{"id":104285,"date":"2021-09-30T19:57:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T14:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=104285"},"modified":"2021-09-30T19:57:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T14:27:11","slug":"bjp-leader-subramanyam-swamy-attending-congress-meeting-false-claim-old-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-leader-subramanyam-swamy-attending-congress-meeting-false-claim-old-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Tajinder Bagga misidentifies Congress leader as Subramanian Swamy, claims he has joined Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga tweeted a picture on September 25, 2021 where Rahul Gandhi is seen addressing a press conference. A man encircled in the background in the image is being claimed to be BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. Bagga remarked Swamy has joined the Congress party. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210929061124\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/TajinderBagga\/status\/1441607970312228871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Swamy39<\/a> Ji for your officially Joining <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MDsrH4F0AY\">pic.twitter.com\/MDsrH4F0AY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TajinderBagga\/status\/1441607970312228871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Congratulations%20%20%40Swamy39%20%20Ji%20for%20your%20officially%20Joining&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Several other Twitter users<\/a> also shared this picture with the same claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashwinpanchari1\/status\/1441609712068227074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandBharatiya\/status\/1441690774119206917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-104285 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-leader-subramanyam-swamy-attending-congress-meeting-false-claim-old-picture\/2021-09-29-13_49_00-15-congratulations-swamy39-ji-for-your-officially-joining-twitter-search-_\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-29-13_49_00-15-Congratulations-@Swamy39-Ji-for-your-officially-Joining-Twitter-Search-_-.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-29-13_49_00-15-Congratulations-@Swamy39-Ji-for-your-officially-Joining-Twitter-Search-_-.jpeg 951w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-29-13_49_00-15-Congratulations-@Swamy39-Ji-for-your-officially-Joining-Twitter-Search-_--300x206.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-29-13_49_00-15-Congratulations-@Swamy39-Ji-for-your-officially-Joining-Twitter-Search-_--768x527.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-leader-subramanyam-swamy-attending-congress-meeting-false-claim-old-picture\/2021-09-29-13_49_18-15-congratulations-swamy39-ji-for-your-officially-joining-twitter-search-_\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"872\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-29-13_49_18-15-Congratulations-@Swamy39-Ji-for-your-officially-Joining-Twitter-Search-_-.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-29-13_49_18-15-Congratulations-@Swamy39-Ji-for-your-officially-Joining-Twitter-Search-_-.jpeg 872w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-29-13_49_18-15-Congratulations-@Swamy39-Ji-for-your-officially-Joining-Twitter-Search-_--300x244.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/2021-09-29-13_49_18-15-Congratulations-@Swamy39-Ji-for-your-officially-Joining-Twitter-Search-_--768x624.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search and found the photo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/congress-president-rahul-gandhi-speaks-as-former-prime-news-photo\/1071137742?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getty Images<\/a>, where it is dated December 10, 2018. According to the caption, a meeting between members of the opposition parties was held in New Delhi on December 10, 2018. This was followed by Rahul Gandhi holding a press conference. Hindustan Times photographer Arvind Yadav captured this photo. ANI had also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1072115561058967557?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> about this meeting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104287 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-72.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-72.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-72-300x132.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-72-768x338.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a closer look at the original image, we found that the encircled man was wearing spectacles. However, Subramanian Swamy is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=subramanian+swamy&amp;sxsrf=AOaemvLj212UPk3vjiVblR5VnsUXmbZE9w:1632909306321&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj60ZyZ9aPzAhVUbysKHavFD9oQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=609&amp;dpr=1.5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rarely seen sporting spectacles<\/a> in public. Even though this individual resembles the BJP leader from a distance, zooming into the image confirms that he is not Swamy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104288 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-73.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-73.jpeg 732w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/09\/word-image-73-300x248.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News reached out to Congress communication in-charge Pranav Jha for more information. \u201cThe person seen in the picture is not Subramanian Swamy, but Manish Chatrath. He is a representative in charge of Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>We also got in touch with Chatrath himself, who confirmed that it was him in the photo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/fact-check\/story\/fact-check-not-subramanian-swamy-attending-opposition-leaders-meeting-1857298-2021-09-26?utm_source=twshare&amp;utm_medium=socialicons&amp;utm_campaign=shareurltracking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India Today<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/fact-check\/politics\/tajinder-bagga-tweeted-unrelated-photo-as-bjp-leader-subramanian-swamy-joining-congress-14875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boomive<\/a> have also published fact-check reports debunking the viral claim.<\/p>\n<p>On August 14, 2021, Swamy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/1426389002630754304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">tweeted<\/a> that he was against the Modi government\u2019s economic and foreign policies. He stated further in the post that PM Modi was not the king of India, drawing widespread opposition from party supporters.<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, a photo from a press conference held by opposition parties was shared with the false claim that Subramanian Swamy had joined the Congress. The man in the photo is actually Congress leader Manish Chatrath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga tweeted a picture on September 25, 2021 where Rahul Gandhi is seen addressing a press conference. A man encircled in the background in the image is being claimed to be BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. Bagga remarked Swamy has joined the Congress party. 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