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What Alleged ‘Fact-Checker’ Zubair Won’t Tell You About K’taka Waqf Board Head Shafi Saadi

May 17, 2023
The Commune

The Congress party has clinched a major victory against its rival BJP after a long hiatus and in its return to power,

Immediately after the Congress’ win, the Sunni Ulema Board demanded that the post of Deputy Chief Minister and the portfolios of Home Affairs, Revenue, Health, and Education be given to Muslim MLAs.

Karnataka State Waqf Board chief Shafi Saadi claimed 72 constituencies went into Congress’s hands only because of the Muslims.

In a purely communal fashion he stated that, “In about 72 constituencies, Congress won purely because of the Muslims. We, as a community, have given a lot to the Congress. Now it is time we get something in return. We want a Muslim deputy chief minister and five ministers with good portfolios like Home, Revenue, and Education. It is the responsibility of Congress to thank us for this.”

The sheer arrogance in which Islamists have claimed flesh from the freshly elected Congress government is something which is unheard of.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said the prominent Muslim group is demanding their pound of flesh and spoils in Karnataka.

“Secularism of the Congress kinds comes with a price,” BJP’s Amit Malviya taunted sharing the video of the Waqf Board chief.

The Congress said Shafi Saadi is backed by the BJP and BJP making it an issue to attack the Congress which wrested the southern state from the BJP in a thumping victory is “a bit too much”. In a jibe to Amit Malviya, Congress’s Pawan Khera said, “I understand your need to fake. But this is a bit too much. Shafi Saadi is backed by BJP.”

 

Along with Congress, self-proclaimed fact-checkers of Alt News ecosystem have also jumped in to the bandwagon to peddle the narrative that Shafi Saadi is a BJP man.

Mohammed Zubair of Alt News has been parroting the narrative that Shafi Saadi is a BJP member and a man supported by the BJP.

He shared an old tweet of former Karnataka Minister Shashikala Jolle to substantiate his claims.

Responding to another Twiterrati ‘Bala’ (@erbmjha), he once again claimed that Shafi Saadi was a ‘BJP candidate’ who was elected as New President of Karnataka State Waqf Board.

When another prominent Twitterati Anshul Saxena said that Maulana Shafi Saadi supported Congress, Zubair claimed that there was no proof of it.

 

However, the truth of the matter is that Maulana Shafi Saadi, overtly and brazenly supported Congress in Karnataka. He himself admits that he appealed to Muslims to vote for Congress.

This fact was cleverly hidden by self-styled ‘fact-checker’ who claimed that there was no proof of Shafi Saadi supporting Congress. 

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