On social media, a screenshot of an apparent tweet by the 83-year-old politician went viral. The ‘tweet’ in the form of a rhyme says India has deteriorated since BJP came to power.
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the screenshot has been changed.
Yashwant Sinha, who was a cabinet minister under former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, joined the Trinamool Congress on Saturday, March 13th. Sinha, who left the BJP in 2018, has long been an outspoken critic of the dispensation led by Narendra Modi.
On social media, a screenshot of an apparent tweet by the 83-year-old politician went viral. The ‘tweet’ in the form of a rhyme says India has deteriorated since BJP came to power.
Multiple Facebook users posted the alleged snapshot of the tweet from the handle “@YashwantSinhaa”. The Hindi text translates into: “Love can spoil a boy, and gifts can spoil women. A servant can be spoiled by greed, and friendships destroyed by betrayal, peasants by demonization, and businessmen by GST. The vote for BJP damaged India. It was issued in the public interest. Thank you.”
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the screenshot has been changed. Sinha also did not tweet such a rhyme, and the apparent Twitter handling does not belong to him.
The archived versions of the posts are stored here and here.
We found that the official Twitter handle of Yashwant Sinha “@YashwantSinha.‘In fact, there is no Twitter handle’ @Yashwant Sinhaa ‘. Using Advanced Twitter Search, we could not find that Sinha ever tweeted the same content.
A comparison between a genuine tweet from Sinha’s verified handle and the viral image reveals striking differences between the two in terms of font and the blue tick.
Original tweet by Sinha
Viral image
On the internet we have found that the viral rhyme has been available on social media for several years and is often used with edits.
Therefore, it is confirmed that although Sinha has tweeted criticism of the Modi government on several occasions, the viral post was falsely attributed to him.
ClaimFormer Union Minister Yashwant Sinha tweeted a rhyme, saying India has deteriorated since BJP came to power. ClosureAlthough Sinha was an ardent critic of the dispensation of Narendra Mod, the screenshot was changed. He also did not tweet such a rhyme and the apparent Twitter handling does not belong to him.
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