May 16th 2024.
A video of a woman passionately criticizing the current BJP government is making rounds on social media, accompanied by a post claiming that she is the niece of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. However, upon further investigation, it has been found that this claim is false.
The woman in the video is identified as Atiya Alvi, a social activist, who has confirmed her presence in the video and clarified that she is not related to former PM Vajpayee. Therefore, the claim made in the post is indeed false.
Upon closely examining the viral video, it was noticed that it was originally sourced from 'HNP News'. Following this lead, a keyword search was conducted, which led to an extended version of the video uploaded on YouTube by 'HNP News' in January 2020. In this video, the woman in question is identified as Atiya Alvi, who was speaking at a protest against the CAA and NRC held in Jantar Mantar, Delhi.
Further research revealed that this video went viral in 2020 with the same false claim. Many fact-checking organizations have reached out to Atiya Alvi, who has reiterated that she is the woman in the video but is not related to Vajpayee in any way.
It is worth noting that among Vajpayee's relatives, there are notable individuals associated with politics, such as his niece Karuna Shukla, a former MP from Chhattisgarh, and his nephew Anoop Mishra, a former BJP MLA in the Madhya Pradesh assembly. Karuna Shukla, who was a part of the BJP for 32 years, joined Congress in 2014. Sadly, she passed away in 2021 due to COVID-19.
In conclusion, the woman featured in the viral video criticizing the BJP government is not Vajpayee's niece, but rather Atiya Alvi, a social activist. This information was originally published by Factly and republished by OrissaPOST as part of the Shakti Collective.
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