Fact Check: Nita Ambani did not tweet about government's expenditure on Hajj pilgrimage

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A screenshot of a tweet attributed to the chairperson of Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani is being shared on social media. The tweet highlights the expenditure on Hajj pilgrimage by the government.
“3500 करोड़ हर वर्ष सरकार हज यात्रा पर खर्च नहीं करती तो…भारत के हर जिले में एक एम्स होता| यह आज तक कोई भी नहीं बोल सका” the tweet read.
(Translation: If the government did not spend 3500 crores every year on Haj pilgrimage… there would be an AIIMS in every district of India. Nobody could say this till today)

At the time of filing this post, it was shared by 18,000 people.
 

FACT CHECK

NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found it to be fake.
We checked the Twitter handle mentioned in the screenshot and found that it is of a fan page.

We also noticed that the account was created in April 2020. It was also noted that Nita Ambani does not have a Twitter account.
In conclusion, it is clear that viral tweet has falsely been attributed to Nita Ambani.

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