Fake Quote About Gandhi and Congress Attributed to Nana Patekar

This quote is hardly new and has been doing the rounds of social media for the last few years.

This particular quote is hardly new and has been doing the rounds of social media for the last few years. The following tweet is from 2013.

(Photo Courtesy: Facebook/ Yogi Adityanath Ki Sena)

“Chhipkali raat ko kide makode khakar subah hote hi gandhi ke tasveer ke pichhe chhup jati hai, theek yahi kaam Congress karti aayi hai (Lizards after eating ants all night hide behind Gandhi’s photograph. Congress has been doing precisely this).” This statement has been attributed to actor Nana Patekar, and has been circulating on social media.

‘Yogi Adityanath ki sena’ is one of the Facebook pages which has posted the quote with the question“kya aap bhi iss baat se sehmat hain?” (Do you agree with this?). It has been shared more than 5,000 times from this page alone.

This quote is patently fake. Alt News spoke to Nana Patekar who said, “Neither have I said any such thing nor is this my view”. Alt News found that this particular quote is hardly new and has been doing the rounds of social media for the last few years. The following tweet is from 2013.

Different versions of the quote have been used in different contexts by both BJP and Congress supporters to take potshots at each other.

Fake quotes have been floating on the internet for a long time. Almost everyday, a fake quote attributed to a celebrity is brought to our notice. Alt News had unearthed an entire factory of fake quotes which are churned out with alarming frequency, targeting major public figures. Many of these quotes are communal in nature and seek to divide communities and incite tension. There is a need to identify those who are behind such mischief and legal action ought to be initiated against them.

(This article has been published in an arrangement with the Alt News.)