{"id":98023,"date":"2021-07-12T13:16:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T07:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=98023"},"modified":"2021-07-12T13:47:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T08:17:40","slug":"morphed-billboard-shows-aap-promoting-namaz-discouraging-hindu-prayers-in-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/morphed-billboard-shows-aap-promoting-namaz-discouraging-hindu-prayers-in-gujarat\/","title":{"rendered":"Morphed billboard shows AAP promoting namaz, discouraging Hindu prayers in Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A purported billboard of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) went viral on social media. The billboard reads in Gujarati, \u201c\u0aa8\u0aae\u0abe\u0a9c \u0aaa\u0aa2\u0ab6\u0ac7 \u0a97\u0ac1\u0a9c\u0ab0\u0abe\u0aa4\u201d which means, \u201cNow Gujarat will offer namaz\u201d. It also says, \u201c\u0aad\u0abe\u0a97\u0ab5\u0aa4 \u0ab8\u0aaa\u0acd\u0aa4\u0abe\u0ab9 \u0a85\u0aa8\u0ac7 \u0ab8\u0aa4\u0acd\u0aaf\u0aa8\u0abe\u0ab0\u0abe\u0aaf\u0aa3\u0aa8\u0ac0 \u0a95\u0aa5\u0abe \u0a9c\u0ac7\u0ab5\u0ac0 \u0aab\u0abe\u0ab2\u0aa4\u0ac1 \u0aaa\u0acd\u0ab0\u0ab5\u0ac3\u0aa4\u0acd\u0aa4\u0abf \u0a9b\u0acb\u0aa1\u0acb\u201d that translates to, &#8220;Stop performing Bhagwat Saptah and Satyanarayan Katha&#8221;. It is noteworthy that AAP is set to contest all seats in the Gujarat assembly elections next year. Editor-in-chief of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sirf News Surajit Dasgupta shared the image on Twitter but later took it down. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/BUah2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archived link<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98065 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/c763eac3-9b08-4def-b13e-644a96361ebf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/c763eac3-9b08-4def-b13e-644a96361ebf.jpg 587w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/c763eac3-9b08-4def-b13e-644a96361ebf-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several other Twitter users &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wE2hP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RenukaJain6<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/rvjEc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ramnikmann<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/dIAKp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ssoninb<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; further circulated the image.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-98023 gallery-columns-3 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\/morphed-billboard-shows-aap-promoting-namaz-discouraging-hindu-prayers-in-gujarat\/screen-shot-2021-07-12-at-10-11-47-am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.11.47-AM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.11.47-AM.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.11.47-AM-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/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\/morphed-billboard-shows-aap-promoting-namaz-discouraging-hindu-prayers-in-gujarat\/screen-shot-2021-07-12-at-10-12-05-am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.12.05-AM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.12.05-AM.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.12.05-AM-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/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\/morphed-billboard-shows-aap-promoting-namaz-discouraging-hindu-prayers-in-gujarat\/screen-shot-2021-07-12-at-10-12-26-am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.12.26-AM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.12.26-AM.jpg 402w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.12.26-AM-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The image is massively widespread