On July 23, 2022, the Chhattisgarh CMO’s official Twitter account shared an image with Swami Vivekananda’s quote. It was found that the quote was distorted by the chief minister, Bhupesh Baghel.
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On January 12, 2021, Joy Bhattacharjya, former team director of the IPL franchise Kolkata knight riders “selectively” quoted the same quote.
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Many people pointed him out for “selectively” quoting Swami Vivekananda’s quote.
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What we found in our research
After delving into it, our team established that the famous quote by Swami Vivekananda is found in the book “Lectures from Colombo to Almora, Chapter: The Work before us.
https://books.google.com/books/about/From_Colombo_to_Almora.html?id=JDINAAAAIAAJ
The context of the original quote differs completely from what the CMO Chhattisgarh’s official Twitter account tried to show the readers.
Hence, the quote shared by the CMO of Chhattisgarh is distorted with the intention to delude the people.
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