{"id":180973,"date":"2024-03-12T15:46:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T10:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=180973"},"modified":"2024-03-12T15:46:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T10:16:37","slug":"morphed-image-of-union-minister-smriti-irani-in-belly-dance-costume-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/morphed-image-of-union-minister-smriti-irani-in-belly-dance-costume-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Morphed image of Union minister Smriti Irani in belly-dance costume viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An apparent picture of the Union minister of women and child development, Smriti Irani, has gone viral on social media. The picture depicts her wearing a belly dance costume and a man seemingly fixing something on her costume.<\/p>\n<p>An unverified account on X (formerly Twitter), @LautanRamNish, had shared the image with the caption, &#8221; \u0907\u0938 \u092a\u093f\u0915\u094d\u091a\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u094b \u0905\u092a\u094d\u0938\u0930\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0902,\u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e \u092c\u0924\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902?&#8221; The tweet had received over 67,900 views before it was deleted. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/NTnAx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-181218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/Irani-claim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/Irani-claim.jpg 482w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/Irani-claim-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congress leader Dr. Arunesh Kumar Yadav (@YadavArunesh) also shared the picture on X, which was later deleted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-181330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/Claim-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/Claim-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/Claim-1-191x300.jpeg 191w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/Claim-1-652x1024.jpeg 652w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/Claim-1-768x1205.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/Claim-1-979x1536.jpeg 979w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unverified X users like <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/CW5M-WBND\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Mikhan55<\/a> and @<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/K573-7224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MonubhaiAhir1<\/a> also shared the image with derogatory captions.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-180973 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\/morphed-image-of-union-minister-smriti-irani-in-belly-dance-costume-viral\/whatsapp-image-2024-03-11-at-23-28-34-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-11-at-23.28.34-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-11-at-23.28.34-1.jpeg 389w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-11-at-23.28.34-1-196x300.jpeg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/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\/morphed-image-of-union-minister-smriti-irani-in-belly-dance-costume-viral\/whatsapp-image-2024-03-11-at-23-55-11\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-11-at-23.55.11.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-11-at-23.55.11.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-11-at-23.55.11-128x300.jpeg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>X user <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/AM3F-4HZG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@SHABAN14334970<\/a> had shared the image back in 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092a\u0939\u091a\u093e\u0928\u0924\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u0939\u094b\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0906\u092a \u0932\u094b\u0917? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vwmCwrED3i\">pic.twitter.com\/vwmCwrED3i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SHABAN \u0634\u0639\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0642\u0631\u064a\u0634\u0649 \u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\udf39 (@SHABAN14334970) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHABAN14334970\/status\/1605114876912869376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>We reverse-searched the viral image on Google. This led us to the original image posted on travel and tourism website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g298033-d316148-i42423974-Club_Exelsior-Marmaris_Marmaris_District_Mugla_Province_Turkish_Aegean_Coa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tripadvisor.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-182101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/trip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2036\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/trip.jpg 2036w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/trip-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/trip-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/trip-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/trip-1536x996.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2036px) 100vw, 2036px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The original image was posted by a user, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Profile\/angiebstoker\/undefined_132151933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">angiebstoker<\/a>, back in 2012. The original image depicts a different woman and was clicked at a BBQ night event held in Club Exelsior, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-182184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-12-at-00.45.48.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-12-at-00.45.48.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-12-at-00.45.48-300x161.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-12-at-00.45.48-1024x550.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-12-at-00.45.48-768x412.