{"id":142220,"date":"2023-01-06T13:59:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T08:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=142220"},"modified":"2023-01-06T13:59:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T08:29:29","slug":"haldwani-eviction-bjp-leaders-share-10-yr-old-kolkata-pic-with-misleading-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/haldwani-eviction-bjp-leaders-share-10-yr-old-kolkata-pic-with-misleading-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Haldwani eviction: BJP leaders share 10-yr-old Kolkata pic with misleading claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 20, 2022, Uttarakhand high court passed an order to evict over 4,000 families from land claimed by the Railways in Haldwani. The court&#8217;s decision was later challenged in the country&#8217;s highest court and on January 5, 2023, the Supreme Court stayed the HC order. The apex court observed that the case had a humanitarian angle that needed to be considered.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SupremeCourtofIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SupremeCourtofIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Haldwani?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Haldwani<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SupremeCourt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SupremeCourt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HaldwaniProtest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HaldwaniProtest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5pNpO80m2G\">pic.twitter.com\/5pNpO80m2G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiveLawIndia\/status\/1610913692782317569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In this context, Major Surendra Poonia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ouRHZvyVY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> a photo and wrote, &#8220;Dear Friends, Don\u2019t buy land anywhere.. just unite with your community in large numbers and capture any Govt\/Defence\/Railway land; Milord will legitimise it. And If you raise your voice against this, you are endangering country\u2019s secularism. #HaldwaniEncroachment&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dear Friends,<br \/>\nDon\u2019t buy land anywhere .. just unite with your community in large numbers and capture any Govt\/Defence\/Railway land ; Milord will legitimise it.<br \/>\nAnd If you raise your voice against this, you are endangering country\u2019s secularism.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HaldwaniEncroachment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HaldwaniEncroachment<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kmNJrlgqa0\">pic.twitter.com\/kmNJrlgqa0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Major Surendra Poonia (@MajorPoonia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MajorPoonia\/status\/1610973812081971206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>BJP worker Priti Gandhi also <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.today\/mpzfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> the same photo and wrote, &#8220;This is what the Supreme Court has legitimized today!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what the Supreme Court has legitimized today! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HaldwaniEncroachment?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HaldwaniEncroachment<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cKRwWWEkWd\">pic.twitter.com\/cKRwWWEkWd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Priti Gandhi &#8211; \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0924\u093f \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 (@MrsGandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsGandhi\/status\/1610923318424776704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Fv6Gz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prabha Upadhya<\/a> who claims to be BJP UP mahila morcha state president, and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/xKvgD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shruthi Bangaru<\/a> BJP telangana state general secretary also shared the image on Twitter with similar captions as Priti Gandhi.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-142220 gallery-columns-3 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\/haldwani-eviction-bjp-leaders-share-10-yr-old-kolkata-pic-with-misleading-claim\/2023-01-06-09_51_35-bangaru-shruthi-on-twitter_-_this-is-what-the-supremecourt-has-legitimized-toda\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"1126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_51_35-Bangaru-Shruthi-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-SupremeCourt-has-legitimized-toda.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_51_35-Bangaru-Shruthi-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-SupremeCourt-has-legitimized-toda.jpg 889w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_51_35-Bangaru-Shruthi-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-SupremeCourt-has-legitimized-toda-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_51_35-Bangaru-Shruthi-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-SupremeCourt-has-legitimized-toda-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_51_35-Bangaru-Shruthi-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-SupremeCourt-has-legitimized-toda-768x973.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><\/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\/haldwani-eviction-bjp-leaders-share-10-yr-old-kolkata-pic-with-misleading-claim\/2023-01-06-09_51_22-prabha-upadhyaybjp-on-twitter_-_this-is-what-the-supreme-court-has-legitimized\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"887\" height=\"1210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_51_22-Prabha-Upadhyay@BJP-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_51_22-Prabha-Upadhyay@BJP-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-.jpg 887w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_51_22-Prabha-Upadhyay@BJP-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized--220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_51_22-Prabha-Upadhyay@BJP-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized--751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_51_22-Prabha-Upadhyay@BJP-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized--768x1048.