Ahmedabad: A video is being circulated on Twitter claiming that PM Modi met Muslim religious leaders ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections.
According to the report published in Boom Live, the claim is false as this video is of PM Modi meeting with a delegation from Ajmer Sharif Dargah in 2016.
In the video, he can be seen meeting with Sayed Fakhar Kazmi Chisty.
Modi is so scared to lose Gujarat, he's started to appease Muslim minority. You can see him bowing in front of & kissing the Islamic text. pic.twitter.com/vwfrVBcnbE
— Jas Oberoi | ਜੱਸ ਓਬਰੌਏ (@iJasOberoi) November 1, 2017
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Spokesperson, Sanjay Singh also quoted the above tweet and claimed that the meeting was secret.
मोदी जी को धन्यवाद उन्होंने मुस्लिम धर्म गुरुओं से पगड़ी पहनी, लेकिन छुपकर बंद कमरे में। https://t.co/0Y6gcRWNZF
— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) November 1, 2017
It may be mentioned that the video is of the meeting of PM Modi with the delegation from Ajmer Sharif. They met Modi on 2nd May 2016. In 2016, both the prime minister and PIB tweeted about it.
Had a great interaction with Sayed Fakhar Kazmi Chisty of Ajmer Sharif & the accompanying delegation. pic.twitter.com/1zcZJ9R164
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 2, 2016
Sayed Fakhar Kazmi Chisty Gaddi Nashin of Ajmer Shariff along with a delegation calls on PM Shri @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/FjFGjS10ys
— PIB India (@PIB_India) May 2, 2016