Many Facebook posts with claims that BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has been appointed as the new Governor to the state of Andhra Pradesh are going viral across social media. Let’s try to check the authenticity of the claim made in the post.
Claim: Sushma Swaraj is appointed as the new Governor to the state of Andhra Pradesh
Fact: Sushma Swaraj herself has stated that the news of her appointment as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh isn’t true. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
This news has started spreading after Union Minister Harsh Vardhan has tweeted congratulating Sushma Swaraj on being appointed as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh. But the tweet was soon deleted. Sushma Swaraj through her twitter account has clarified that the news of her appointment as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh state wasn’t true. She said that her meeting with the Vice President of India on demitting the office as Minister of External Affairs was enough for people on Twitter to appoint her as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
The news about my appointment as Governor of Andhra Pradesh is not true.
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) June 10, 2019
Hence, the news about Sushma Swaraj’s appointment as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh state is fake.
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