Ajit Doval did not tweet about POK, he has no official Twitter account

• Abhishek Mandadi

A post is being widely shared on social media claiming that Ajit Doval, the National Security Advisor (NSA) to the Prime Minister of India, had said via Twitter, ‘”POK” is Part of “INDIA” And We Will Take it Soon.!!’. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.

Claim: Ajit Doval tweeted ‘”POK” is Part of “INDIA” And We Will Take it Soon.!!’.

Fact: Ajit Doval, the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India has no official Twitter account, therefore, he could not have made any tweets by himself. There are no recent news articles regarding any such statement made by Ajit Doval on POK. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.

Ajit Doval, the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India has no official Twitter account, hence he could not have made any tweets by himself. When we searched for @AjitDoval_Ind Twitter account mentioned in the post, it has been found that it is a ‘Fan Account’, and not his official Twitter account. The purported tweet that was shared in the post could not be found on this account. So, this tweet could have either been deleted or been morphed.

We searched for any recent news articles regarding any statement made by Ajit Doval on Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and found none. A Hindustan Times article published on 09 May 2020 reports that the centre’s decision to ask television channels to include weather reports and forecasts for Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) was conceived by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval “some time back” according to a top government official.

To sum it up, Ajit Doval did not make this tweet about POK, he has no official twitter account.