A picture post is doing the rounds on the internet with a claim that the official Twitter handle of ‘Office of the Union Territory of Ladakh’ has been renamed as ‘Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh (U.T.), India’.
The caption of the post reads: “Twitter handle of Office of the Union Territory of Ladakh renamed as Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh (U.T.), India…Great move”
Twitter handle of Office of the Union Territory of Ladakh renamed as Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh (U.T.), India…
Great move pic.twitter.com/cdXTBGm5IZ— #SengeSering ས།ཚ། (@SengeHSering) May 12, 2020
So, Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh (U.T.) India @GB_Ladakh_India just Joined Twitter.
👍👍 pic.twitter.com/FBjLhRHemi— Atul Kumar (@Tweet_AtuLK1617) May 12, 2020
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be FAKE.
We checked the Twitter handle and found that it has been created in May 2020.
Government sources confirmed that the twitter handle claiming to be the official account of ‘Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh, UT, India’ is fake.
In fact, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) in a tweet, explicitly clarified, that this information is untrue and the Union Territory of Ladakh has only 2 official Twitter handles, @DIPR_Leh and @InformationDep4.
Claim: A twitter handle @GB_Ladakh_India claims to be official account of “Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh, UT, India”#PIBFactCheck: It is a #Fake handle. Union Territory of Ladakh has only 2 official Twitter handles ie @DIPR_Leh & @InformationDep4.
Follow them for official updates pic.twitter.com/sKzK6xvpIC— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) May 13, 2020
In conclusion, it is clear that the claim being made is FALSE.
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