No, Amit Shah didn’t sleep in the Parliament as viral tweets claim.
Few tweets have been retweeted numerous times which shows a photo of Amit Shah sitting next to Ravi Shankar Prasad delivering speech claiming Amit Shah is taking a nap comparing it to recent news of Rahul Gandhi scrolling through his mobile while President Kovind’s speech was going on.
Bose Shruti, a Congress supporter’s tweet had more than 1000 retweets
She tweeted – “Levels of hypocrisy of bhakts : unmatched! @RahulGandhi using his phone is a problem but then @AmitShah sleeping is not!”
Levels of hypocrisy of bhakts : unmatched!@RahulGandhi using his phone is a problem but then @AmitShah sleeping is not! pic.twitter.com/RQ2WEAezt6
— Bose Shruti (@Tinni_Aphrodite) June 22, 2019
Others –
If @RahulGandhi is using his mobile it's an insult to the parliament but if @AmitShah takes a nap it's alright…
Heights of Hypocrisy 😡😡 pic.twitter.com/uggAEtz40u— Unicorn 💫 (@snapnchat) June 21, 2019
Amit Shah merrily snores away his time at Parliament thereby dignifying it.But Rahul Gandhi insults the same institution when he looks at his phone. #BJP ko apni dictionary bhi release kar deni chahiye on how it perceives terms and their definitions to be. #BJPSeDemocracyBhachao pic.twitter.com/l07P7wwWUN
— Amiti Pande (@Amiti14) June 22, 2019
Amit Shah’s deep snores dignify Parliament, while Rahul Gandhi insulted Parliament by looking at his mobile phone.  pic.twitter.com/mPvJyscDS5
— RKHuria #ChowkidarChorHai (@rkhuria) June 21, 2019
If @RahulGandhi is using his mobile it's an insult to the parliament but if @AmitShah takes a nap it's alright…
Heights of Hypocrisy 😡😡
Now anything any media personality want to say about there hypocrisy @RubikaLiyaquat @sudhirchaudhary @NehaPant19@chitraaum pic.twitter.com/TTfy6CTnKK— Shivansh Singh Chauhan (@ShivanshSinghC5) June 22, 2019
Details
This came after a recent event where Rahul Gandhi was found scrolling through his mobile while President Kovind was delivering the speech.
The photo used in all the viral tweets above is a screenshot from a 5 month old video. Ravishankar Prasad was delivering a speech on 10% quota for poor across all religions
The Viral image is taken from the Rajya Sabha video below –
The viral photo is cropped and doesn’t show the part below the white scrolling bar.
At 17:30 you can see, Amit Shah picks up a book/points and reading it and is not asleep.
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