"Dear friends," Shykh Seraj begins his message. "I have been connected with you on social media for a long time. I am inspired, invigorated and certainly delighted by the love of millions of people in every country of the world."

He said he wanted to introduce his authentic, true platforms on social media. Although he knows his followers already know his social media addresses, he wanted to mention them once more so that many more friends can follow, subscribe and like his platforms. Among them he named his Facebook rooftop farming (chhad krishi) group.

"If anything is posted using my photo from any page, group or profile other than these platforms, I will not take responsibility for it, and logically the liability is not mine either," he said. "For some days I have noticed that many Facebook pages and groups have been created in many places using my photo, apart from my own platforms."

"Out of respect for the interest of those who did this out of love for me or my work, I say: please remove these social platforms. I have no connection with them. I especially request you to remove them and certainly discourage this. I am not responsible for anyone posting in various places using my personal photos. I say again, it is not my responsibility."

He humbly asked those who love him and his work to stay connected with his authentic platforms. "I do not post anything I say or do anywhere other than my real platforms, and I will not in future either," he said.

"Thanking everyone sincerely, I want to say that truth is like the sun. Though the sun sets for a while, it rises again in due time. That is, falsehood has no value before truth. Stay with my platforms that are true, and reject the false and fabricated ones."

He signed off wishing everyone well and safe, and again greeted everyone on 50 years of victory.

Source: Shykh Seraj. First published in Bengali on The Agro News.