Fact Check: Mallikarjun Kharge’s old picture of Iftari’s iftari is going viral, misleading claims

New Delhi: A picture of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge is going viral in the Pak month of Ramadan. In this picture, Mallikarjun Kharge is doing Iftari with some people. Some users are sharing this picture of Kharge with recent Ramadan. While the viral picture has come out in the investigation.

What is the claim of users?

On Facebook, a user shared this picture and wrote, ‘Poverty does not remove poverty from Ganga bath …? Khad will remove poverty by giving speed in Rosa! ‘ Post -post Link, Archive Link

At the same time, another user also shared this picture on Facebook and wrote, ‘Poverty does not remove poverty from Ganga bath …? By speeding up in fast, poverty removes … Mughal Raktabij Kharge! ‘ Post -post LinkArchive Link

What was found in investigation?

When the PTI fact check team investigated the picture of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, which went viral on social media, something else came out. First PTI’s fact check team checked the viral picture through reverse image. After which a photo of The Hindu was found on Google. Which was in the year 2006. At that time, the then Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President Mallikarjun Kharge attended an iftar party held in Bengaluru. Post -post Link

In fact, a few days ago, Mallikarjun Kharge said in the ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhima, Jai Constitution Rally’ in Madhya Pradesh, what poverty is removed by taking a dip in the Ganges? Do you get full food? After this statement, Kharge’s iftari picture is going viral on social media.

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conclusion: PTI Fact Czech In the investigation of the team, it was revealed that the picture of Mallikarjun Kharge, which is going viral on social media, is from the year 2011. This picture has no relation with recent Ramadan. This picture is being shared with the wrong claim.

(This story was originally published PTI Fact CzechAnd reinstated by NBT as part of Shakti collective.)