Fact Check: Video Claiming PM Referred To 'Panj Pyare' As His Uncle Is Fake
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A Facebook user shared today a video of PM Modi's public rally and claimed that he referred to one of the 'Panj Pyare' of Guru Gobind Singh Ji as his uncle.
A video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a public rally is being widely shared on social media, claiming he said that one of the 'Panj Pyare' of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Sikh Guru, was his uncle. ਫਤਿਹ ਰੈਲੀ : ਜਨਤਾ 'ਚ ਭਾਰੀ ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਜਨਤਾ ਦੀ ਆਵਾਜ਼ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਮੋਦੀ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ4 ਜੂਨ 400 ਪਾਰ pic.twitter.com/ZOognyJkxI
In its investigation, the PTI Fact Check Desk found that Prime Minister Modi didn't refer to the 'Panj Pyare' as his "uncle", but said that one of them was from Dwarka (referring to Bhai Mohkam Singh). A clipped video of PM's speech was shared on social media with false claims.
The term 'Panj Pyare' refers to a collective name given to five men - Bhai Daya Singh, Bhai Dharam Singh, Bhai Himmat Singh, Bhai Mohkam Singh and Bhai Sahib Singh - by Guru Gobind Singh Ji during the historic and monumental assembly at Anandpur Sahib in the Punjab region of India on March 30, 1699.