A news is going viral on social media, claiming that the Amarnath yatra will remain suspended on the 4th anniversary of the Abrogation of Article 370 . Several media houses have published this news on their digital news platforms with similar claims.
On August 5, 2019, the Centre abrogated provisions of Article 370 and Article 35 A of the Constitution, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated the state into Union territories — Jammu and Kashmir (with a legislature) and Ladakh.
News website NDTV published this news with the headline: “Amarnath Yatra To Be Suspended On Anniversary Of Abrogation Of Article 370”. According to this news, “The Amarnath Yatra will remain suspended from the Jammu base camp on Saturday as a precautionary measure in view of the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, officials said”.
Not only this, another news website ,‘The Tribune’ also published this news with headline: “Amarnath Yatra to remain suspended on 4th anniversary of Article 370 abrogation”.
Moreover, other media houses such as mint and ABPlive also published this news with similar claims.
Fact-Check
To verify the claims of above viral news, the Dfrac team reverse-searched it on Google. Meanwhile, the team found a tweet by Information & PR, J&K refuting the claims of above viral news.
According to this tweet, “this news item is fake. The yatra will be released as per norms”.
Conclusion
The Dfrac ‘s Fact-Check proves that the news claiming Amarnath Yatra to remain suspended on the 4th Anniversary of Abrogation of Article 370 is misleading since the official account of Information & PR, J&K has refuted this claim on Twitter.
