‘Factory of faux knowledge’: Pranab Mukherjee’s children push aside rumours of his death, slam media

On Thursday morning, the children of old president Pranab Mukherjee took to Twitter to push aside rumours of his death and slam the media.

Reiterating that his father became as soon as ‘level-headed alive and haemodynamically stable’, Abhijit pushed aside the ‘hypothesis and pretend knowledge being circulated by reputed journalists on social media.’

This shows that Indian media has turn out to be a factory of faux knowledge, Abhijit extra talked about in his tweet.

The old president underwent lifesaving emergency surgical operation for brain clot on Monday. The 84-twelve months-outmoded, who had furthermore examined definite for COVID-19 earlier than the surgical operation, is on ventilator beef up at the Military’s Learn and Referral Sanatorium in Unusual Delhi.

Meanwhile, the old president’s daughter Sharmistha, who is a Congress leader, build up a tweet announcing that the rumours about her father are fraudulent and requested the media now to now not call her.

Rumours about my father is fraudulent. Query, esp’ly to media, NOT to call me as I appreciate to withhold my cellular telephone free for any updates from the scientific institution🙏

— Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) August 13, 2020

On Wednesday evening, Abhijit had tweeted that his father is “haemodynamically stable”. 

With All Your Prayers , My Father is haemodynamically stable now . I search knowledge from every person to proceed along with your prayers & honest needs for his immediate recovery . Thank You 🙏#PranabMukherjee

— Abhijit Mukherjee (@ABHIJIT_LS) August 12, 2020

In a subsequent tweet he talked about: “Thank You for your honest needs.”

Mukherjee, 84, talked about on Monday on Twitter that he had furthermore examined definite for the unconventional coronavirus.

On a search the advice of with to the scientific institution for a separate route of, I in actual fact appreciate examined definite for COVID19 at the present time. I search knowledge from the other folks that came fervent with me in the closing week, to please self isolate and ranking examined for COVID-19. #CitizenMukherjee — Pranab Mukherjee (@CitiznMukherjee) August 10, 2020

With inputs from PTI