Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away at the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi on August 16. The hours leading to his demise had witnessed a rush of top political leaders to AIIMS as anxiety grew over the state of his health. Vajpayee breathed his last at 5:05 pm, and political nitpicking on social media began not long after. Amid the outpouring of grief and condolence, a photograph of PM Modi surrounded by medical personnel began circulating.<\/p>\n
The photograph has been shared with varying captions by pages, groups and individuals on social media, all mocking the Prime Minister for his supposed indifference and lack of empathy, on the basis of his facial expression. From a Facebook page Aam Aadmi Zindabad<\/em>, the photograph and the message has been shared over 2,200 times.<\/p>\n \u0926\u0947\u0916\u094b \u092f\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u0917\u092e \u092e\u0947 \u0939\u0948 !!<\/p>\n Posted by Aam Admi Zindabad(\u0906\u092e \u0906\u0926\u092e\u0940 \u091c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926)<\/a> on\u00a0Thursday, August 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Congress leader Brijesh Kalappa tweeted the photograph on the morning of August 17 with the words, “Grief stricken PM Narendra Modi condoling the death of Bharat Ratna Atal Behari Vajpayee at AIIMS, New Delhi..”<\/em><\/p>\n Grief stricken PM Narendra Modi condoling the death of Bharat Ratna Atal Behari Vajpayee at AIIMS, New Delhi.. pic.twitter.com\/FUdNdb1Je2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Brijesh Kalappa (@brijeshkalappa) August 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Kalappa has also posted the same on his page on Facebook.<\/a> In response, it was alleged that Congress leader Kalappa had shared on old picture of the Prime Minister and was trying to mislead the people.<\/p>\n FIR will be filed against INC spokesperson & vulture @brijeshkalappa<\/a> for spreading this old picture on the name of Atal ji which wasn\u2019t needed at all today. Can\u2019t you people rise above politics for a day? https:\/\/t.co\/FdRZigtanW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Bhaiyyaji (@bhaiyyajispeaks) August 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This was also claimed by Ankur Singh<\/a>. Rishi Bagree confronted another social media user and claimed that the image in question was actually taken at Kollam, Kerala in April, 2016. Both Singh and Bagree are followed on Twitter by PM Modi.<\/p>\n This picture dates back to April 10, 2016. where Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kollam District Hospital to meet the victims of Paravur Puttingal temple accident, in Kerala https:\/\/t.co\/f7jz5DWnLb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Rishi Bagree \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@rishibagree) August 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Is the photograph of PM Modi circulating on social media an old image as alleged, or is Prime Minister modi displaying nonchalance over a grave occasion? Alt News looked up videos of August 16, 2018 when PM Modi had visited AIIMS for the second time in a day to inquire about Vajpayee’s health.<\/p>\n\n
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