on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos?q=%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%9C%20%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%A2%E0%AA%B6%E0%AB%87%20%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A4&amp;sde=Abry27O3gnCNuquLcl-Xx59H7U3_1jrfZohI5CBEcyNxipmO8ZUo60CX7yB38kiGHMtuXM8CR1elJR_cmYvAktMi90srdUMLWe1yK0T2jnEgIlkZPtCs2j4KLcCiNMCXfcSC7eR6oIg1qIW1I-zCb-8JBvG-bLXtSzMzj-wo_futSh9yvBVg8jd2WybR9XOC_6dZMlLPDCjofTPN01kp9Rvr9cw4a8XWzmpKXXfTvDaUNK_OSS3t9Gt9lDazWYvuLyBT-s0sJzCHptgyUSz_ATrq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98027 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.10.25-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1435\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.10.25-AM.jpg 1435w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.10.25-AM-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.10.25-AM-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-07-12-at-10.10.25-AM-768x359.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1435px) 100vw, 1435px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Morphed image\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News used relevant Gujarati keywords on Facebook and found several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos?q=%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%B5%E0%AB%87%20%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%A6%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B6%E0%AB%87%20%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A4&amp;sde=Abrwax2OcnuczbYNVUwMPNCXF-O45jUbGKjUxpAl0ucq4hNVHmhzWi6shYgVeIqI29G8H4_qjS27dbjF_wL7p401n-CLqGpEC3HPL5nqHXeG5aTpECUUOIH3BYesE7KSSeb_qYJ9n2HySqBOxsQ6KCv-1lLrjZB1LGlF8FnbLEfB5EaCvML84Emh38odLQIKBGigIaVtdxFfb5FH5AQClztQPk9EuZ-b28CHBjFU8OtFjStAQqah2530HKufRmzvtX3qAk1xlQb_q50-OHZ6gp1i6Bmup2yG1JKXMHKiiqb-HQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar billboards<\/a>. The official Twitter account of Aam Aadmi Party Dang district tweeted several images of the poster on July 10. The official Twitter account of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AAP4Bharuch\/status\/1411614071061762048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aam Aadmi Party Bharuch<\/a> district also shared some pictures of the poster.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"gu\">\u0a86\u0a9c \u0ab0\u0acb\u0a9c \u0aa1\u0abe\u0a82\u0a97 \u0a9c\u0ac0\u0ab2\u0acd\u0ab2\u0abe \u0aa8\u0abe \u0ab5\u0a98\u0a87 \u0aa4\u0abe\u0ab2\u0ac1\u0a95\u0abe\u0aae\u0abe\u0a82 \u0a86\u0aae \u0a86\u0aa6\u0aae\u0ac0 \u0aaa\u0abe\u0ab0\u0acd\u0a9f\u0ac0 \u0ab2\u0ac0\u0a97\u0ab2 \u0ab8\u0ac7\u0ab2 \u0aaa\u0acd\u0ab0\u0aae\u0ac1\u0a96 \u0aa1\u0abe\u0a82\u0a97, \u0aa8\u0abe \u0aa8\u0ac7\u0aa4\u0ac3\u0aa4\u0acd\u0ab5 \u0aae\u0abe\u0a82 \u0a95\u0abe\u0ab0\u0acd\u0aaf \u0a95\u0ab0\u0acb \u0ab8\u0abe\u0aa5\u0ac7 \u0aaa\u0acb\u0ab8\u0acd\u0a9f\u0ab0 \u0a85\u0aad\u0abf\u0aaf\u0abe\u0aa8 \u0a95\u0ab0\u0ab5\u0abe\u0aae\u0abe\u0a82 \u0a86\u0ab5\u0acd\u0aaf\u0ac1\u0a82..<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%AA%B9%E0%AA%B5%E0%AB%87_%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%A6%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B6%E0%AB%87_%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0ab9\u0ab5\u0ac7_\u0aac\u0aa6\u0ab2\u0abe\u0ab6\u0ac7_\u0a97\u0ac1\u0a9c\u0ab0\u0abe\u0aa4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mvydW7KPRL\">pic.twitter.com\/mvydW7KPRL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AAP DANG DISTRICT | #Mission2022 (@AAP_Dang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AAP_Dang\/status\/1413901504621154305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Three people have been featured on the original billboard. Their names are mentioned under their photos (left to right) &#8211; Isudan Gadhvi, Gopal Italia, and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arvind Kejriwal. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The comparison below highlights the parts of the original billboard that have been morphed.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;\u0ab9\u0ab5\u0ac7 \u0aac\u0aa6\u0ab2\u0abe\u0ab6\u0ac7 \u0a97\u0ac1\u0a9c\u0ab0\u0abe\u0aa4&#8221; (Now Gujarat will change) is replaced with &#8220;\u0aa8\u0aae\u0abe\u0a9c \u0aaa\u0aa2\u0ab6\u0ac7 \u0a97\u0ac1\u0a9c\u0ab0\u0abe\u0aa4&#8221; (Now Gujarat will offer namaz).