On May 19, Thursday, ‘journalist’ Sumedha Pal, working for the leftist propaganda website The Wire, took to Twitter to deride the central government by claiming that Modi has ‘sold off’ the iconic Red Fort to the Dalmia Group. This, however, is an entirely false claim made by the ‘journalist’ purely with an intent to belittle the Modi government. The truth is that the Red Fort was not ‘sold’ as claimed, but the Dalmia Group had ‘adopted’ the iconic property in 2018 under Modi Government’s ‘Adopt a Heritage’ initiative.

“None for Redfort cause they’ve sold it off to Dalmias,” The Wire ‘journalist’ Sumedha Pal, wrote on Twitter on Thursday, responding Rana Ayyub’s question on whether there will be a call to demolish the Red Fort because it was also built by Mughals.

None for Redfort cause they’ve sold it off to Dalmias.

— Sumedhapal (@Sumedhapal4) May 19, 2022

In her Tweet glorifying the Mughals and mocking the BJP government at the centre, the Islamist propagandist Rana Ayyub, accused of keeping funds collected for philanthropic work, wrote, “This is the 75th year of Indian independence. Will Prime Minister Modi give his speech from the Red Fort built by the Mughals, considering your ideological forefathers have not built a single monument worth showcasing to the world. No calls of demolishing the Red Fort yet ?

This is the 75th year of Indian independence. Will Prime Minister Modi give his speech from the Red Fort built by the Mughals, considering your ideological...

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