The post was a reference to a video from Kashmir in April where the Indian army had used a civilian as a human shield. How Fake news and a bot-account incited Paresh Rawal and Nationalist Brigadeħ) Actor-politician Paresh Rawal, had in May last year, tweeted saying: “Instead of tying stone-pelter on the army jeep tie Arundhati Roy”. Kannur communists celebrate murder of RSS karyakartha Biju, whom they beheaded,’’ said Rajasekharan in the description of the video on his Twitter account. Fact check- Singh's face was morphed on a fictional character from the film, 'Kya Yahi Sach Hai'.Ħ) In May last year, a case against BJP’s Kerala president Kummanam Rajasekharan was registered for circulating a fake video saying CPI(M) men celebrating the murder of an RSS worker in Kannur. An image that purported to show the DGP of Gujarat bowing down and touching the feet of Home Minister Rajnath Singh who sits leisurely on a couch was shared by multiple Congress leaders, including party spokesperson Sanjay Jha.
As was later found out, the picture was a still from a Bhojpuri movie.ĥ) Of late, the BJP has been at the receiving end of similar fabricated news and pictures that spread like wildfire on social media. The picture soon became viral during communal tensions in the state. In the wake of ongoing unrest in West Bengal, following communal clashes triggered by an 'objectionable' Facebook post, a string of fake news were allegedly used to ignite the dire situation.Ĥ)To depict the 'atrocities' against Hindus by Muslims in West Bengal, Haryana BJP leader Vijeta Malik shared a Facebook post showing picture of a woman being molested on a busy road. BJP leaders conveniently missed the second part, and went on to pat their backs, treating Thaler's earlier statement as validation.ģ) In July last year, the BJP's IT In-Charge for Asansol district, Tarun Sengupta, was arrested on charges of 'spreading fake news and creating communal disharmony'. Thaler had supported demonetisation as a step towards cashless economy, but when a Twitter user alerted him about the introduction of Rs2000 note, he responded 'Really? Damn'. From the Magazine AFSPA: Memories And Mourning In Nagaland’s Cycle Of Violence Manipur Under AFSPA: Poignant Stories Of Rape, Fake Encounter And Unending Wait For Justice Back To Where It Began: Six Decades Later, Assam Continues To Bleed Under AFSPA Darkness At Noon: Stories Of Pain And Suffering In Battle-Scarred Kashmir AFSPA: A Law That Is Discriminatory, Exclusionary, RacistĢ) Amit Malviya, Piyush Goyal, and Giriraj Singh, to laud the BJP's contentious move to demonetise 86 per cent of currency in one go on November 2016, misquoted (deliberately?) Nobel prize-winning American economist Richard Thaler.
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