A video is being shared on social media claiming that when a reporter asked students from an Islamic school (Madarsa) in Karnataka about the country’s Prime Minister, they referred to an anonymous person, Mohammed Aslam Hussain, as their Prime Minister. Sharing the video, the post claims that it is because of the new education policy of the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing Madarsa students in Karnataka referring to Mohammed Aslam Hussain as their Prime Minister of India.
Fact: The video shows a journalist interviewing students in a government school located in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. The video was captured by Amit Sharma, a journalist from Jammu, in August 2022. The video has nothing to do with Karnataka or the Siddaramaiah government. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video and by searching with relevant keywords on the internet, we found a Facebook post sharing the same video said to be published by a journalist named Amit Sharma in 2022. Amit Sharma, a journalist from Jammu, published this video on Facebook on 12 August 2022. Amit Sharma in the video reported that 7th standard children studying at a government school in the Rajouri district of Jammu do not even know the name of the Prime Minister of the country, and said they referred to an anonymous person Mohammed Aslam Hussain as their Prime Minister.
Amit Sharma shared the video, emphasizing that while the government makes bold statements regarding the quality of education in government schools, the actual situation on the ground tells a different story. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is old and is from Jammu and Kashmir, not from Karnataka.
To sum it up, an old video from Jammu is shared as the visuals of Madarsa students in Karnataka referring to Mohammed Aslam Hussain as their Prime Minister.
