Swati Chaturvedi is an award-winning Indian journalist specializing in print and broadcast journalism. She has written numerous investigative reports and analyses for several Indian news channels and newspapers. As a political commentator, she frequently appears on Indian television.
Wiki/Biography
Swati Chaturvedi was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh on January 7. Her star sign is Aquarius.
appearance
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
family
Her father is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer.
Swati Chaturvedi tweets about her father
Profession
Swati Chaturvedi is a self-styled Indian freelance journalist who regularly contributes to various newspapers and news channels including The Statesman, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, The Tribune, NDTV, Gulf News, Deccan Herald, DailyO, The Wire and News Central 24×7. She has received a lot of publicity for her two books. The first book is titled Daddy’s Girl and she published it in 2016.
Daddy’s Girl by Swati Chaturvedi
I Am Troll: The Secret World of the BJP’s Digital Army (2018) is her second book.
The book I Am a Troll by Swati Chaturvedi
She received the Courage Award from Reporters Without Borders in 2018. While presenting the award to Swati, Reporters Without Borders said,
Chaturvedi has been subjected to vicious online harassment for investigating the BJP’s internal ‘IT cell’, which is notorious for having an army of angry trolls.
Speaking to the media after receiving the courage award, Swati said,
I get a dozen death threats a day and about 15 to 20 rape threats. The idea of democracy is that you can express different opinions. Unfortunately, with the way global politics is going, journalists are really threatened. People call you brave, which is sad because you are just doing your job.”
Apparently, she has been interviewed by several international media outlets including the Daily Mail, Public Radio, The New York Times, BBC, AP, The Guardian, and The Washington Post regarding various controversial statements she has made.
dispute
- Swati Chaturvedi has written mostly against Modi and his government throughout her career. She is reportedly a supporter of AAP. In 2018, when Rahul Gandhi met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss loan waivers for Indian farmers, Swati accused Rahul Gandhi of being a secret affiliate of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Earlier, when Rahul Gandhi opposed the demonization policies of the Modi government in 2016, Swati was a staunch supporter of him. It is said that in the 2014 general elections, the Modi wave received only 31% of the votes and Modi lost about 5-10% of the votes. Apparently, Swati Chaturvedi wanted to be the spokesperson for the 75% who did not support the BJP government, as her agenda at the time seemed to be to influence and target 75% of the audience in India.
- In 2019, Swati Chaturvedi tweeted a picture of Amit Shah taking a nap. She tweeted the picture with the caption “Shah in deep sleep or as we call it sleeping”. Later, after watching the entire Lok Sabha session, it was discovered that Amit Shah was looking at Ravi Shankar Prasad while Ravi Shankar was delivering his speech. After a while, Amit Shah picked up some documents from the table and started reading. The screenshot was taken from the video, where he was reading those documents face down.
Swati Chaturvedi’s tweet to Amit Shah in 2019
- On August 24, 2019, Swati Chaturvedi tweeted a photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arriving in Abu Dhabi wearing Arabic clothing. The original photo was posted by the Ministry of External Affairs on its Twitter account. A Twitter user tagged her in the original photo and in return, she threatened to sue him for defamation.
Swati Chaturvedi threatens to file defamation lawsuit against a Twitter user
Later, Swati deleted her tweet and tweeted again to apologize and admitted that the picture she shared was photoshopped.
Swati Chaturvedi’s apology tweet
- In March 2020, Islamic journalist Ayyub Rana tweeted that the virus could not kill Indian people because India’s moral corruption had killed everyone. At that time, only 126 ordinary civilians in India tested positive for COVID-19. Swati Chaturvedi called Ayyub Rana a vile person and a leper journalist.
Screenshot of Swati Chaturvedi’s Twitter tiff with Auyyb Rana in 2020
- On August 18, 2020, she sparked controversy by sharing a cropped photo of Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Facebook India senior official Anshi Das on her social media account. She allegedly claimed that Ravi Shankar Prasad had a separate meeting with Anshi Das. Later, she deleted the tweet and revealed that on July 3, 2020, Ravi Shankar Prasad met with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Vice President Mahn Levin and India Public Policy Head Anshi Das, and he did not meet Anshi Das separately as Swati Chaturvedi claimed.
Photos of Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ankhi Das taken by Swati Chaturvedi, and real photos
- On December 15, 2020, Swati Chaturvedi posted a photo on Twitter and captioned that the lady in the photo with PM Modi is his estranged wife Jashodaben. She wrote in the caption of the photo that she wondered if the photo looked like a “child marriage”. In another post, she specifically mentioned that she found the photo of young Modi on “Google” as a disclaimer. According to reports, former BJP leader Kashiram Rana was identified in the extreme corner of the photo, and reports said that Narendra Modi attended his daughter’s wedding as a guest.
Swati Chaturvedi’s Twitter posts related to Narender Modi and his fake marriage
- In April 2021, Swati Chaturvedi shared a picture of Amit Shah, in which he participated in a large road show during the Kolkata elections. She wrote:
How shameless is Shah? States are fighting for oxygen, for power in his government, and this man is holding rallies in Calcutta.”
Soon after her tweet was posted, a Twitter user corrected her, saying that it was an old photo of Amit Shah. In the tweet, she used derogatory language against India’s Home Minister Amit Shah. According to reports, the photo was shared by a well-known Indian news media on its Twitter account when there was no severe shortage of oxygen during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Later, when the photo, which was consistent with real life, went viral on social media, Swati Chaturvedi realized that her cleverness had been discovered and soon, she deleted the tweet.
During the 2021 coronavirus pandemic, Swati Chaturvedi tweeted to criticize Amit Shah
- In May 2021, the deputy editor of the Indian news channel Hindustan Times accused Swati Chaturvedi of plagiarizing his article. She was accused of plagiarism by Zia-ul-Haq.
Screenshot of Zia Haq’s tweet accusing Swati Chaturvedi of plagiarism
Facts/Trivia
- Swati Chaturvedi started her career with the renowned newspaper The Statesman. She is an active journalist for the Indian news channel NDTV.
Swati Chaturvedi participates in NDTV News Channel debate
- She has over 20 years of experience in print and broadcast journalism. She has written books and articles in a variety of genres including thrillers, fiction, and non-fiction.
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