New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) today cleared the air over a tweet by Home Minister Amit Shah claiming that fixed line broadband and internet in J&K and Ladakh will be snapped, calling it fake.
The MHA statement came after a tweet was doing rounds on social media, claiming that the Home Minister has announced that the internet will be suspended in the two Union Territories.
MHA Spokesperson took to Twitter and wrote, “Claim : A tweet is circulating in the name of Union Home Minister mentioning fixed line broadband and internet in J&K and Ladakh to be snapped.
#FactCheck: This tweet is #fake. No such tweet has been done from Union Home Minister’s twitter handle.”
Claim : A tweet is circulating in the name of Union Home Minister mentioning fixed line broadband and internet in J&K and Ladakh to be snapped.#FactCheck : This tweet is #fake. No such tweet has been done from Union Home Minister’s twitter handle.@PIBFactCheck @DDNewslive pic.twitter.com/2OUlZqBqZK
— Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (@PIBHomeAffairs) June 30, 2020
The screenshot of a tweet that was being circulated on social media reads – “Fixed-line broadband & mobile internet service to be snapped in the UT J&K and Ladakh from tonight”.
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