A claim is going viral on social media. According to this claim, the Modi government at the Centre will take back 123 properties, including the ‘Jama Masjid’ given to the Waqf Board by the Manmohan Singh-led Congress govt. Users are fiercely sharing this claim, along with the picture of the Historical Jama Masjid.
Journalist Sudhir Mishra posted a texture image of the historical Jama Masjid and wrote: “Central government will take back 123 important properties including Jama Masjid Jama Masjid, was given to the “Waqf Board” during the Congress government, the notice issued by the government” (English Translation)
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Sudhir Mishra’s Tweet has been retweeted more than 500 times and has garnered over 500 likes till now. Whereas it has been viewed by 29k users on Twitter.
Vivek Pandey, secretary of Rashtryavadi Hindu Mahasabha and Chief secretary of Maha Nagar Kisan Morcha also posted this picture on Twitter(X) and made a similar claim.
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Similarly, other users are also making a similar claim by sharing a picture of the historical Jama Masjid.
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Fact-Check
To learn the truth of the above viral claim, the DFRAC team conducted a Keyword search in this context. The team found some media reports during this process.
Newspaper Website Jansatta published a news article with the headline: “Government will take back 123 properties from Waqkf Board, Know the Matter”. In this news, Jansatta revealed: “The mosque that has been included in this list is not Jama Masjid near LalQuila. This is a separate mosque which is located in Central Delhi”.
The picture of Delhi’s historical Jama Masjid is not posted in this news.
To avoid confusion, other media houses also mentioned “Jama Masjid which is located in front of Parliament, is included in the list, not the historical Jama Masjid near Lal Quila” in their news.
Conclusion
It is clear from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that properties which the Central govt. is going to be take back, includes the Jama Masjid which is located in front of Parliament, not the Jama masjid near Lal Quila. Hence, claim of users including Sudhir Mishra and Vivek Pandey is misleading.
