{"id":91157,"date":"2021-04-23T15:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T10:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=91157"},"modified":"2021-04-23T15:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T10:29:19","slug":"aajtak-shares-image-of-delhi-govt-school-turned-covid-hospital-as-beds-put-in-lucknow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/aajtak-shares-image-of-delhi-govt-school-turned-covid-hospital-as-beds-put-in-lucknow\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaj Tak misrepresents COVID facility in Delhi as Lucknow"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 21, Aaj Tak reported that the Lucknow District Administration reserved 1,550 beds for people suffering from COVID-19. The channel tweeted a picture of rows of hospital beds inside a hall. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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UP Corona LIVE: 1550 \u092c\u0947\u0921 \u0915\u094b \u0932\u0916\u0928\u090a \u091c\u093f\u0932\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0936\u093e\u0938\u0928 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u0935\u093f\u0921 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0906\u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924.
\n\u092a\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u0916\u092c\u0930 \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u092a\u0922\u093c\u0947\u0902: https:\/\/t.co\/sbiGU8SDgh<\/a>#UttarPradesh<\/a> #CoronavirusIndia<\/a> #Lucknow<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/IVkP8FzyPE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 AajTak (@aajtak) April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, the image does not show up when one clicks on the link to the article.<\/p>\n

Deomani Dwivedi, BJP MLA from UP’s Lambhua also claimed that the image is from Lucknow. “1500 more beds readied in Lucknow. The coronavirus will lose and the country will win…” he wrote. An archived version of the post can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Some Facebook users<\/a> also shared the photo as Lucknow.<\/p>\n

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\u0932\u0916\u0928\u090a \u092e\u0947\u0902 1500 \u092c\u0947\u0921 \u0914\u0930 \u0924\u0948\u092f\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u090f \u0917\u092f\u0947,
\n\u0915\u094b\u0930\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0939\u093e\u0930\u0947\u0917\u093e ,, \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u091c\u0940\u0924\u0947\u0917\u093e\u0964
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Posted by Eqra Anwer<\/a> on\u00a0Wednesday, April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Photo from Delhi school, not UP<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Several users replied<\/a> to Aaj Tak’s post stating that the image used shows hospital beds in Delhi. AAP Chief Media Coordinator Vikas Yogi quote-tweeted Aaj Tak’s tweet and wrote that the photo is from Delhi’s Rouse Avenue.<\/p>\n

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\u0938\u0942\u091a\u0928\u093e- UP \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u092e \u092a\u0930 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0947 \u092b\u093c\u094b\u091f\u094b \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0947 Rouse Avenue \u0938\u094d\u0915\u0942\u0932 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 https:\/\/t.co\/Gtp9tYhAjG<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Vikas Yogi (@vikaskyogi) April 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On April 18, 2020, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had tweeted that the government school in Rouse Avenue in Delhi was being converted into a 125-bed hospital for COVID-19 patients. He also shared four images, one of them being the photo Aaj Tak shared as Lucknow.<\/p>\n

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Delhi govt school at Rouse Avenue is being converted into Covid Hospital with 125 beds with the help of ‘Doctors for You’.<\/p>\n

Hon CM @ArvindKejriwal<\/a> reviewed the progress at site. pic.twitter.com\/xEo0N2joJO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In the Aaj Tak photo, a ‘Doctors for You’ poster can be seen in the background. This is the NGO<\/a> helping run this COVID-19 hospital. The same poster can be seen in the image tweeted by Manish Sisodia, behind CM Arvind Kejriwal.<\/p>\n

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NDTV<\/a> did a ground report from the government school, which was also shared by AAP.<\/p>\n