Swati chaturvedi biography channel

Swati Chaturvedi is a prominent figure in Indian journalism, known for her investigative work and outspoken commentary.

• Accused of plagiarism: In 2021, Swati was accused of plagiarism, which is a grave sin in the journalism industry. Later, when the picture with an actual reality gone viral on social media, Swati Chaturvedi realized that her cleverness was up, and soon, she deleted the tweet.

• In May 2021, the associate editor of the Indian news channel Hindustan Times blamed Swati Chaturvedi for copying his article.

  She wrote the caption of the picture by wondering whether the picture looked like that of a ‘child marriage.’ In the other post, she particularly mentioned that she found the picture of young Modi on ‘goggle’ as a disclaimer. The original picture was tweeted by the Ministry of External Affairs on their Twitter handle. She called Rana an ‘opportunist,’ a ‘vile person,’ and a ‘leper journalist,’ which did not go down well with some Twitter users and Ayyub, too, blocked Swati on Twitter.

  Reportedly, the picture was shared by a renowned Indian News Media channel on their Twitter handle when there was no acute shortage of oxygen amid the second wave of the corona pandemic in India. She is an active journalist on the Indian news channel NDTV.

  Swati Chaturvedi on the debate panel of NDTV news channel

• She has more than 20 years of work experience in Print and Broadcast journalism.

  She explained her investigations,

  We seem to be having a situation where the BJP is completely dominated by Narendra Modi and this is not the BJP that was of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Later, she deleted her tweet, and it was revealed that on 3 July 2020, Ravi Shankar Prasad met Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg, Vice-President Marne Levine, and India Head of Public Policy Ankhi Das, and he did not meet Ankhi Das alone as mentioned by Swati Chaturvedi.

  Swati Chaturvedi’s cropped photo of Ravi Shankar Prasad with Ankhi Das along with the actual picture

• On 15 December 2020, Swati Chaturvedi tweeted a picture and captioned it that the lady in the image with PM Modi was his estranged wife Jashodaben.

  The original image was tweeted by the Ministry of External Affairs on PM Modi’s arrival at Abu Dhabi in which the PM was not wearing any such Arabic attire.
  
  After the Twitter users called her out for tweeting a fake image of PM Modi, the journalist apologised and deleted her tweet. In return, the singer hurled a volley of abuses at the journalist.

  In 2018, Swati accused Rahul Gandhi of being a secret arm of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when Rahul met the PM over the issue of loan waivers for the farmers in India. After the release of the book, in an interview, she said,
  

  I am a journalist and not a cheerleader of the government.
  
  
  • Tweeted a manipulated image of "sleeping" Amit Shah: In January 2019, Swati tweeted a screenshot of an image of the Indian Home Minister Amit Shah in which she claimed he was ‘sleeping’ during a parliament session.

  Her second book, “I Am a Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP’s Digital Army,” which came out in 2018, generated considerable controversy and discussion.

  In 2018, she received the “Prize for Courage” from Reporters Without Borders (RWB) for her work investigating online harassment and the BJP’s IT cell.

  She has been interviewed by various international media outlets including the Daily Mail, Public Radio, New York Times, BBC, Associated Press, Guardian, and Washington Post.

  Book Title	Year Published	Topic
  Daddy’s Girl	2016	Personal Memoir
  I Am a Troll	2018	BJP’s Digital Army

  Controversies

  Swati Chaturvedi’s career has been marked by several controversies.

  So as a citizen of India, I want to ask the PM- why does he follow abusive trolls who give death threats and rape threats and who have been suspended by Twitter?”

• In 2019, Swati Chaturvedi Tweeted a picture in which Amit Shah was seen taking a nap. Her complaint received a swift response and widespread national and international media coverage.

  
  
  • Attacked for calling out Abhijeet Bhattacharya's Tweet: In 2016, Swati called out singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya for his controversial tweet on "love jihad" and said it had the potential to cause riots.