Mangaluru: A list of Congress candidates for the upcoming polls cropped up on social media leaving everyone confused. However, it is now confirmed that the list is just another online prank and is no close to fact.
Acting on time, top Congress leaders cleared air by communicating to netizens that it was a fake list and that the authentic one is yet to be released.
None other than CM Siddaramaiah himself tweeted on these lines and said that it was a product of the fake news factory.
“I am told a list of Congress candidates for Karnataka Election is under circulation. The AICC has not approved the list of candidates yet. The “list” under circulation is fake. It has been done to create confusion. Please don’t patronize products of the #FakeNews factory,” he tweeted.
I am told a list of Congress candidates for Karnataka Election is under circulation.
The AICC has not approved the list of candidates yet. The “list” under circulation is fake. It has been done to create confusion.
Please don’t patronize products of the #FakeNews factory.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 10, 2018
Official twitter handle of Karnataka Congress(@INCKarnataka), INC Sandesh (@INCSandesh) and other leaders also confirmed that the list was fake.
A Fake list of @INCKarnataka candidates for the upcoming assembly elections is being spread on Social Media. Request people and the media to not circulate it.
— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) April 10, 2018
Good evening, the list being circulated is not authentic and is the product of mischief. Nonetheless @INCIndia looking to win Karnataka handsomely . Jai Hind! @INCKarnataka https://t.co/5rZS2cAmyV
— Gaurav Gogoi (@GauravGogoiAsm) April 10, 2018
With fake news galoring, especially on social networking sites, this particular list, which was shown signed by senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes could have stirred the hornet’s nest for the Congress.
INC COMMUNIQUE
Press Release by AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal on the fake press release with a list of candidates for the Karnataka Assembly elections. pic.twitter.com/vrKFiHBm6b
— INC Sandesh (@INCSandesh) April 10, 2018