A screenshot of an alleged tweet by AAP MLA Amanatullah is circulating on social media. The purported tweet portrays the politician dedicating his win in the 2020 assembly polls in Delhi to the victory of Islam and saying, “Islam will win across India.”
ЁЯЩПЁЯЩПЁЯЪйЁЯЪй рд╣рд┐рдВрджреБрдУрдВ рддреБрдо рдлреНрд░реА рдХреЗ рдЪрдХреНрдХрд░ рдореЗрдВ рд░рд╣реЛ рдмрд╣реБрдд рдЬрд▓реНрджреА рддреБрдореНрд╣рд╛рд░рд╛ рд╡рд┐рдирд╛рд╢ рд╣реЛрдиреЗ рд╡рд╛рд▓рд╛ рд╣реИ
Posted by Dayalsingh Dayal on Thursday, 25 February 2021
The text on the tweet reads, “After 13 rounds, I am leading by 72000 votes. Today, Shaheen Bagh won, Islam won Inshallah. Soon, Islam will win all over India. I want to thank all my Muslim brothers and sisters. Everyone showed their strength together and stayed united. We will repeat history.”
[Translated from: 13 рд░рд╛рдЙрдВрдб рдкреВрд░реЗ рд╣реЛрдиреЗ рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рдж 72000 рд╡реЛрдЯ рд╕реЗ рдЖрдЧреЗ рдЪрд▓ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реВрдБред рдЖрдЬ рд╢рд╛рд╣реАрди рдмрд╛рдЧ рдЬреАрддрд╛,рдЖрдЬ рд╣рдорд╛рд░рд╛ рдЗрд╕реНрд▓рд╛рдо рдЬреАрддрд╛ рд╣реИ рдЗрдВрд╕рд╛ рдЕрд▓реНрд▓рд╛рд╣, рдЬрд▓реНрджреА рд╣реА рдкреВрд░реЗ рдЗрдВрдбрд┐рдпрд╛ рдореЗрдВ рдЗрд╕реНрд▓рд╛рдо рдХреА рдЬреАрдд рд╣реЛрдЧреА, рдореЗрд░реЗ рд╕рднреА рдореБрд╕реНрд▓рд┐рдо рднрд╛рдИ рдмрд╣рдиреЛрдВ рдХрд╛ рд╕реБрдХреНрд░рд┐рдпрд╛, рд╕рдмрдиреЗ рдорд┐рд▓ рдХрд░ рдЕрдкрдиреА рддрд╛рдХрдд рджрд┐рдЦрд╛рдИ рдПрдХрддрд╛ рдмрдирд╛рдПрдВ рд░рдЦрдирд╛, рд╣рдо рдЗрддрд┐рд╣рд╛рд╕ рдЬрд░реВрд░ рджреЛрд╣рд░рд╛рдПрдВрдЧреЗ]
Below the purported tweet is a message that warns members of the Hindu community – “You vote on free water and electricity and they are voting to make India an Islamic society. But remember that your kids will pay the price.”
[Translated from: рддреБрдо рдкрд╛рдиреА рдФрд░ рдмрд┐рдЬрд▓реА рдлреНрд░реА рдкрд░ рд╡реЛрдЯ рджреЗрдирд╛ рдФрд░ рд╡реЛ рднрд╛рд░рдд рдХреЛ рдЗрд╕реНрд▓рд╛рдо рдореЗрдВ рдмрджрд▓рдиреЗ рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП рд╡реЛрдЯ рдХрд░ рд░рд╣реЗ рд╣реИрдВ рд▓реЗрдХрд┐рди рдпрд╛рдж рд░рдЦрдирд╛ рдЗрд╕рдХреА рдХреАрдордд рддреБрдореНрд╣рд╛рд░реЗ рдмрдЪреНрдЪреЛрдВ рдХреЛ рдЪреБрдХрд╛рдиреА рдкрдбрд╝реЗрдЧреА ]
The claim is widespread on Facebook.
Viral since 2020
The same screenshot of the purported tweet was also shared last year after the Delhi elections.
Alt News had received multiple fact-check requests on its official mobile application.
The screenshot was also floating on Facebook.
рдиреЮрд░рдд рд╕реЗ рднрд░реЗ рд▓реЛрдЧ рди рдЦреБрдж рдХреЛ рдмреАрдорд╛рд░ рдХрд░ рд░рд╣реЗ рд╣реИрдВ рдкрд░ рдЕрдкрдиреЗ рдкрд░рд┐рд╡рд╛рд░ рдФрд░ рдкреВрд░реЗ рд╢рд╣рд░ рджреЗрд╢ рдХреЛ рдмреАрдорд╛рд░реВ рдмрдирд╛ рд░рд╣реЗ рд╣реИрдВред рдРрд╕реЗ рдлреЗрдХ рдЯреНрд╡реАрдЯ рдХрд▓ рд╕реЗ рдЪрд▓…
Posted by Navya Chaudhary on Wednesday, 12 February 2020
FAKE TWEET
A Twitter search with words picked up from the tweet yields no results. However, at the likelihood that the tweet may have been taken down, Alt News performed a preliminary analysis. Needless to say, the tweet turned out to be a fake one.
On February 11, Amanatullah Khan had posted a tweet that starts with the same sentence as the viral tweet – “13 рд░рд╛рдЙрдВрдб рдкреВрд░реЗ рд╣реЛрдиреЗ рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рдж 72000 рд╡реЛрдЯ рд╕реЗ рдЖрдЧреЗ рдЪрд▓ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реВрдБред (after 13 rounds, I am leading by 72000 votes.)”
13 рд░рд╛рдЙрдВрдб рдкреВрд░реЗ рд╣реЛрдиреЗ рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рдж 72000 рд╡реЛрдЯ рд╕реЗ рдЖрдЧреЗ рдЪрд▓ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реВрдБред
тАФ Amanatullah Khan AAP (@KhanAmanatullah) February 11, 2020
The viral tweet has been manufactured by adding sentences below the one tweeted by Khan. Both have the exact date and time – February 11, 2020 at 12:08 PM. However, there’s a mismatch in the font and uneven alignment of sentences, as pointed out below.
A screenshot of a fake tweet is making the rounds on social media portraying Amanatullah Khan in favour of transforming India into an Islamic society. The AAP leader has emerged as a prominent target of the disinformation brigade after the Delhi assembly elections. He won from the Okhla constituency by over 70,000 votes after defeating rival BJPтАЩs Braham Singh. Last year, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra had shared a video of Khan with the false claim that he spoke of creating ‘Sharia’.
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