Amid the epidemic of corona virus, another disease bubonic plague has been reported from the Chinese city of Inner Mongolia. Recently a claim has been going viral, in which it is said that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that anyone who is found to be infected by the Bubonic plague in Indian  will be declared anti-national.

A Twitter user name RepublicTV share a post with a claim that "Any Indian testing postive for the China-Originated Bubonic Plague will be declared an Anti-National", says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat".

Fact Check 

In our investigation we found that the viral claim is false. Mohan Bhagwat never said that any Indian testing postive for the China-Originated Bubonic Plague will be declared an Anti-National.

We found that the Twitter account sharing this post is not verified. This post was shared by the Twitter handle, 'Republic 4' username '@notrepuburtv'. Any social media account of a media organization is usually verified with blue tick. Furthermore, the profile's description reads, "India's most genuinely hateful news source." This profile was created in March 2020 and has 525 followers. This user has created an imposter account of a well-known TV channel Republic Bharat .

We also checked various media portals to see if there was a statement by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat about the bubonic plague. We did not find any statement from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat about the bubonic plague.

However, we found a news on the website of Times of India about the bubonic plague. According to the report A city in northern China sounded an alert after a suspected case of bubonic plague was reported, according to official Chinese media. Bayannur, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, announced a level III warning of plague prevention and control, state-run People's Daily .

Conclusion, the viral claim is false that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that anyone who is found to be infected by the Bubonic plague in Indian will be declared anti-national.