This burqa-clad woman raising slogans against Oppn leaders is BJP’s Nighat Abbas
A video of a burqa-clad woman raising pro-India slogans and slogans seeking freedom from leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Arvind Kejriwal, and others is doing the rounds on social media.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 14 Feb 2023 9:58 AM GMT
Hyderabad: A video of a burqa-clad woman raising pro-India slogans and slogans seeking freedom from leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Arvind Kejriwal, and others is doing the rounds on social media.
Those sharing the video are suggesting that there has been a change in the perception of the Muslim community in favour of the current ruling dispensation and against the Opposition leaders.
BJP leader and former Mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation Ravinder Gupta shared the video on Twitter. He tagged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the tweet and wrote, “If the government is strong, it can bring change in anyone.” (Archive)
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Several Facebook users have also shared the video suggesting the same. Click here and here to see more posts.
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the woman in the video raising the slogans is Nighat Abbas, a spokesperson for the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Delhi.
We found that the same video was tweeted by the verified Twitter handle of Nighat Abbas on 17 May 2019. Tagging several BJP leaders in the tweet, she wrote, “Along with me, the Muslim community raised its voice demanding freedom from Congress and Kejriwal.”
In her Twitter bio, Abbas has identified herself as a spokesperson for BJP Delhi.
In 2020, she had quoted-tweeted BJP leader Arun Yadav’s tweet and clarified that the video was shot while she was campaigning for BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
Hence, we conclude that the burqa-clad woman raising slogans against Opposition leaders in the viral video is BJP Delhi spokesperson Nighat Abbas.
