Recently on various WhatsApp groups and social media, the controversial comments from Councillor Bukkal Nawab are being shared. Bukkal Nawab MLC (Member of Legislative Council) is an ex-leader of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and who is currently a member of State BJP Executive Committee. On May 8, 2018, he was re-elected as a Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council form BJP.
NARRATIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
This video is being shared a lot, as Lord Hanuman is a popular deity in the Indian pantheon of deities and Bukkal Nawab’s ‘Lord Hanuman Was Muslim’ remark definitely would be controversial with Lord Hanuman devotees.
https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1075697210069782528/video/1
This also solves the Ayodhya issue. A grand Ram Mandir for Hindus and a Hanuman Mandir for Muslims at the site https://t.co/smGePiZ4TQ
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) December 20, 2018
This also solves the Ayodhya issue. A grand Ram Mandir for Hindus and a Hanuman Mandir for Muslims at the site https://t.co/smGePiZ4TQ
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) December 20, 2018
Source: Aaj Tak (Our readers can view the video from start till 1min 30sec, for content relevant to this article)
Controversy Erupts After Bukkal Nawab’s ‘Lord Hanuman Was Muslim’ Remark | Source: ABP News
Not just Bukkal Nawab but other Indian politicians are also seemingly deciding the identity of Lord Hanuman:
“Opining that Lord Hanuman belonged to the Jat community, Uttar Pradesh Minister for Religious Affairs Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary joined the debate surrounding the identity of the Hindu deity.” Source: New Indian Express
Our readers can read the New Indian Express article here.
#WATCH Uttar Pradesh Minister Chaudhary Lakshmi Narayan says ' I think Hanuman ji was a Jaat, because upon seeing someone being troubled a Jaat also jumps in even without knowing the issue or the people' pic.twitter.com/Scjme1PgCD
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) December 21, 2018
Netas Ask: Hanuman A Dalit, Jat Or Muslim? | #HanumanPolitics | Republic World
OUR FACT CHECK
Fact Crescendo team did a fact check on this issue. We found the following:
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- This video is from ANI and has been shared a lot on WhatsApp groups and social media.
- We did translation & transcription of the shared ANI video, our readers can read it below:
Transcript of excerpt from the Video – from 0:14sec to 0:44sec – (in English):
“Bukkal Nawab MLC : It is my personal belief that Lord Hanuman was Muslim. That’s why the Muslim names that we keep for ourselves like Rehman, Ramzan, Farman, Zishan, Qurban…all these names that are kept, are loosely based on Lord Hanuman.”
Our readers can easily see that the MLA Bukkal Nawab MLC did say emphatically that – “It is my personal belief that Lord Hanuman was Muslim”.
Our readers can also check other articles available regarding this topic:
Indian Express
United News of India
Hindustan Times
NDTV
India Today
- Bukkal Nawab MLC has not been free from controversy previously also. Our readerscan read about those controversies below:
IN CONCLUSION
Fact Crescendo team tags this video and Bukkal Nawab MLC comments as Real. But advises our readers to be circumspect of the various biased narratives being pushed forward using this video. Our readers can make up their own mind about Bukkal Nawab’s comments and his credibility as a politician.
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