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A comparison of the viral image with the original picture reveals that both of them depict the same people in the background. A filter has been added to the viral picture and the face of the dancer has been digitally altered and Smriti Irani&#8217;s face has been imposed on it.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-180973 gallery-columns-2 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\/morphed-image-of-union-minister-smriti-irani-in-belly-dance-costume-viral\/a-clip-from-the-viral-video-52\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-52.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-52.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-52-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-52-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-52-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-52-1536x1229.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/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\/morphed-image-of-union-minister-smriti-irani-in-belly-dance-costume-viral\/a-clip-from-the-viral-video-53\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-53.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-53.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-53-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-53-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-53-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/A-CLIP-FROM-THE-VIRAL-VIDEO-53-1536x1229.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/english.jagran.com\/uttar-pradesh\/up-congress-leader-booked-for-posting-morphed-image-of-union-minister-smriti-irani-10139251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jagran News<\/a>, an FIR was filed against Congress leader Arunesh Yadav in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, for sharing the viral picture on X. Yadav deleted the tweet and issued an apology on X, stating, &#8220;2 days ago, a morphed photo was posted on my Twitter ID, which was lying on the internet, as soon as I got to know about it, I deleted that tweet. If my tweet has hurt anyone&#8217;s sentiments, I am sorry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u091f\u094d\u0935\u093f\u091f\u0930 \u0906\u0908\u0921\u0940 \u0938\u0947 2 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u0924\u094d\u0930\u0941\u091f\u093f \u0935\u0938 \u090f\u0915 Morphed \u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b \u092a\u094b\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u0908 \u0925\u0940, \u091c\u094b \u0915\u093f \u0907\u0902\u091f\u0930\u0928\u0947\u091f \u092a\u0947 \u092a\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u0925\u0940, \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u092e\u0948\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0909\u0938 \u091f\u094d\u0935\u0940\u091f \u0915\u094b \u0921\u093f\u0932\u0940\u091f \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e\u0964<br \/>\n\u092f\u0926\u093f \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0909\u0938 \u091f\u094d\u0935\u0940\u091f \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0935\u0928\u093e\u090f\u0902 \u0906\u0939\u0924 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0939\u0948 \u0924\u094b \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0916\u0947\u0926 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Arunesh Kumar Yadav (\u0921\u0949 \u0905\u0930\u0941\u0923\u0947\u0936 \u092f\u093e\u0926\u0935) (@YadavArunesh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YadavArunesh\/status\/1767071388492611610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To sum up, a morphed picture depicting Smriti Irani in a belly dance costume has gone viral on social media. Our fact check revealed that the original picture is from 2012 and was clicked at an event in Turkey. The original picture depicts a different woman, whose face was digitally altered and Smriti Irani&#8217;s face was imposed on it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Abira Das is an intern at Alt News.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-18u37iz\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1iusvr4 r-16y2uox r-1777fci\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-zl2h9q\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-k4xj1c r-18u37iz r-1wtj0ep\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1jkjb\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-1cmwbt1 r-1wtj0ep\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1awozwy r-6koalj r-18u37iz\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-18u37iz r-1h0z5md\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1777fci r-bt1l66 r-bztko3 r-lrvibr r-1loqt21 r-1ny4l3l\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"More\" data-testid=\"caret\">\n<div class=\"css-1rynq56 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-rjixqe r-16dba41 r-1awozwy r-6koalj r-1h0z5md r-o7ynqc r-clp7b1 r-3s2u2q\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-xoduu5\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-xoduu5 r-1p0dtai r-1d2f490 r-u8s1d r-zchlnj r-ipm5af r-1niwhzg r-sdzlij r-xf4iuw r-o7ynqc r-6416eg r-1ny4l3l\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r\">\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-1s2bzr4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An apparent picture of the Union minister of women and child development, Smriti Irani, has gone viral on social media. The picture depicts her wearing a belly dance costume and a man seemingly fixing something on her costume. An unverified account on X (formerly Twitter), @LautanRamNish, had shared the image with the caption, &#8221; \u0907\u0938 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":188462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[721],"class_list":["post-180973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Morphed image of Union minister Smriti Irani in belly-dance costume viral - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Morphed image of Union minister Smriti Irani in belly-dance costume viral - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An apparent picture of the Union minister of women and child development, Smriti Irani, has gone viral on social media. 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