Double Quotes Problem

<a href="http://www.example.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/abc.jpg">
HTML:

WordPress is converting this link tag to

<a href="\&quot;http://www.example.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/abc.jpg\&quot;">
HTML:

What is the reason and what is the fix for it? please advise

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