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      Gujarat Polls: Did PM Modi Meet Muslim Religious Leaders To Appease Voters?

      The meeting with the delegation from Ajmer Sharif took place on May 2nd, 2016 and was not a secret meeting

      By - Karen Rebelo |
      Published -  2 Nov 2017 3:23 PM IST
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      A 2016 video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with a delegation from the Ajmer Sharif Dargah (shrine) in Rajasthan is being shared on Twitter with a misleading context of the prime minister reaching out to leaders of the Muslim community in Gujarat ahead of state elections in December this year. Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a shrine of sufi saint, Moinuddin Chishti located at Ajmer, Rajasthan

      In the video, Modi can be seen meeting with Sayed Fakhar Kazmi Chisty who ties a 'safa' or 'pagri' (headgear) for the prime minister and presents him with mementos including what appears to be a religious text.

      However, some Twitter users decided to give it a nefarious spin linking it to the upcoming election in Gujarat.

      Modi is so scared to lose Gujarat, he's started to appease Muslim minority. You can see him bowing in front of & kissing the Islamic text. pic.twitter.com/vwfrVBcnbE

      — Jas Oberoi (@iJasOberoi) November 1, 2017

      Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Sanjay Singh quoted the above tweet and in a sarcastic dig thanked the prime minister for letting Muslim religious leaders tie him a pagri but claimed that the meeting took place behind closed doors, implying the meeting was secret. At the time of writing this story Singh's tweet received over 1200 Likes and over 570 retweets.

      मोदी जी को धन्यवाद उन्होंने मुस्लिम धर्म गुरुओं से पगड़ी पहनी, लेकिन छुपकर बंद कमरे में। https://t.co/0Y6gcRWNZF

      — Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) November 1, 2017

      FACTS ABOUT THE VIDEO

      The meeting with the delegation from Ajmer Sharif took place on May 2nd, 2016 and was not a secret meeting. In fact both the prime minister and PIB (Press Information Bureau) tweeted about it in 2016.

      Had a great interaction with Sayed Fakhar Kazmi Chisty of Ajmer Sharif & the accompanying delegation. pic.twitter.com/1zcZJ9R164

      — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 2, 2016

      Sayed Fakhar Kazmi Chisty Gaddi Nashin of Ajmer Shariff along with a delegation calls on PM Shri @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/FjFGjS10ys

      — PIB India (@PIB_India) May 2, 2016

      Pictures from the meeting have also been shared by pmindia.gov.in a website that is run by the prime minister's office.

      BACKGROUND

      The scrutiny Modi is subjected to while meeting leaders from the minority community especially Muslims has an interesting history.

      During his Sadbhavana fast in Ahmedabad in September 2011, Modi had refused to put on a 'skull cap' offered by a Muslim cleric.

      Politely refusing to wear it, Modi asked the cleric to offer a shawl instead. The imam did so and Modi accepted it.

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      Aam Aadmi PartyAAPAjmer SharifFact CheckfeaturedMuslimSanjay SinghSayed Fakhar Kazmi ChistyNarendra Modi
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