Fact check: Photo of Mamata’s 2017 rally passed off as AAP ‘roadshow’ for Gujarat Assembly poll
The Hindu
With just two weeks to go for the Assembly election in Gujarat, the leaders of various political par
With just two weeks to go for the Assembly election in Gujarat, the leaders of various political parties in the fray have been amping up their campaign for the keenly watched contest.
Against this backdrop, a picture of a huge crowd thronging a public place is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that it shows a “grand roadshow” by AAP Gujarat chief Gopal Italia in Surat.
The Facebook post goes on to claim that the image “clearly describes the mood of the people of Gujarat”.
Similar claims are being circulated on Twitter, too.
However, The Hindu found that the picture is five years old, and was taken in Kolkata.
A reverse image search led us to a Facebook post by West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee on July 21, 2017. The image shared by her appeared to be a slightly cropped version of the one doing the rounds on social media now.
A keyword search on news reports using the date mentioned in her post revealed that the picture was taken during a TMC rally on Martyrs Day in Kolkata in 2017.
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