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Let me make it clear once and for all that conspiracies to create a wedge between me and the BJP leadership will ne… https://t.co/LFtBIPvIx4 — Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) 1545546992000

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Journalist Vinod Dua was caught spreading fake news after he posted an edited video of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to suggest that he was blaming his own government for stalled projects and NPAs after he took over the charge of ministry of road transport and highways.Dua "used" a doctored interview Gadkari gave to his own employer HW news , and aired it in the episode 7 of his video piece titled The Vinod Dua Show.Dua used the incomplete video to claim that not just Yashwant Sinha Shatrughan Sinha and Arun Shourie but even RSS swayamsevaks like Gadkari are now at loggerheads with PM Modi and BJP leadership.Making his own inference from Gadkari’s distorted comments, Dua concluded that union minister was dead against Modi being projected as BJP’s prime ministerial face in upcoming Lok Sabha elections if the saffron party harbours any dream of winning them. Instead, Dua claimed, Gadkari wants himself to lead BJP.“There is a growing wave of dissent within BJP against PM Modi. The latest to join that is Nitin Gadkari,” said Dua.Since the original episode 7 of Dua’s show was pulled down from both HW news website and Youtube after social media backlash, here’s the portion of the episode (as reproduced by an alert Youtube user) where he makes fake claims:In reality, Gadkari did not blame NDA government for stalled projects. In fact, he faulted UPA government for same, the portion that was conveniently edited out to build a false narrative.Dua showed only a portion of the interview where Gadkari is blaming the government, but the part where he names ‘UPA’ was chopped out.The office of Nitin Gadkari on its Facebook page posted the full video, where Gadkari can be seen blaming the previous UPA government for stalled infrastructure projects.“This original interview clip exposes Vinod Dua’s propaganda (paid news) against Shri Nitin Gadkari. Please compare the two video clips (and see) ‘Propaganda vs Reality’. Vinod Dua has doctored the interview to make it appear as if the stalled projects and NPA were in Ganga related projects and the fault was of the Modi Government. Where as Shri Gadkari has clearly stated in the interview that all the stalled projects were road and highway projects caused by the UPA government.” Gadkari’s office clarified.The same was later shared by official Facebook page of Nitin Gadkari.In the full video, Gadkari can be seen attacking policy paralysis of UPA government for stalled projects and NPAs.“The UPA govt did not give environment clearance for a single project in 2.5 years, the land acquisition did not happen,” the union minister can be heard saying.Gadkari, in fact, goes on to appreciate PM Modi for his support that allowed him to fast-track 22 cabinet level decisions crucial to revival of stalled projects.He also says that his ministry saved banks from 3 lakh crore NPAs.In a series of tweets, Gadkari blamed a “section of media” for running a sinister campaign by twisting his statements and using them out of context to draw politically motivated inferences to malign him and the BJP.He reiterated that the conspiracies to create a rift between him and the BJP leadership will never succeed.Times Fact Check has found Vinod Dua used a digitally manipulated portion of Gadkari’s original interview to suggest that there was a rift between him and BJP. Dua used the same to suggest Gadkari blaming NDA government for stalled projects.