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;\u0aad\u0abe\u0a97\u0ab5\u0aa4 \u0ab8\u0aaa\u0acd\u0aa4\u0abe\u0ab9 \u0a85\u0aa8\u0ac7 \u0ab8\u0aa4\u0acd\u0aaf\u0aa8\u0abe\u0ab0\u0abe\u0aaf\u0aa3\u0aa8\u0ac0 \u0a95\u0aa5\u0abe \u0a9c\u0ac7\u0ab5\u0ac0 \u0aab\u0abe\u0ab2\u0aa4\u0ac1 \u0aaa\u0acd\u0ab0\u0ab5\u0ac3\u0aa4\u0acd\u0aa4\u0abf \u0a9b\u0acb\u0aa1\u0acb&#8221; (Stop performing Bhagwat Saptah and Satyanarayan Katha) has been separately added in the morphed image.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Gopal Italia&#8217;s photo has been replaced with an image of a man sporting a beard and Islamic turban.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98031 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/PhotoGrid_1626068085477-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/PhotoGrid_1626068085477-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/PhotoGrid_1626068085477-1-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/PhotoGrid_1626068085477-1-1024x449.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/PhotoGrid_1626068085477-1-768x337.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/PhotoGrid_1626068085477-1-1536x673.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/PhotoGrid_1626068085477-1-2048x898.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In fact, the Muslim-looking person is Italia himself. With the help of a reverse image search, we found that an image of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=228429051972872&amp;set=a.202827507866360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gopal Italia<\/a> was merged with a photo of Islamist armed group Ansar al-Islam founder\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Mulla+Krekar&amp;oq=Mulla+Krekar&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j46i10j0i10j0i22i30l3j69i60l2.361j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mullah Krekar<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98033 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/pixlr_20210712104938398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1614\" height=\"968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/pixlr_20210712104938398.jpg 1614w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/pixlr_20210712104938398-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/pixlr_20210712104938398-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/pixlr_20210712104938398-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/pixlr_20210712104938398-1536x921.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1614px) 100vw, 1614px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, several social media users including a journalist shared an edited image of the Aam Aadmi Party&#8217;s political billboard to falsely claim that AAP is promoting namaz and discouraging Hindu prayers in Gujarat ahead of assembly elections in the state next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A purported billboard of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) went viral on social media. The billboard reads in Gujarati, \u201c\u0aa8\u0aae\u0abe\u0a9c \u0aaa\u0aa2\u0ab6\u0ac7 \u0a97\u0ac1\u0a9c\u0ab0\u0abe\u0aa4\u201d which means, \u201cNow Gujarat will offer namaz\u201d. It also says, \u201c\u0aad\u0abe\u0a97\u0ab5\u0aa4 \u0ab8\u0aaa\u0acd\u0aa4\u0abe\u0ab9 \u0a85\u0aa8\u0ac7 \u0ab8\u0aa4\u0acd\u0aaf\u0aa8\u0abe\u0ab0\u0abe\u0aaf\u0aa3\u0aa8\u0ac0 \u0a95\u0aa5\u0abe \u0a9c\u0ac7\u0ab5\u0ac0 \u0aab\u0abe\u0ab2\u0aa4\u0ac1 \u0aaa\u0acd\u0ab0\u0ab5\u0ac3\u0aa4\u0acd\u0aa4\u0abf \u0a9b\u0acb\u0aa1\u0acb\u201d that translates to, &#8220;Stop performing Bhagwat Saptah and Satyanarayan Katha&#8221;. It is noteworthy that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":98064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[669],"class_list":["post-98023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Morphed billboard shows AAP promoting namaz, discouraging Hindu prayers in Gujarat - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Morphed billboard shows AAP promoting namaz, discouraging Hindu prayers in Gujarat - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A purported billboard of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) went viral on social media. 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