{"id":91573,"date":"2021-04-28T21:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=91573"},"modified":"2021-04-29T14:35:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T09:05:37","slug":"imposter-account-portrays-lk-advani-tweeting-against-rss-modi-shah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/imposter-account-portrays-lk-advani-tweeting-against-rss-modi-shah\/","title":{"rendered":"Imposter account portrays LK Advani tweeting against RSS, Modi-Shah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshots of tweets by a handle that goes by the username @LK_Adwani is making the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE&amp;sde=Abr_hVNjMiuu8sjiWgXiHCoxOKZuMg7U5bdwXY0-5Bi7zfn2YJNNUxHqVE_0ETUSaOaek83itdM1KQ0vNCCEUKbu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rounds on Facebook<\/a> and WhatsApp. Several people have believed that the former minister of home affairs tweeted, &#8220;The greatest mistake I&#8217;ve made in my life is to give support to a cruel organisation like RSS. I have always served the RSS, I have brought them (people in RSS) forward in politics, I have always thought of the betterment of the country. But I did not know that one of my mistakes will push the country to hell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I did not oppose Modi-Shah because I thought they were my children who will make the nation &#8216;vishwaguru&#8217;. But today, they have ruined the country to an extent that citizens cannot even breathe. Had I known this, I would have never handed over this country to these businessmen,&#8221; the second tweet on the thread states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1381150765556692&amp;id=100009853458950\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1381150765556692&amp;id=100009853458950\"><p>dekho socho samjho or desh ko bachalo desh ki janta ko bachalo .modi ki bhakti tumhe le dubi hai ab.<br \/>\nBharat desh ki bhakti karo<br \/>\nOr kuch bolna paap hai &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a role=\"button\" href=\"#\">Syed Shahabuddin<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1381150765556692&amp;id=100009853458950\">Tuesday, 27 April 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91585 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/99da0ec4-be72-4a3f-a43f-4b46f8d315e4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/99da0ec4-be72-4a3f-a43f-4b46f8d315e4.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/99da0ec4-be72-4a3f-a43f-4b46f8d315e4-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/> Below are verification requests Alt News has received on its WhatsApp helpline number (+917600011160) and official mobile application.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-91573 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/imposter-account-portrays-lk-advani-tweeting-against-rss-modi-shah\/advani-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"961\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/advani-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/advani-1.jpg 961w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/advani-1-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/advani-1-768x686.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/imposter-account-portrays-lk-advani-tweeting-against-rss-modi-shah\/advani\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/advani.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/advani.png 600w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/advani-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Imposter account<\/h4>\n<p>The tweets were made by a fake account which later took down the tweet. The account misspells the surname of &#8216;Advani&#8217; as &#8216;Adwani&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91592 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/e3ab649d-e78d-4f49-8126-da0e9455b1dc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/e3ab649d-e78d-4f49-8126-da0e9455b1dc.png 312w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/e3ab649d-e78d-4f49-8126-da0e9455b1dc-147x300.png 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The account was made in December 2020 and was taken down after the fake tweets went viral. We found an <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210419152752\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/LK_Adwani\/status\/1384166772908072972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a> of an old tweet by the account when its name used to be in Hindi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91599 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/94d93a20-7b2e-4705-bab8-9f589ed412ed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1878\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/94d93a20-7b2e-4705-bab8-9f589ed412ed.jpg 1878w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/94d93a20-7b2e-4705-bab8-9f589ed412ed-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/94d93a20-7b2e-4705-bab8-9f589ed412ed-1024x378.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/94d93a20-7b2e-4705-bab8-9f589ed412ed-768x283.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/94d93a20-7b2e-4705-bab8-9f589ed412ed-1536x567.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1878px) 100vw, 1878px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that veteran BJP leader LK Advani does not have an official verified Twitter account. We also did not find any media reports stating that he did.<\/p>\n<p>An imposter account, therefore, portrayed LK Advani tweeting against the RSS, PM Modi and home minister Amit Shah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshots of tweets by a handle that goes by the username @LK_Adwani is making the rounds on Facebook and WhatsApp. Several people have believed that the former minister of home affairs tweeted, &#8220;The greatest mistake I&#8217;ve made in my life is to give support to a cruel organisation like RSS. 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