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‘Xi Jinping under house arrest,’ Subramaniam Swamy’s tweet causes storm

New Delhi: A tweet by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy caused panic on social media. Subramanian Swamy tweeted on Saturday that there is a new rumor about China, which needs to be checked. Is Xi Jinping under house arrest? Swamy tweeted, “New rumour to be checked out: Is Xi jingping under house […]

Edited By : Mayank Kasyap | Updated: Sep 24, 2022 18:23 IST
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New Delhi: A tweet by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy caused panic on social media. Subramanian Swamy tweeted on Saturday that there is a new rumor about China, which needs to be checked. Is Xi Jinping under house arrest?

Swamy tweeted, “New rumour to be checked out: Is Xi jingping under house arrest in Beijing ? When Xi was in Samarkand recently, the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party were supposed to have removed Xi from the Party’s in-charge of Army. Then House arrest followed. So goes the rumour.”

Many users have made similar claims

Apart from this tweet by Swamy, there are many such posts on social media which claim that Chinese President Xi Jinping, who was present at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, has been appointed as the head of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China. was removed from. However, there has been no official confirmation from the Chinese Communist Party or state media yet.

Several Chinese nationals also posted on Twitter about Xi Jinping’s alleged house arrest. Many claimed that Li Qiaoming has been made the President of China. A user named Jennifer Zeng tweeted that PLA military vehicles are heading to Beijing on 22 September. The entire convoy is up to 80 KM long. Rumor has it that Xi was arrested after a CCP senior removed him from the post of head of the PLA.

Why the sudden rumor about Xi Jinping?

In China, this week two former ministers were sentenced to death and four officials were sentenced to life imprisonment. According to reports, the ministers and officials who were sentenced were part of a political faction. Currently, the Communist Party is running an anti-corruption campaign across the country and it is believed that these six people were Jinping’s opponents. The news of Jinping’s detention is believed to have been initiated and spread by the anti-Jinping lobby.

Jinping had recently attended the SCO summit

The Chinese President had recently attended the SCO Summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin also attended the conference. India will host the next meeting.

First published on: Sep 24, 2022 06:23 PM IST

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