Is Ghulam Ali Khatana the first Gujjar Muslim to reach Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir? Read- Fact check

Recently, Ghulam Ali, a leader of the Gujjar Muslim community of Jammu and Kashmir, took oath as a Rajya Sabha member. He was administered the oath as a member of the Upper House by Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Source: Twitter

Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh tweeted that he was the first Gujjar Muslim community member to reach the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir. He wrote in his tweet- “Ghulam Ali Khatana took an oath to become the first Gujjar Muslim to enter the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir. Triumph of democracy under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi!”

Fact check:

To analyze the viral claim, the team of DFRAC searched some common keywords on Google. During this time, the team found information on Wikipedia that Chaudhary Mohammad Aslam Lassanvi, who was nominated to the Rajya Sabha from the Gujjar Muslim community for the first time from Jammu and Kashmir

Source: Wikipedia

Apart from this, we found details about this on kashmirlife.net and Scoop News. Which authenticates this claim.

Conclusion:

Therefore, the claim made by union minister of state Jitendra Singh about Ghulam Ali Khatana is fake.