{"id":123732,"date":"2022-07-26T17:21:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T11:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=123732"},"modified":"2022-07-26T17:21:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T11:51:23","slug":"fact-check-did-pm-modi-insult-president-ram-nath-kovind-during-his-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-pm-modi-insult-president-ram-nath-kovind-during-his-farewell\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-Check: PM Modi did not insult former President Ram Nath Kovind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> On July 23, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jagran.com\/politics\/national-president-ram-nath-kovind-farewell-ceremony-held-at-central-hall-of-parliament-house-22917456.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">farewell ceremony<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for President Ram Nath Kovind was held at Parliament&#8217;s Central Hall, a day before the last day of his tenure. Members of both the houses of the Parliament, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the ceremony. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Against the backdrop of this event, a video of PM Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind is circulating widely on social media. It has been claimed that as President Ram Nath Kovind was greeting the Prime Minister, the latter looked at the camera instead of acknowledging him. Various users claimed that the PM had insulted the President by ignoring him.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aam Aadmi Party leader and MP Sanjay Singh tweeted the video, calling it an insult to the President. Addressing Ram Nath Kovind, he wrote \u201cThis is how these people are, now that your tenure is over, they will not even look at you.\u201d (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ZE5Yt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0910\u0938\u093e \u0905\u092a\u092e\u093e\u0928 Very Sorry Sir<br \/>\n\u092f\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u0910\u0938\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u0906\u092a\u0915\u093e \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u093e\u0932 \u0916\u093c\u0924\u094d\u092e \u0905\u092c \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u092b\u093c \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u092d\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xaGIOkuyDM\">pic.twitter.com\/xaGIOkuyDM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanjayAzadSln\/status\/1551031732891107328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Forum, an organisation led by Yashwant Sinha also amplified the video on Twitter, writing, &#8220;How can you insult the President like this? It\u2019s not good to be so arrogant, Mr Prime Minister. Today, you\u2019re in power, and tomorrow it will be someone else.&#8221; (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/rve2V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0910\u0938\u093e \u0905\u092a\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u092a\u0924\u093f \u0915\u093e ?? \u0907\u0924\u0928\u093e \u0918\u092e\u0902\u0921 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0920\u0940\u0915 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0902, \u092f\u0947 \u0938\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0906\u0924\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0906\u091c \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u0932 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u0940\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tUPGOvy1FV\">pic.twitter.com\/tUPGOvy1FV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NationalForum (@RashtraManch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashtraManch\/status\/1551049084454445056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RJD leader Rishi Kumar tweeted the clip, adding, \u201cIs this not an insult to a Dalit President?\u201d (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/tAy4j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u093e\u092e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u092d\u0940 \u0939\u094b , \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0948\u092e\u0930\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u0939\u0940 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0917\u093e \u0964 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0947 \u0926\u0932\u093f\u0924 \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u092a\u0924\u093f \u0915\u093e \u0905\u092a\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 ? \ud83e\udd14<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RJDforIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RJDforIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yadavtejashwi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yadavtejashwi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laluprasadrjd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@laluprasadrjd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FHCSQ5790V\">pic.twitter.com\/FHCSQ5790V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rishi Kumar (@rishi_mail) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rishi_mail\/status\/1551092049344360448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This video has been shared by several social media users. However, it is worth noting that while some users have pointed out Prime Minister Modi&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ysathishreddy\/status\/1550879669808836608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">love for the camera<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, others have termed it an insult to the President.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact-check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News noticed that the &#8216;Sansad TV&#8217; logo is visible in the viral visuals. Using this as a clue, we examined the timeline of the Sansad TV channel on YouTube and found the full video from which the viral clip was taken.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"President Kovind\u2019s departure from the Central Hall of Parliament I Farewell function\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sW_gFzcRX7I?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>\n<p><b>Upon taking a closer look at this recording, we noticed:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From the 0:58 to 1:01 mark of the video, it can be clearly seen that President Ram Nath Kovind greets Prime Minister Narendra Modi with folded hands. Following this, the Prime Minister returns the gesture with folded hands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After this, President Ram Nath Kovind walks forward with his hands still folded. It is worth noting that between the 1:03 and 1:08 mark, the President stops a little ahead of the Prime Minister to greet Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) MP Geetha Vishwanath Vanga and even exchanges a few words with her.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Due to the angle of the camera (the camera is pointed towards the Prime Minister), it appears as though Ram Nath Kovind is standing in front of the Prime Minister with folded hands, and is talking to him, while the Prime Minister does not react. However, Ram Nath Kovind was actually standing ahead of the Prime Minister and was in the middle of greeting MP Geetha Vishwanath Vanga.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This can be seen clearly in the screengrab added below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-123733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/kovind.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/kovind.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/kovind-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/07\/kovind-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, a video clip of former President Ram Nath Kovind&#8217;s farewell ceremony was shared with a misleading claim. PM Narendra Modi did not insult the former President. In fact, he acknowledged and returned the greeting with folded hands. In the clip being circulated as the PM ignoring the former President, the latter is actually greeting Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) MP Geeta Vishwanath Vanga, who was standing behind PM Modi.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 23, a farewell ceremony for President Ram Nath Kovind was held at Parliament&#8217;s Central Hall, a day before the last day of his tenure. Members of both the houses of the Parliament, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the ceremony. 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