforts in managing Kumbh Mela while coordinating with the RSS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A letter doing the rounds in the name of national security advisor Ajit Doval suggests that he congratulated Uttarakhand chief secretary for successfully organising Kumbh Mela while coordinating with the police and the RSS. &#8220;I am confident that your efforts would ensure religious atmosphere, help to maintain order and promote Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideology in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":91084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-91042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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