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| - Fact Check: Now JD(U) leader falls for best national anthem hoax
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found JDU leader Ajay Alok's claim that Jana Mana Gana has been declared best national anthem by Unesco to be false. This false claim has been viral on Internet for years.
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It’s a hoax. UNESCO has not announced any such award.
Janata Dal (United) leader Ajay Alok is the latest to fall for the age-old hoax that Unesco has declared 'Jana Gana Mana' as the best national anthem in the world.
On Saturday, he made a tweet in Hindi which translates to, "Just sometime back, Unesco has declared our national anthem Jana Gana Mana as the best in the world. Congratulations everyone. Now please don't say Modi-Shah managed it."
Unesco manage Dr Ajay Alok (@alok_ajay) August 17, 2019
The tweet was liked by more than 23,000 users and retweeted almost 4,500 times.
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found the claim to be false. Unesco has not made any such announcement. This false claim has been viral on Internet for years.
The exact phrase of Alok's tweet is also being shared on Facebook.
This false message started circulating from 2008. At that time, India Today contacted Unesco for clarification. In response, a representative from Unesco had categorically denied that any such award was announced by them.
In March this year, Factly also debunked this fake news. Factly found a document on the website of Unesco which discussed this viral message. It is clearly written in the document that the viral message is a famous rumour.
The Indian Express had listed this viral message as one of the most popular fake news of 2016.
After being pointed out that it’s a hoax, Ajay Alok responded that even if the news being circulated on WhatsApp is fake, it gives me happiness and spiritual satisfaction because this has led the world to discuss my country’s national anthem.
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