{"id":149672,"date":"2023-03-04T14:48:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T09:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=149672"},"modified":"2023-03-04T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T09:18:32","slug":"bjp-tamilnadu-leaders-not-having-beer-false-claim-with-viral-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-tamilnadu-leaders-not-having-beer-false-claim-with-viral-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Photo of Tamil Nadu BJP leaders sitting with beer bottles is morphed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">A photo of a group of men seated around a dining table is gathering a lot of traction on social media. In the picture, BJP Tamil Nadu general secretary Keshav Vinayak, Coimbatore BJP district president Balaji Uthamarasamy and Telangana BJP vice-president Selva Kumar are seen having a meal with some people. They seemingly have chicken on their plates and some beer bottles on the table. The picture was shared by social media influencer Kovai Harish. Before being deleted, the tweet received more than 37,000 views. (<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/a0RFK\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 452px;height: 500px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Several other Facebook users<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> shared a screenshot of Harish\u2019s tweet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 598px;height: 244px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/Ko-xSkOC_LyS25gvq76MyOc-4JfD1HznRq0IVNYQ74g8h9lQeU2rKJwpERbTEZM5PO654jDKo6olAdeC28VmHlo5nc65BVJvOYEOoXrC85bYIa1Hf12XxWpguEezWDkyG9y_2rJSBUxuTHN_n_G6nBA\" width=\"598\" height=\"244\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.62;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 11pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif;color: #111111;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Fact Check<\/span><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">On zooming in, it can be clearly seen that the picture has been edited. The reflections of the beer bottles kept on the table do not match with the shape of the bottles. This confirms that the image has been doctored.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-149672 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-tamilnadu-leaders-not-having-beer-false-claim-with-viral-picture\/2-134\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2-1.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2-1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/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-tamilnadu-leaders-not-having-beer-false-claim-with-viral-picture\/1-149\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/1-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/1-1.jpeg 435w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/1-1-300x270.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">We found that Telangana BJP vice-president Selva Kumar had tweeted a similar picture on February 27. However, unlike the viral picture, water bottles \u2013 not beer bottles \u2013 are kept on the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ta\">\u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b86\u0baf\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc2\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2 \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bca\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0bb5 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0baf\u0b95\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd, \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/balaji_utham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@balaji_utham<\/a>, \u0bae\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0bae\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bb2 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb5\u0bc1 \u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bc1. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zne0vobwWo\">pic.twitter.com\/zne0vobwWo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Selva Kumar (@Selvakumar_IN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Selvakumar_IN\/status\/1630193018690220033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\">https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The two pictures have been compared side by side here so that the reader can clearly see the difference between them. Apart from this, non-vegetarian food is also visible in the plates on the table in the viral picture. However, it is not there in the real picture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 598px;height: 267px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/24qgwbtoxwCPTSKkcIXMcvr7e-oI2l8mJwZ1jHfjpHgNiFn66FOoM26wjHHc-ivVAhILm238z_3YLuCu61hS7sr_OmrlUlpIEcagk6EpO_1ocnkq9ORtronnKTdaDgWlgsi6W1S8ZFpBltIi5T9oLbs\" width=\"598\" height=\"267\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">To sum it up, a shoddily edited image was shared on social media to target Telangana BJP leaders and members. In the original picture, there are neither beer bottles on the table nor non-vegetarian food on the plates.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of a group of men seated around a dining table is gathering a lot of traction on social media. In the picture, BJP Tamil Nadu general secretary Keshav Vinayak, Coimbatore BJP district president Balaji Uthamarasamy and Telangana BJP vice-president Selva Kumar are seen having a meal with some people. 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