{"id":109043,"date":"2021-12-21T18:23:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T12:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=109043"},"modified":"2021-12-21T18:23:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T12:53:35","slug":"photo-falsely-viral-as-pm-modi-touched-feet-of-ias-officer-aarti-dogra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-falsely-viral-as-pm-modi-touched-feet-of-ias-officer-aarti-dogra\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo falsely viral as PM Modi touched feet of IAS officer Aarti Dogra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of PM Modi touching the feet of a dwarf woman has been shared with the claim that the woman is &#8220;Aarati Dogra, IAS Officer who was the chief architect behind renovation of Kashi Vishwanath Temple&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aarati Dogra, IAS Officer who was the chief architect behind renovation of Kashi Vishwanath Temple. She is rather too short (just Three Feet and 6 inches) BUT obtained 56th rank in the UPSC exam in her very first attempt; she is the daughter of sn Army Officer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ul8qjtDDML\">pic.twitter.com\/ul8qjtDDML<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BJP Barabanki (@bjp4bbk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjp4bbk\/status\/1472904953811271683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>BJP spokesperson Shaina NC also shared the claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">Specially abled not physically challenged ,Aarati Dongra..IAS officer who was the chief architect behind the renovation of *Kashi Vishwanath temple* Modiji taking her blessings. \u0938\u0902\u0918 \u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940\u0915 , \u0938\u092e\u0945\u092a\u0940\u0945\u0924 , \u0938\u0902\u0915\u0932\u094d\u092a\u093f\u0924 \u0938\u094d\u0935\u092f\u0902\u0938\u0947\u0935\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u092e\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blsanthosh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@blsanthosh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JPNadda?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JPNadda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yeV6zksWyT\">pic.twitter.com\/yeV6zksWyT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shaina NC (@ShainaNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShainaNC\/status\/1473143452556689410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The photo has also been shared on Facebook pages and groups &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/164169446996126\/posts\/4671307366282289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Save Hindu Temples<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1950545838320118\/posts\/6721837077857613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0c95\u0cca\u0ca1\u0c95\u0ccd\u0c95\u0cb2\u0ccd \u0cb6\u0cbf\u0cb5\u0caa\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cb8\u0cbe\u0ca6\u0ccd \u0c95\u0cca\u0ca1\u0c95\u0ccd\u0c95\u0cb2\u0ccd<\/a> (Kodakkal Shivaprasad Kodakkal).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-109043 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-falsely-viral-as-pm-modi-touched-feet-of-ias-officer-aarti-dogra\/index-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/index-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/index-1.jpg 536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/index-1-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-falsely-viral-as-pm-modi-touched-feet-of-ias-officer-aarti-dogra\/index-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/index.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/index.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/index-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Furthermore, Alt News has received verification requests for the image and the accompanying claim on its WhatsApp helpline number (+91 7600011160).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-109047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-21-013109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"763\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-21-013109.jpg 763w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-21-013109-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>False claim<\/h4>\n<p>The image was found on several news articles where the woman has been identified as Shikha Rastogi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109049 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/index-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/index-2.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/index-2-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to News18, PM Modi touched Rastogi&#8217;s feet when she bent down to touch his feet for blessings. Both the PM and UP CM Yogi Adityanath interacted with the woman. She also gave a bite to News18. The incident took place during the inauguration of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PM Modi \u0928\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0917 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0936\u093f\u0916\u093e \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0948\u0930 \u091b\u0942\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0930\u094b\u0915\u093e, \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0940\u0902 \u0926\u093f\u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u0917 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0916\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0932 \u0930\u0916\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 PM\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PKsPWLNGTgA?start=65&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The image has, therefore, been shared with the false claim that the woman is Aarti Dogra. The latter is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www-amarujala-com.translate.goog\/photo-gallery\/shakti\/ias-arti-dogra-biography-short-height-ias-life-story?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en-GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IAS officer<\/a> of the 2006 Rajasthan cadre. She is 3-feet and six inches tall. <span class=\"\">Dogra is <a href=\"https:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/hindi\/india\/congress-target-bjp-spokesperson-saina-nc-fact-check-necessary-before-tweeting-ias-arti-dogra-pm-narendra-mod\/1052550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">currently working<\/a> as a Special Secretary in the CMO under the Government of Rajasthan. The architect of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/worked-to-connect-two-great-symbols-of-varanasi-ganga-and-the-kashi-temple-says-bimal-patel\/article37940000.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bimal Patel<\/a>, who is also the centre&#8217;s consultant for the Central Vista Project. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of PM Modi touching the feet of a dwarf woman has been shared with the claim that the woman is &#8220;Aarati Dogra, IAS Officer who was the chief architect behind renovation of Kashi Vishwanath Temple&#8221;. Aarati Dogra, IAS Officer who was the chief architect behind renovation of Kashi Vishwanath Temple. She is rather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":109068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-109043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-economics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Untitled-design.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109043"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109069,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109043\/revisions\/109069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109043"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=109043"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=109043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}