A graphic purportedly carrying a statement by Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief and Union Minister of State Jayant Chaudhary is being widely shared on social media. The graphic, designed in the style of Navbharat Times, carries Jayant Chaudhary’s picture and claims that he said, “Have I taken the contract of the Jat community that 700 Jat farmers died?”
Social media users are sharing the graphic claiming that Jayant Chaudhary made the statement.
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NewsMobile verified the claim and found that it is misleading.
The NM team initiated its verification and conducted a search using relevant keywords from the viral claim. We could not find any credible news report confirming that Jayant Chaudhary had made such a statement.
We then checked Navbharat Times’ official social media accounts. We found an original postcard shared by NBT on August 31, 2026, featuring Jayant Chaudhary. However, the text in the original postcard was different from the viral graphic. It stated, “Now is not the time to remain silent, some things are simply too much to bear.”
केंद्रीय राज्य मंत्री और RLD अध्यक्ष जयंत चौधरी ने इशारों में अखिलेश यादव पर निशाना साधते हुए कहा, “अब शांत रहने का वक्त नहीं है। कुछ बातें बर्दाश्त के बाहर होती हैं। चुनाव में चौधरी चरण सिंह का समाज ही इसका जवाब देगा। इसके लिए अकेले जयंत चौधरी को जवाब देने की जरूरत नहीं पड़ेगी।”… pic.twitter.com/Jll4JhAwld
— NBT Hindi News (@NavbharatTimes) August 31, 2026
The original NBT post also carried a longer caption quoting Jayant Chaudhary on the political situation and referring to the community of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh. The wording seen in the viral graphic was not present in the original post.
Further, Navbharat Times issued a clarification on September 10, stating that several fake posts were being circulated on social media in its name and advised users to rely only on its official social media handles and platforms for authentic information.
पिछले कुछ दिनों से सोशल मीडिया पर NBT के नाम से कई पोस्ट वायरल हो रही हैं और उन फ़र्ज़ी पोस्ट के जरिये भ्रामक संदेश फैलाए जा रहे हैं।
NBT की किसी भी खबर की सत्यता जांचने के लिए केवल NBT के आधिकारिक सोशल मीडिया हैंडल पर ही भरोसा करें। #FactCheck #NBT #FakeNews pic.twitter.com/JWqMSCcS6g
— NBT Hindi News (@NavbharatTimes) September 10, 2026
Hence, it is evident that the viral graphic falsely attributes a statement about the Jat community to Jayant Chaudhary. The graphic is edited and fake.
