Lighthouse Journalism came across a post being widely shared on social media platforms. The post claimed that Rajasthan’s deputy chief minister Prem Chand Bairwa has been removed from his position after news of his immoral conduct came to light. The troubles for Bairwa began when Congress national spokesperson Supriya Shrinate on October 3rd posted a five word post on X. Although, no individual’s name was mentioned, the post prompted BJP to issue clarifications and condemn what they said was an attempt to tarnish Bairwa’s image. During the investigation we found that he has not been removed from the deputy CM post and that the viral newspaper clip is fake.
Claim:
X user IP Singh, shared the viral newspaper clip on his X profile.
Check the archive version of the post.
Other users too are sharing the same claim.
Investigation:
The newspaper clip was titled (Hindi): प्रेमचंद बैरवा को रशियन महिला के साथ होटल में दिल्ली पुलिस ने पकड़ा, भाजपा ने उपमुख्यमंत्री पद से हटाया
Translation: Delhi Police caught Prem Chand Bairwa in a hotel with a Russian woman, BJP removed him from the post of Deputy Chief Minister
We ran a Google keyword search and found the news on STAR TV NEWS 24.
The report was published four days ago. And a report was filed under the name of one journalist from Bharatpur named Pankaj Singh. However the journalist named in the viral epaper clip was Dr Bhairaosingh.
Archive version of the website.
Through analysis of the URL of the website we found that the domain of the website was registered just 24 days ago.
However, we did not find the news report on any other media website.
We found several news reports about Prem Chand Bairwa.
However, there were no reports of him stepping down or being removed from the post of deputy CM.
We then reached out to senior journalist from Rajasthan, Anand Tripathi. He too informed that the viral e-paper clip was false and that Prem Chand Bairwa has not been removed from deputy CM post.
Conclusion: Newspaper cutting stating Rajasthan’s Prem Chand Bairwa has been removed from deputy CM post is false. The viral clip is fake.
