Fake News Busted: Shahnawaz Hussain is NOT Son-In-Law of Murli Manohar Joshi; Viral Social Media Posts Are Hoax

New Delhi, June 10: Social media is buzzed up over the relationship between BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi and the party's prominent spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain. Users on Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp stirred a row after sharing a photo of Joshi embracing Shahnawaz, further adding that the latter is his son-in-law.

In the viral images on social media, Joshi could be seen along with Shahnawaz and his wife. In another set of images, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is also spotted along with them. Murli Manohar Joshi Says Letter to LK Advani 'Fake', Writes to Election Commission Seeking Action

On fact-check, it has been revealed that the claims being made on social media are absolutely false. The woman, being seen in the photos going viral on social media, is Renu Sharma. While she is the wife of Shahnawaz, she is not the daughter of Joshi.

Sharma is not related to Joshi in any way. The latter has two daughters, named Priyamvada and Nivedita.

Here Are The Hoax Messages & Images Going Viral on Twitter:

हिन्दू ह्रदय सम्राट श्री मुरली मनोहर जोशी जी अपनी बेटी और दामाद शहनवाज हुसैन के साथ ईद मनाते हुए।

साथ में @rajnathsingh जी।

भैया

ये आपस में सेवईयां खाते हैं और हम आपको लड़ा रहे।

थोड़ी समझ हो तो समझिए कि हिन्दू नहीं इनकी कुर्सी खतरे में आ जाती है। pic.twitter.com/kULeqZBr29

— Omnath guptaओम (@Omnathgupta1) June 10, 2019

Posts Repeated With Identical Messages:

हिन्दू ह्रदय सम्राट श्री मुरली मनोहर जोशी जी अपनी बेटी और दामाद शहनवाज हुसैन के साथ ईद मनाते हुए।

साथ में राजनाथ सिंह

भैया

ये आपस में सेवईयां खाते हैं और हम आपको लड़ा रहे।

थोड़ी समझ हो तो समझिए कि हिन्दू नहीं इनकी कुर्सी खतरे में आ जाती है। pic.twitter.com/zd9vAwkMwz

— #BANEVM (@HpRizvi) June 9, 2019

Troll Takes Dig at BJP's Hindutva Ideology:

हिन्दू ह्रदय सम्राट श्री मुरली मनोहर जोशी जी अपनी बेटी और दामाद शहनवाज हुसैन के साथ ईद मनाते हुए। साथ में राजनाथ जी। ये आपस में सेवईयां खाते हैं और हम आपको लड़ा रहे। थोड़ी समझ हो तो समझिए कि हिन्दू नहीं इनकी कुर्सी खतरे में आ जाती है। pic.twitter.com/KGsQVxw0lu

— Prof.Sudhir Kumar (@sudhir94700) June 7, 2019

While the viral social media posts claim that the images are from Eid celebrations at Shahnawaz's residence this year, a reverse-search of the images have found that they date back to 2018, when an Eid Milan was organised by Shahnawaz in Delhi.

Fake news continues to remain a major challenge on social media. The heads of networking giants were asked by the government last year to enhance mechanism for combating rumours and false campaigns masked as news.

Claim :

Shahnawaz Hussain is son-in-law of Murli Manohar Joshi

Conclusion :

Fake News! Shahnawaz's wife Renu Sharma is not related in any manner to Joshi.

Full of Trash

Clean

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jun 10, 2019 04:25 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).