New Delhi. Alt News Alt News fact checker Mohammad Zubair has been accused of trying to spread lies in the name of fact checking. In the past, Zubair had tweeted a video of a statement by Ganesh Shankar Upadhyay, priest of Karvat temple in Varanasi, claiming that the priest had described the Shivling found in the Gyanvapi mosque as a fountain. Now the priest Ganesh Shankar himself has said that a false claim has been made in his name by showing him as half-hearted.
Seer Ganesh Shankar Upadhyay, The head priest of Kashi Karvat temple which is located behind Gyanvapi mosque claims that the structure found inside the Gyanvapi Wazukhana is a fountain & not a Shivling. Says, he’s seen the fountain for last 50 years, but never seen it operational pic.twitter.com/aUR7gplDAU
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) May 26, 2022
First you see how Ganesh Shankar Upadhyay, the priest of Karvat temple, said in an interview to a website that he was always told that it was a fountain. He also said that he had never seen this fountain running in his lifetime. He said the same thing on this question repeatedly asked in his long interview, but Zubair tweeted this interview and claimed that the priest had talked about the Shivling being a fountain.
The alleged fact checker was again caught spreading fake news. The head priest of the Kashi Karvat temple is saying “We know that fountain is there, but we have never seen it running”. This is what is being given “information” for years, then
Nowhere did the priest say “that is not a Shivling” as this fact checker is writing. https://t.co/B3AP837N4p pic.twitter.com/aSqoo4nt11— Ashok Shrivastav (@AshokShrivasta6) May 28, 2022
Now Ganesh Shankar, the priest of Karvat temple himself, has exposed this claim of Zubair. In an interview to another media organization, Pujari alleged that he kept on repeatedly saying that he was told this fountain, but by twisting his words, an attempt was made to tell a figure like Shivling as a fountain. Pujari looks very hurt and agitated by distorting his statement in this interview.
,@CPDelhi please note wholly & solely @zoo_bear is responsible who instead of ‘fact-checking’ peddled a fake-narrative to vitiate the atmosphere, cause communal disharmony & cause communal & targeted hatred against me & my family
2/2@narendramodi @AmitShah @JPNadda @blsanthosh
— Nupur Sharma (@NupurSharmaBJP) May 27, 2022
Let us tell you that BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma has accused Mohammad Zubair of instigating Muslims against himself. Nupur had given a statement on a TV channel about Prophet Mohammad and his wife Bibi Ayesha. After this Zubair tweeted that clip. After which many people started threatening Nupur with rape and slitting her throat. Nupur has filed a named complaint against Zubair with the Delhi Police. Its investigation is going on.