Fact Check: Screenshot of Jagran report on attack on Bihar migrants in Tamil Nadu fabricated
The viral news with Dainik Jagran logo claiming Hindi speaking labourers in Tamil Nadu have been asked to leave the state is fake. It has been created with the help of editing tools. Neither any such news was published in Jagran nor the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has asked Hindi speaking migrant labourers to leave the state. At the same time, Yogi Adityanath has also not appealed to the Hindi speaking migrant workers to return to their states as soon as possible. This statement going viral in his name is fabricated and absurd.
- By: Abhishek Parashar
- Published: Mar 6, 2023 at 01:12 PM
New Delhi (Vishvas News): On March 2, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tweeted that he had received information through newspapers about an attack on Bihar labourers working in Tamil Nadu. Following the reports, he instructed the Bihar Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police to ensure the safety of the migrant laborers of the state. Recently, a video of assault on Hindi speaking migrant labourers had emerged. Based on the video, which was from an incident on a train in South India, the police had arrested the accused in the case.
In this context, a screenshot of a news item claimed to be published by Dainik Jagran is going viral on different platforms of social media. The report claimed that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has threatened the Hindi speaking people to leave the state by March 20 or face dire consequences. According to the report, Stalin has said that any migrant citizen belonging to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha will have to lose his life if they stay in Tamil Nadu after the deadline. The same viral screenshot also includes the statement of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, claiming that he has appealed to all Hindi-speaking labourers to return to their respective states.
Vishvas News, in its investigation, found that wrong news was being spread by misusing the name of Dainik Jagran newspaper. The screenshot going viral is not of the news published in Jagran, but has been prepared using the logo of Jagran. The statements seen in the viral screenshot attributed to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin are also fabricated and fake.
Claim:
A screenshot is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has asked Hindi-speaking migrant laborers working there to leave the state. The claim has been attributed to a news report allegedly published in Dainik Jagran newspaper. The report also said that after Stalin’s order, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has appealed to the Hindi speaking laborers to leave Tamil Nadu.
Investigation:
The logo of Dainik Jagran is present in the viral screenshot, due to which it appears that this news has been published in Jagran. We found in our investigation that this screenshot has been prepared with the help of editing tools and no such news has been published in any edition of Dainik Jagran.
The statement attributed to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the news is also fabricated and absurd. Vishvas News contacted Dainik Jagran Uttar Pradesh Editor Ashutosh Shukla for additional confirmation. He clarified that efforts are being made to spread fake news by misusing the logo of Dainik Jagran. No such news has been published in Jagran.
Even in news searches, we could not find any such report, in which Yogi Adityanath’s appeal to all Hindi speaking labourers from Tamil Nadu to return back is mentioned.
Vishvas News contacted Mrityunjay Singh, the Media Advisor to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh regarding the viral message. “No such statement has been made by the chief minister,” he said.
According to the report, there was a huge uproar in the Bihar Legislative Assembly on Friday in connection with the violence against the labourers of Bihar in Tamil Nadu. Leader of Opposition Vijay Sinha had appealed to send a team there, claiming the death of 12 labourers.
Following the ruckus in the Bihar Assembly, Tamil Nadu’s Director General of Police issued a video statement refuting these claims. Tamil Nadu Police released a video statement from its official Twitter profile on February 2 stating that the claim of attack on migrant laborers from Bihar is false and some miscreants are misleading people by sharing false videos.
The DGP of Tamil Nadu, in his statement, also referred to the two videos on the basis of which claims of attacks on Hindi-speaking migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu were being made. Describing both the videos as false, he said that in both the cases, the clash was not between the people of Tamil Nadu and the migrant labourers.
Vishvas News contacted the Tamil Nadu DGP office. We were told that a statement has already been issued by the DGP in the matter in question and that “Hindi speaking migrant laborers are safe in the state”. We have also approached the Director General of Police, Bihar in this matter. This story will be updated when they respond.
Conclusion: The viral news with Dainik Jagran logo claiming Hindi speaking labourers in Tamil Nadu have been asked to leave the state is fake. It has been created with the help of editing tools. Neither any such news was published in Jagran nor the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has asked Hindi speaking migrant labourers to leave the state. At the same time, Yogi Adityanath has also not appealed to the Hindi speaking migrant workers to return to their states as soon as possible. This statement going viral in his name is fabricated and absurd.
- Claim Review : Dainik Jagran report claims that Tamil Nadu CM has threatened Hindi speaking people to leave the state or face dire consequences
- Claimed By : Fb user: Neha Rajput
- Fact Check : False
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