The Quint also received a query regarding the letter on its WhatsApp helpline.
A similar letter had gone viral in August 2020 addressed to CM Adityanath by PM Modi. PIB fact-check had called out the letter as fake back then.
Both the letters have the same first sentence as well as a couple of other similar sentences.
We also observed a few stylistic errors in the viral letter. In original letters sent to cricketers Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina, the date is written in the (DD Month, YYYY) format, while in the viral letter it’s in the (Month DD, YYYY) format.
In the letters addressed to the cricketers as well as in the original letter sent by PM Modi to CM Adityanath, written in Devanagari, the address of the recipient is mentioned at the bottom of the letter.
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