Shashi Tharoor, others, unfold pretend information about loss of life of Sumitra Mahajan

On Thursday (April 22) evening, Congress chief Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter to unfold pretend information in regards to the loss of life of the previous BJP Parliamentarian and ex-Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
Late Thursday evening, Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter and stated, “Saddened to learn of the passing of former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. I remember many positive interactions with her, including when she and the late Sushma Swaraj asked me to lead a Parliamentary delegation to BRICS in Moscow. My condolences to her family and prayers: Om Shanti.”
Screengrab of the tweet by Shashi Tharoor
Following his tweet, a number of politicians akin to NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and her daughter Supriya Sule joined the bandwagon to mourn the “death” of Sumitra Mahajan. Sharad Pawar wrote, “Saddened to know about the demise of former Lok Sabha Speaker Smt. Sumitra Mahajan. My heartfelt condolences to members of her family. May they gather the strength to bear this inseparable loss.”
Screengrab of the tweet by Sharad Pawar
Supriya Sule additionally tweeted in regards to the “demise” of the previous Lok Sabha speaker.
Screengrab of the tweet by Supriya Sule
Attributing the story to Shashi Tharoor, Hindustan Times additionally printed the information about Mahajan’s “death” on its web site.
Screengrab of the article by Hindustan Times
What is the Truth?
Hours after Shashi Tharoor introduced the “demise” of the BJP chief, Kailash Vijayvargiya took to Twitter to set the document straight. In a tweet, he stated, “Tai Ekdum swast hai. Bhagwan unhe lambi umar de (She is absolutely healthy. Let the Almighty give her a long life.)”
On studying that he had ‘inadvertently’ peddled pretend information about Sumitra Mahajan’s loss of life, the Congress chief replied, “Thanks Kailash Vijayvargiya. I have deleted the tweet. I wonder what motivates people to invent and spread such evil news that takes in people. My best wishes for Sumitra Ji’s health and long life.”
Screengrab of the tweet by Kailash Vijayvargiya and Shashi Tharoor
ABP News journalist Vikas Bhadauria knowledgeable that Sumitra Mahajan is being handled on the Bombay Hospital in Indore, Maharashtra. Shashi Tharoor responded, “I am relieved if that is so. I received this from what I thought was a reliable source.” He emphasised, “Happy to retract and appalled that anyone would make up such news.”
Screengrab of the response by Shashi Tharoor
Following the dissemination of pretend information about his mom’s loss of life by Shashi Tharoor, and different politicians, Mandar Mahajan responded to the controversy on Friday morning. He is the youngest son of Sumitra Mahajan.
In a video shared by Times Now journalist Govind Gurjar, Mahajan could possibly be heard as saying, “My mother is perfectly healthy. The rumours about her demise are absolutely false. Please don’t believe in such rumours. Her COVID-19 report is also negative. I had met her in the evening itself. She is perfectly healthy.”
#Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan (ताई) is all effectively…It was all sadly unfold hearsay concerning her loss of life on Social media yesterday late evevning…!Here is @S_MahajanLS Son Mr. Mandar Mahajan to let you know the nice News..! pic.twitter.com/MdkN0ob81p— Govind Gurjar गोविंद गुर्जर (@govindtimes) April 23, 2021
Hindustan Times, which had earlier cited Congress chief Shashi Tharoor as their supply to say the loss of life of Sumitra Mahajan, has additionally apologised for his or her story. In an announcement, it stated, “We regret the publishing of this news based on parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor’s tweet concerning Sumitra Mahajan’s health.”
Screengrab of the article by Hindustan Times
It is pertinent to notice that the Hindustan Times had merely reported the incident based mostly on the tweet of Congress’ Shashi Tharoor with none impartial verification.
Not the primary time that pretend information about loss of life made the rounds – final time, it was Rajdeep Sardesai
This shouldn’t be the primary time that pretend information a couple of parliamentarians loss of life has made the rounds. Rajdeep Sardesai, who has a historical past of spreading pretend information and rumor-mongering on social media had prematurely introduced the demise of former President Pranab Mukherjee final 12 months.
Abhijit Mukherjee, the previous president’s son and Sharmistha, his daughter, had tweeted at the moment saying that he was alive and was thermodynamically steady. They condemned the behaviour of sure media individuals, declaring an individual useless even earlier than affirmation from dependable sources. Abhijit acknowledged, “Speculations & fake news being circulated by reputed Journalists on social media clearly reflects that Media in India has become a factory of Fake News.”
Screengrab of the tweet by Rajdeep Sardesai
On being known as out on social media, he tweeted, “My deep deep apologies for falling for fake news being circulated on Pranab Mukherjee passing away. I am deeply distraught for falling for this fake news. It was unprofessional of me not to reconfirm it before tweeting. Apologies to all and prayers with the family.”