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Others who have shared the image with a similar caption as Priti Gandhi include, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/ddLAd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Sandesh99508245<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/YKZd8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@aceduos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/OLzZb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Ashutos04111153<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/mKct5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@KapilKrSinghAdv<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/HT9Mj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ParitoshPal1701<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/SawCw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Tanwarliva,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/B7y4J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RituRathaur\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-142220 gallery-columns-3 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\/haldwani-eviction-bjp-leaders-share-10-yr-old-kolkata-pic-with-misleading-claim\/2023-01-06-09_55_01-amardeep-tanwar-on-twitter_-_this-is-what-the-supreme-court-has-legitimized-toda\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"887\" height=\"1300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_55_01-Amardeep-Tanwar-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-toda.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_55_01-Amardeep-Tanwar-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-toda.jpg 887w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_55_01-Amardeep-Tanwar-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-toda-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_55_01-Amardeep-Tanwar-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-toda-699x1024.jpg 699w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_55_01-Amardeep-Tanwar-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-toda-768x1126.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/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\/haldwani-eviction-bjp-leaders-share-10-yr-old-kolkata-pic-with-misleading-claim\/2023-01-06-09_54_47-paritosh-chandel-on-twitter_-_this-is-what-the-supreme-court-has-legitimized-tod\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"893\" height=\"1044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_47-Paritosh-Chandel-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-tod.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_47-Paritosh-Chandel-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-tod.jpg 893w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_47-Paritosh-Chandel-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-tod-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_47-Paritosh-Chandel-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-tod-876x1024.jpg 876w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_47-Paritosh-Chandel-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-tod-768x898.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 893px) 100vw, 893px\" \/><\/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\/haldwani-eviction-bjp-leaders-share-10-yr-old-kolkata-pic-with-misleading-claim\/2023-01-06-09_54_35-kapil-kumar-singh-adv-on-twitter_-_this-is-what-the-supreme-court-has-legitimize\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"887\" height=\"1057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_35-Kapil-Kumar-Singh-Adv-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimize.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_35-Kapil-Kumar-Singh-Adv-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimize.jpg 887w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_35-Kapil-Kumar-Singh-Adv-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimize-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_35-Kapil-Kumar-Singh-Adv-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimize-859x1024.jpg 859w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_35-Kapil-Kumar-Singh-Adv-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimize-768x915.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/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\/haldwani-eviction-bjp-leaders-share-10-yr-old-kolkata-pic-with-misleading-claim\/2023-01-06-09_54_22-ashutosh-jha-on-twitter_-_this-is-what-the-supreme-court-has-legitimized-today\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"899\" height=\"1145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_22-Ashutosh-Jha-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-today-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_22-Ashutosh-Jha-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-today-.jpg 899w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_22-Ashutosh-Jha-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-today--236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_22-Ashutosh-Jha-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-today--804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_22-Ashutosh-Jha-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-today--768x978.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/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\/haldwani-eviction-bjp-leaders-share-10-yr-old-kolkata-pic-with-misleading-claim\/2023-01-06-09_54_10-m-sreenivasulu-reddy-%f0%9f%87%ae%f0%9f%87%b3-on-twitter_-_so-if-you-are-a-muslim-you-can-encroach-g\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"1304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_10-M-Sreenivasulu-Reddy-\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3-on-Twitter_-_So-if-you-are-a-Muslim-you-can-encroach-g.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_10-M-Sreenivasulu-Reddy-\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3-on-Twitter_-_So-if-you-are-a-Muslim-you-can-encroach-g.jpg 889w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_10-M-Sreenivasulu-Reddy-\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3-on-Twitter_-_So-if-you-are-a-Muslim-you-can-encroach-g-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_10-M-Sreenivasulu-Reddy-\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3-on-Twitter_-_So-if-you-are-a-Muslim-you-can-encroach-g-698x1024.jpg 698w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_54_10-M-Sreenivasulu-Reddy-\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3-on-Twitter_-_So-if-you-are-a-Muslim-you-can-encroach-g-768x1127.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 889px) 100vw, 889px\" \/><\/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\/haldwani-eviction-bjp-leaders-share-10-yr-old-kolkata-pic-with-misleading-claim\/2023-01-06-09_53_57-sandesh-chaudhari-on-twitter_-_this-is-what-the-supreme-court-has-legitimized-to\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"1305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_53_57-Sandesh-Chaudhari-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-to.