Fact Check: Sadhvi Rashmika Saraswati married Maulana? Know the truth of the viral claim

New Delhi:A picture is going viral on social media. It is being claimed in the photo that Sadhvi Rashmika Saraswati has married an elderly Maulana. BOOM in its investigation found that the claim is false. The viral picture is of BJP MLA Balmukund Acharya from Hawamahal seat of Rajasthan. This picture does not match today’s picture. The picture is from December 2023.

What is a claim on social media?

Facebook But while sharing the picture, a user wrote that Sadhvi Rashmika Saraswati ji has now announced to marry the old Maulana. Imagine, when such a staunch Hindu woman can fall in love with an old Maulvi, then there must be something special about us Muslim men. We also received this picture on BOOM’s tipline (+917700906588). Later, when it was investigated, the claim was found to be fake.

Viral claim turned out to be fake

The viral picture is edited. BOOM found that BJP MLA from Rajasthan Balmukund Acharya is present in the viral photo. BOOM did a reverse image search of the viral photo on Google to verify the claim. A picture was found on many posts on social media and in media reports, in which BJP MLA Balmukund Acharya was seen with a Muslim man.

ndtv rajasthan According to the report, on December 4, 2023, a video of newly elected BJP MLA Balmukund Acharya from Rajasthan’s Hawamahal seat went viral on social media, in which he/she was seen threatening non-veg sellers on the roadside in Jaipur. There was a lot of controversy on this. After this, the next day Balmukund Acharya also apologized for this incident.

According to the report, Balmukund Acharya had also met the owner of MM Khan Hotel in Jaipur, where he/she made this objectionable statement. Balmukund Acharya hugged the hotel owner and also garlanded him/her. news18 This video of Balmukund Acharya apologizing can be seen in the report. In the video, Balmukund Acharya says that he/she had not said this for any particular class.

picture Balmukund Acharya Have met a hotel owner. The picture of his/her meeting with this person was also shared on Balmukund Acharya’s Instagram account. It was written in his/her post that the Muslim sisters and brothers, officials of the entire Muslim committee and various institutions of the Muslim community, from Hawa Mahal assembly constituency were welcomed and best wishes for victory.

ndtv and Wire We compared the picture included in the news story with the viral picture. Apart from this, we searched on Google with the keyword Sadhvi Rashmika Saraswati included in the viral post, but we did not find any person by that name.

conclusion:We searched on Google with the keyword Sadhvi Rashmika Saraswati included in the viral post, but we could not find any person with this name. Ultimately this claim turned out to be fake.

(This story was originally published boom fact checkAnd republished by NBT as part of Shakti Collective.)