After Rahul’s ‘Masood Azhar ji’ Remark, Parody Tweet Goes Viral

After Rahul addressed Masood Azhar with a “ji”, parody accounts have falsely attributed clarifications to Surjewala.

CLAIM

Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party attacked Rahul Gandhi for addressing Jaish-e-Mohammed's Masood Azhar as "Masood Azhar ji", a Twitter account by the name 'Tiimes How' quoted Congress Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala as saying:

"#RahulLovesTerrorists is not true. He didnt mean Masood Azhar Ji, that Ji is not Ji but G which stands for Gunehgaar, Gunda, Gangster. Just like they used G for Osama & Hafiz. Sonia Gandhi Ji has taught Rahul Gandhi Ji to not use bad words openly." (sic)

The post had over 1.8k likes and 600 re-tweets at the time of writing this article.

The tweet was also shared by several others, who lashed out Surjewala’s purported "clarification."

According to @rssurjewala when @RahulGandhi uses ‘ji’ it mean G which stands for Gunehgaar . While clarifying this Surjewal used Ji twise for Sonia n Rahul respectively 🤣🤣#RahulLovesTerrorists pic.twitter.com/fHWwWsQzI7

— 🍁⚜️Sandhu 🍁⚜️ (@SANDHUHARKIRAT) March 11, 2019

This man @rssurjewala is surely getting "Bharat Ratna" for this if Cong wins by any chance which is impossible of course. Anyway I would like to ask him about those two G's of (Sonia and Rahul). Which Category they fall in. Gunehgar, Gunda or Gangster? pic.twitter.com/n5OOLP7O1K

— Yogesh KM Jani (@YogeshKumarMJan) March 11, 2019

Randeep Surjewala’s explanation on Rahul Gandhi’s Masood Ji comment..

If A=B , B=P & R=S then after taking Sonia G as operator..Rahul G said ‘Masood G’ not ‘Masood Azhar Ji’

Where ‘G’s are bad words & Sonia madam told him not to be abusive. #RahulLovesTerrorists pic.twitter.com/PoeS1j6MiD

— Team NAMO (@PMModiDobara) March 11, 2019

Meanwhile, another Twitter handle – ‘The Unpaid Times’ –  also quoted Surjewala as saying, "Congress party has a deep respect for terrorists like Masood Azhar ji, Hafeez Saeed ji because every time we lose elections, they help us get back in power." (sic)

'Congress party has a deep respect for terrorists like Masood Azhar ji, Hafeez Saeed ji because every time we lose elections, they help us get back in power,' claims R Surjewala.#RahulLovesTerrorists#RahulMasoodJiComment pic.twitter.com/T2fLUFGjS7

— The UnPaid Times (@UnPaidTimes) March 11, 2019

This tweet, too, had over 270 likes and 100 re-tweets at the time of writing this article.

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TRUE OR FALSE?

The quote in the Tiimes How post is false. In fact, ‘Tiimes How’ is a parody and satire account, as stated in its bio.

The account has now been suspended.

Similarly, ‘The Unpaid Times’ is also a satirical news website, as mentioned in its Twitter bio.

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Rahul says 'Masood Azharji', invites BJP barbs

WHAT DID SURJEWALA ACTUALLY SAY?

Soon after the BJP hit out at Gandhi for his remark, Surjewala took to Twitter on Monday, 11 March, to point out that the party president had used the term "Azhar ji" as a manner of “sarcasm.”

2 questions to BJP & select Bhakt Media,who deliberately seek to twist the ‘Masood’ sarcasm of Rahulji-:

1 Did NSA Doval not escort & release terrorist Masood Azhar in Kandahar?

2 Did Modiji not invite Pak's rogue ISI to investigate Pathankot terror attack? #BJPLovesTerrorists pic.twitter.com/nBvjsQi7Mp

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) March 11, 2019

On Tuesday, 12 March, Surjewala cited a 2010 interview to claim that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval had blamed the BJP-led government for the release of JeM chief Masood Azhar during Kandahar hijacking and gave a "clean chit" to the terrorist.

Modi Govt’s NSA, Ajit Doval ’spills the beans’ & indicts BJP Govt in release of terrorist, Masood Azhar (https://t.co/XgtDuCZAdF)-

Doval said, ‘Releasing Masood Azhar was a political decision’.

Will PM Modi, @rsprasad admit to the anti-national act now?#BJPLovesTerrorists
1/n pic.twitter.com/xnWFdh4rCt

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) March 12, 2019

Modi Govt’s NSA, Ajit Doval’s ‘clean chit certificate’ to terrorist, Masood Azhar revealed (https://t.co/XgtDuCZAdF)-

1 Masood doesn’t know how to fabricate an IED.
2 Masood is not a marksman.
3. After releasing Masood, tourism in J&K has gone up by 200%#BJPLovesTerrorists
2/n pic.twitter.com/dh2vvmFQk9

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) March 12, 2019

Modiji’s NSA Ajit Doval salutes the real Nationalistic Policy of Cong-UPA to tackle terror(https://t.co/XgtDuCZAdF)

‘UPA-Cong came with a categorical policy on hijacking. No concession, no talks.’

Why did the BJP Govt not show the same guts? #BJPLovesTerrorists
3/3 pic.twitter.com/y9ehBZAnwR

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) March 12, 2019

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