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_53_57-Sandesh-Chaudhari-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-to.jpg 882w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_53_57-Sandesh-Chaudhari-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-to-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_53_57-Sandesh-Chaudhari-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-to-692x1024.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-09_53_57-Sandesh-Chaudhari-on-Twitter_-_This-is-what-the-Supreme-Court-has-legitimized-to-768x1136.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/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\/haldwani-eviction-bjp-leaders-share-10-yr-old-kolkata-pic-with-misleading-claim\/ritu\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1194\" height=\"1578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/ritu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/ritu.jpg 1194w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/ritu-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/ritu-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/ritu-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/ritu-1162x1536.jpg 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1194px) 100vw, 1194px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>A simple <a href=\"https:\/\/lens.google.com\/search?p=AXAp4wjUqsJHRclA2jFLB3hOPERF1dEjiWZzpsMXjwusqjWqya96KLZ0rwsRN956n1ixXfv2jX2hHUX-iBGNHvsDRtYFx0Z_Zb-digQi6yV0NYpOmhV33XMwb52prqfqxdpPQfAKFPazL0BeItvzxdWL0m7o62KUYRxZF4FmZrdrXIiX2Lz74hgxuLPQZfWklZlE5HLqpujawqqXlNl2Lg1WFAWG56ICMGuML8GuFBO4VuFWGbGyxJL2YQ%3D%3D&amp;ep=ccm#lns=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsIkVrY0tKRFJqT0RVMk5EYzFMVFZtWldVdE5EQmlNeTA1TWpWaUxUWmtNelU0WW1VNFpqTTFNeElmV1RsbmIzaG1TMUJCWVVWYVVVUjFWV2RKVkUxaWJEVjNXVWRhVmxkQ1p3PT0iXQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reverse image search<\/a> using Google lens took us to an article by ABC News published in 2016. This report carried the same image as a thumbnail. The description of the photo reads, &#8220;People get on with their lives in a slum on the railway tracks as a commuter train goes past on Dec. 12, 2013 in Kolkata, India.&#8221; It had been credited to Samir Hussein\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142234 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_01_29-Richest-62-People-Control-Same-Wealth-as-Poorest-Half-of-Worlds-Population-Rep-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1566\" height=\"1636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_01_29-Richest-62-People-Control-Same-Wealth-as-Poorest-Half-of-Worlds-Population-Rep-min.jpg 1566w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_01_29-Richest-62-People-Control-Same-Wealth-as-Poorest-Half-of-Worlds-Population-Rep-min-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_01_29-Richest-62-People-Control-Same-Wealth-as-Poorest-Half-of-Worlds-Population-Rep-min-980x1024.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_01_29-Richest-62-People-Control-Same-Wealth-as-Poorest-Half-of-Worlds-Population-Rep-min-768x802.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_01_29-Richest-62-People-Control-Same-Wealth-as-Poorest-Half-of-Worlds-Population-Rep-min-1470x1536.jpg 1470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1566px) 100vw, 1566px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Using the same description, we performed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=People+get+on+with+their+lives+in+a+slum+on+the+railway+tracks+as+a+commuter+train+goes+past++samir+hussein&amp;sxsrf=ALiCzsZRdawGurjHYT9k8CBqYmuJiRl4sg%3A1672979627023&amp;ei=q6S3Y-OHAdaM9u8P6MemoAk&amp;ved=0ahUKEwijiYrjjrL8AhVWhv0HHeijCZQQ4dUDCA8&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=People+get+on+with+their+lives+in+a+slum+on+the+railway+tracks+as+a+commuter+train+goes+past++samir+hussein&amp;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzoKCAAQRxDWBBCwAzoECCMQJ0oECEEYAEoECEYYAFCHGVjQswFgq7YBaARwAXgAgAHoB4gB4yGSAQ0yLTguMS4xLjEuMC4xmAEAoAEByAEDwAEB&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keyword search<\/a> on Google and came across the original photo available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/news-photo\/people-get-on-with-their-lives-in-a-slum-on-the-railway-news-photo\/461948087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getty Images<\/a>. The photo is dated December 12, 2013. It represents a slum near railway tracks in Kolkata.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-142235 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_06_39-Settings-min-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_06_39-Settings-min-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_06_39-Settings-min-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_06_39-Settings-min-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_06_39-Settings-min-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_06_39-Settings-min-1536x869.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-10_06_39-Settings-min-2048x1159.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, reacting to the Supreme Court order putting a stay on the decision of the Uttarakhand high court to demolish 4,000 homes in Haldwani, BJP workers and supporters shared a ten-year-old image from Kolkata, apparently to demonize the poor and the marginalized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 20, 2022, Uttarakhand high court passed an order to evict over 4,000 families from land claimed by the Railways in Haldwani. The court&#8217;s decision was later challenged in the country&#8217;s highest court and on January 5, 2023, the Supreme Court stayed the HC order. The apex court observed that the case had a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":142245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[692],"class_list":["post-142220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/01\/2023-01-06-11_45_36-Untitled-design-1200-\u00d7-628px-Brave-min.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142220","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142220"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142313,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142220\/revisions\/142313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142220"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=142220"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=142220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}