In light of the Droupadi Murmu’s candidature to the President of India, a social media post accompanying a purported screen shot of a tweet in the name of Droupadi Murmu is being widely shared. According to the tweet, Murmu vows to make India a Hindu Rashtra. The Hindi tweet loosely translates to ‘After becoming the President, my first duty will be to make this nation a Hindu nation.’ Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: ‘After becoming the President, my first duty will be to make this nation a Hindu nation.’ – Droupadi Murmu.
Fact: Droupadi Murmu is not on twitter, and the viral tweet is made from a fake account running in her name. The viral account currently doesn’t exist. Further, there are no news reports attributing these comments to Droupadi Murmu. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Droupadi Murmu is not on Twitter, and the viral tweet is made from a fake account running in her name. Moreover, the account through which the viral tweet is made does not exist now.
Further, there are numerous fake accounts running on Murmu’s name. None of these accounts are associated with her.
As far as the viral claim of making India a Hindu state is concerned, there are no reports attributing these comments to Murmu. Had Murmu said something in line with the viral comments, the entire media would have reported it, however, we could not find any such reports.
Speaking to Aaj Tak, Murmu’s PA Suraj Kumar Mahto said that Murmu is not on Twitter yet and the tweets going viral in her name are fake.
To sum it up, Droupadi Murmu did not vow to make India a Hindu state. Viral tweet is from a fake account.
