Fitness enthusiast clarifies it’s not the BJP MLA from Assam.
Sreekanth A. Nair
Some fake photos of the newly-elected BJP MLA from Assam, Angoorlata Deka, has been doing rounds on the social media for a few days. Some individuals started sharing photos of a woman in a white T-shirt and gray tracksuit as photos of the actress-turned legislator. The photos went viral on social media.
Finally, the mystery behind the photos was revealed by the actual person: Sapna Vyas Patel, a fitness enthusiast. She took it to Twitter to clarify the matter.
“This picture is making rounds on all over the internet as the picture of Assam MLA Angoorlata Deka. But it’s not her picture. She is Sapna Vyas Patel,” Patel wrote in a clarification note posted on Twitter along with the photo.
“Share this truth on WhatsApp groups and other social media to make internet a believable source of information,” Patel tweeted.
The fake photo started circulating after Deka was elected as an MLA from Batadroba constituency in the recently held Assam state assembly elections.
Bollywood director Ram Gopal Varma had landed in a controversy when he tweeted about Deka, on Tuesday.
“If MLA can look like this, Achche din aagaye hai..Thank you Angoorlataji, Thank you Modiji..1st time I love politics,” he tweeted by posting a photo of the politician.
When Twitterati started reacting strongly against the post, the filmmaker came up with a clarification.
“With regards to my comment on Angoorlataji,I was just paying a compliment to her .since most MLA’s don’t look good it was such a change,” Varma tweeted.
The prominent Assamese actress got her debut election victory beating the Congress’ Gautam Bora with a margin of 6,000 votes. She was one of six women candidates who contested the election in the state on a BJP ticket.
Deka’s films include Junda Iman Gunda, Bakor Putek, Surjasta, Hiya Diba Kak, and Jeeya Jurir Xubax. She joined BJP in December last year.
Social media updates:
https://twitter.com/SapnaVyasPatel/status/735374913578622976
If MLA can look like this,Achche din aagaye hai..Thank you Angoorlataji,Thank you Modiji..1st time I love politics pic.twitter.com/WPzJgmnb13
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) May 24, 2016