{"id":103956,"date":"2021-09-27T14:32:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T09:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=103956"},"modified":"2021-09-27T14:43:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T09:13:56","slug":"old-visuals-shared-with-misleading-claim-of-manmohan-singh-being-disrespected-by-gandhis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-visuals-shared-with-misleading-claim-of-manmohan-singh-being-disrespected-by-gandhis\/","title":{"rendered":"Old visuals shared with misleading claim of Manmohan Singh being ‘disrespected’ by Gandhis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manmohan Singh’s birthday on September 26 sparked the usual rhetoric circulated to target the former Prime Minister. Several photographs were shared to portray that he was sidelined by the Congress party during his tenure as PM and was also publicly disrespected by the Gandhis. Below is a tweet by BJP supporter Rishi Bagree.<\/p>\n

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The Man in Blue turban was the Indian Prime Minister for 10 years. pic.twitter.com\/QqEZpVfkwI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The same photographs were shared by Bagree in 2018<\/a> and 2020<\/a>. Apart from the pictures, some users shared a 15-second video clip that shows Sonia Gandhi passing by Singh without greeting the ex-PM or acknowledging his presence.<\/p>\n

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Wishing former PM Manmohan Singh a very happy birthday. pic.twitter.com\/pV0IMlnUyP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ajit Datta (@ajitdatta) September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This video has also been circulating for the past few years. It was shared by the official handle of @BJP4Karnataka and BJP supporters Ritu Rathaur<\/a> and Mahesh Vikram Hegde.<\/p>\n

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Indians can never forget those days ! pic.twitter.com\/JigXzNdjJo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) August 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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When Manmohan Singh was India’s Prime Minister, watch how Sonia Gandhi insulted him!<\/p>\n

When Manmohan Singh isn’t in power, watch how India’s powerful man MODI respected him!<\/p>\n

That’s what Bharatiya Sanskaar teaches you! pic.twitter.com\/UX1vNNF1rf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mahesh Vikram Hegde \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@mvmeet) November 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fact-check<\/h4>\n

Image 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

This photograph was taken when Congress President Sonia Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh and other Congress leaders met Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on November 23, 2017.<\/p>\n

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#Delhi<\/a>: Congress’ Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Anand Sharma met Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, today pic.twitter.com\/ItoQy4HLV6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ANI (@ANI) November 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Manmohan Singh was not the Prime Minister when the meeting was held. Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe met opposition leaders. Sonia Gandhi was the President of the Congress party at the time. (She took over as the President again in August 2019.)<\/p>\n

Image 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

This picture was taken when Congress President Sonia Gandhi and ex-PM Manmohan Singh met with Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina on October 6, 2019. Alt News had debunked this earlier<\/a> when it was shared with the similar narrative that Singh was sidelined by Sonia Gandhi when he was the Prime Minister. According to Hindustan Times<\/a>, the Congress party stated that the meeting had taken place due to a \u201cspecial bond of friendship\u201d between the Awami League and the Congress party. Singh was present at the meeting in the capacity of a senior Congress leader.
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Image 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

This photograph was taken on July 19, 2012, in Parliament during the Presidential elections. We found two photographs on AP Images and Getty<\/a>. Manmohan Singh is casting his vote.<\/p>\n