A video showing a defunct Hindu temple in Muslim-majority Pakistan has been repeatedly shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it was located in India's southern Kerala state and contained a chicken shop 'inaugurated' by opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
A video showing a defunct Hindu temple in Muslim-majority Pakistan has been repeatedly shared in social media posts that falsely claimed it was located in India's southern Kerala state and contained a chicken shop"inaugurated" by opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. A human rights activist told AFP the temple was no longer in use as Hindus fled the Punjab region in Pakistan following the subcontinent's partition in 1947, which split the country from neighbouring India.
A voice can be heard in the video saying:"This is Sitaram Mandir and beneath it is a chicken shop." Mandir is the Hindi word for temple.general election Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is widely expected to win the polls, but opposition parties have condemned him forHe has referred in campaign rallies to Muslims as"infiltrators" and claimed the main opposition Congress party would redistribute the nation's wealth to Muslims if it won.
Pakistan-based human rights activist Kapil Dev also confirmed the temple's location in the country's Ahmadpur Sial city. "This temple is not functional anymore," he told AFP on May 9, 2024. Kapil explained many similar temples in Punjab became defunct after Hindus fled Pakistan for India following the subcontinent's partition in 1947.https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bg6civieyvk
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