{"id":6380,"date":"2021-01-08T15:17:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T15:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=147786"},"modified":"2021-01-08T15:17:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T15:17:30","slug":"fake-tweets-portrays-bjps-priti-gandhi-claiming-her-husband-escaped-capitol-hill-rioting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/08\/fake-tweets-portrays-bjps-priti-gandhi-claiming-her-husband-escaped-capitol-hill-rioting\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake tweets portrays BJP\u2019s Priti Gandhi claiming her husband escaped Capitol Hill rioting"},"content":{"rendered":"

A tweet thread by @blissfehmi on social media in-charge of BJP Mahila Morcha Priti Gandhi has blown up on Twitter. The thread has over 10,000 likes and has been retweeted by several journalists as of this writing.<\/p>\n

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Husband is everywhere. pic.twitter.com\/VudWMNFKm6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \"?\"\"?\" (@blissfehmi) January 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The thread shared screenshots of alleged tweets by Gandhi where she has claimed that her husband left the Oberoi Trident Hotel minutes before the 26\/11 Mumbai terrorist attack. It also carries a tweet where she\u2019s claiming that her husband witnessed a gruesome car accident in Bandra where three people died. The fourth screenshot portrays Gandhi suggesting that her husband left Capitol Hill minutes before pro-Trump rioters attacked the building.<\/p>\n

Congress member Ayush Bhatt also shared the screenshots.<\/p>\n

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Please @MrsGandhi<\/a> wherever your husband is, i hope he is safe. He always seems to be dangeous place. Please call security whenever something bad is to happen,
Credit for finding this trend goes to my friend :
@usersahadattiya<\/a>#\u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928_\u0915\u0947_\u0932\u093f\u090f_\u092c\u094b\u0932\u0947_\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/qrGnSqAK7C<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ayush Bhatt (@AyushBhatt4INC) January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

True or false?<\/h4>\n

Three out of the four screenshots have been taken from genuine tweets. It is being portrayed that Gandhi is referring to two different hotels in her tweets. Oberoi was renamed to Trident. The website of Oberoi Group\u2019s EIH Ltd<\/a> says, \u201cIn 2004, we entered into a strategic arrangement with Hilton for the international marketing and handling of reservations of the \u201cTrident\u201d hotels. As part of this arrangement, all the \u201cTrident\u201d hotels were re-branded as \u201cTrident Hilton\u201d, and the Oberoi Towers in Mumbai was re-branded as the Hilton Towers. In April 2008, this alliance ended and the \u201cTrident\u201d Hilton hotels and the Hilton Towers hotel were renamed \u201cTrident\u201d hotels.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alt News could not locate the fourth tweet attributed to Priti Gandhi which spoke about Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

Gandhi tweeted that \u201cfake screenshots\u201d of her tweets are circulating online.<\/p>\n

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Below the belt attacks on my family by sharing FAKE screenshots of my tweets is so NOT cool!!<\/p>\n

I understand your desperation to get back at me, but atleast come up with facts that I can counter. What sore losers!!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Priti Gandhi \u2013 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0924\u093f \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 (@MrsGandhi) January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Furthermore, the absence of more than one copy of the Capitol Hill tweet also suggests that it\u2019s fake.<\/p>\n

While her statement reads in the plural, only one of the screenshots in the viral tweet is fake. The one about her husband escaping rioting in Capitol Hill is manufactured.<\/p>\n

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