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Describing their alleged efforts as <em>&#8220;selfless dedication&#8221;<\/em>, it circulated three photographs of RSS workers with the caption &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;Open your eyes and you will see Swayam Sevaks all around eleven districts of the State of Kerala.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>The post has 2,400 likes and 1,400 shares.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/postcard.medianews\/posts\/2007487395976398\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/postcard.medianews\/posts\/2007487395976398\"><p>Open your eyes and you will see Swayam Sevaks all around eleven districts of the State of Kerala. This is how RSS functions.Let&#8217;s heartily thank RSS workers for their selfless dedication..<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/postcard.medianews\/\">Post Card Fans<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/postcard.medianews\/posts\/2007487395976398\">Sunday, 19 August 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The images have also been circulated by individual users on Twitter who are followed by Office of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrajwalBusta\/status\/1028870873883844608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrajwalBusta\/status\/1028870873883844608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaffronAvnish\/status\/1031173331926433793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>). They have combined retweets of over 750.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18400 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/rssorg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/rssorg.jpeg 2500w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/rssorg-300x120.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/rssorg-768x307.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/rssorg-1024x410.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/rssorg-696x278.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/rssorg-1068x427.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/rssorg-1050x420.jpeg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Images are from 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The images widely circulated were taken during RSS and Seva Bharti workers providing aid to victims of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/india\/live-5-detained-for-kollam-temple-fire-tragedy-in-kerala-death-toll-climbs-to-112-2721202.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kollam Temple fire<\/a>. The official Facebook page of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh had shared the photographs in 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RSSOrg\/posts\/1151866478260864\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RSSOrg\/posts\/1151866478260864\"><p>RSS &amp; Seva Bharati volunteers joins in for rescue works at Kollam Temple site.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Seva Bharati Help Desk numbers:<br \/>\n8086488168, 9446853975, 9947302221<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RSSOrg\/\">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RSSOrg\/posts\/1151866478260864\">Sunday, 10 April 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Postcard News<\/em>\u00a0was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/facebook-takes-down-postcard-news-page-owner-mahesh-vikram-hegde-claims-pro-nationalist-tag-5262463\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taken down by Facebook<\/a> in July, following which it began sharing its content through a page named\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/postcard.medianews\/ads\/?ref=page_internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Post Card\u00a0Fans<\/em><\/a> that was earlier\u00a0called <em>&#8220;Atal Bihari Vajpayee Fans&#8221;.<\/em>\u00a0Apart from the aforementioned images, it shared another one with the identical narrative of <em>&#8220;RSS workers providing aid during Kerala floods&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/postcard.medianews\/photos\/a.550824961642656\/2008749225850215\/?type=3\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/postcard.medianews\/photos\/a.550824961642656\/2008749225850215\/?type=3\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/postcard.medianews\/\">Post Card Fans<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/postcard.medianews\/photos\/a.550824961642656\/2008749225850215\/?type=3\">Monday, 20 August 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>This image pertains to a relief work carried out during a landslide in Idduki, Kerala in <a href=\"http:\/\/samvada.org\/2013\/news\/rss-swayamsevaks-steps-for-rescue-of-landslide-victims-at-idukki-of-kerala\/\">2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These are not isolated incidents but\u00a0<em>Postcard News <\/em>has circulated old images related to RSS relief work in the past as well. Recently, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/actor-koena-mitra-postcard-news-share-old-image-as-rss-workers-aiding-kerala-flood-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">circulated the same image<\/a> it had shared in 2016 as Bihar floods as RSS relief work in Kerala.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18403 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design-47.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design-47.jpeg 2500w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design-47-300x120.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design-47-768x307.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design-47-1024x410.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design-47-696x278.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design-47-1068x427.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/08\/Untitled-design-47-1050x420.jpeg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the official Facebook page of RSS shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/rss-workers-aid-gujarat-flood-shared-as-kerala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">six-year-old image<\/a> as Seva Bharti workers providing aid in recent Kerala floods. It has become a trend to circulate old images of relief work during calamities to gain commendation\u00a0on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding to its stockpile of disinformation,\u00a0Postcard News\u00a0has yet again shared old images of RSS relief work during Kerala floods. 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