A claim is making rounds on social media according to which terrorist Syed Salahuddin who is the head of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, contested assembly elections from Kashmir on Congress ticket in 1987.
The picture post read: “In 1987 Global Terrorist Syed Salauddin once fought MLA election on Congress’s ticket in Kashmir.”
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Several users on Facebook and Twitter shared the claim.
Why was congress quiet on terrorist Syed Salahuddin for so manu years? Because he was given MLA ticket in 1987 by congress in Kashmir. pic.twitter.com/ntAbAKUgz3
— Kashmiri Pandits News कोशूर न्यूज़ चैनल (@kpnewschannel) June 30, 2017
Did Congress give MLA ticket to terrorist Syed Salahuddin in 1987?https://t.co/ezmZlac5e6 via @postcard_news
— Suryavanshi 🇮🇳 (@Suryavanshi8888) June 30, 2017
FACT CHECK
When NewsMobile fact-checked the claim, we came to the conclusion that the above claim is FAKE.
It’s true that Syed Salahudeen contested elections but not on a Congress ticket.
When we dug about Salahudeen’s political career, we found that his full name is Syed Mohammed Yusuf Shah who started his political career in 1987 when he contested J&K assembly election on the ticket of the Muslim United Front.
So it is clear that Salahudeen had no linkages with the Congress party.
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