{"id":188698,"date":"2024-04-02T15:25:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T09:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=188698"},"modified":"2024-04-03T18:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:55:07","slug":"kharge-did-clap-when-narasimha-raos-son-received-the-bharat-ratna-on-his-fathers-behalf-contrary-claims-baseless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/kharge-did-clap-when-narasimha-raos-son-received-the-bharat-ratna-on-his-fathers-behalf-contrary-claims-baseless\/","title":{"rendered":"Kharge did clap when Narasimha Rao&#8217;s son received the Bharat Ratna on his father&#8217;s behalf; contrary claims baseless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image showing P V Prabhakar Rao, the son of the late Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstoday.in\/india\/story\/pm-modi-lauds-bharat-ratna-awardees-pv-narasimha-rao-karpoori-thakur-chaudhary-charan-singh-ms-swaminathan-for-immense-contributions-423532-2024-03-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">receiving the posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna<\/a> on behalf of his father from President of India Draupadi Murmu is viral on social media. In the photo, most of the dignitaries present can be seen clapping while Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is sitting with his hands clasped.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users amplified the photo claiming that Kharge was being disrespectful to the late PM by not clapping. &#8220;&#8230;.(this) proves they have no respect for Rao&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/4HowT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> one such user. (Archives <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/k3uax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/5J3xA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/RFZKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/zNd7S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/kTeTO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/iNUSq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-188698 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\/kharge-did-clap-when-narasimha-raos-son-received-the-bharat-ratna-on-his-fathers-behalf-contrary-claims-baseless\/chrome_qn7e2ckhmx\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"780\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_AG3RjVOkpt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_AG3RjVOkpt.jpg 806w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_AG3RjVOkpt-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_AG3RjVOkpt-768x741.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/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\/kharge-did-clap-when-narasimha-raos-son-received-the-bharat-ratna-on-his-fathers-behalf-contrary-claims-baseless\/chrome_smfyufqcrn\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"894\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_V00JmTnAki.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_V00JmTnAki.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_V00JmTnAki-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_V00JmTnAki-768x708.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The image is also viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=kharge%20not%20clapping&amp;filters=eyJyZWNlbnRfcG9zdHM6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcInJlY2VudF9wb3N0c1wiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwiXCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> with the same claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_t81ZZ39ksa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"1147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_t81ZZ39ksa.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_t81ZZ39ksa-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_t81ZZ39ksa-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/chrome_t81ZZ39ksa-768x973.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News found that the official YouTube channel of the President of India had live-streamed the ceremony. Around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/VeidrFT5Z4g?feature=shared&amp;t=118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1:58-minute<\/a> mark in the live stream, PV Narasimha Rao&#8217;s son PV Prabhakar Rao was called for the presentation of the award. The audience broke into applause and the Mallikarjun Kharge, sitting in the front row, was seen clapping along with everybody else.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VeidrFT5Z4g?si=g8m4z5LteJhQfv8i&amp;start=116]<\/p>\n<p>After Rao received the honour on behalf of his father, he was also seen shaking hands with Kharge at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/VeidrFT5Z4g?feature=shared&amp;t=118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2:52<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/CLAIM-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/CLAIM-10.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/CLAIM-10-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/CLAIM-10-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/CLAIM-10-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hence it is clear that the image was clicked at a point when Kharge was not clapping. However, video evidence disproves the claim that Kharge disrespected PV Narasimha Rao by not clapping when the former Prime Minister received the Bharat Ratna award, India&#8217;s highest civilian honour, posthumously. Kharge applauded when Rao&#8217;s name was announced and later shook hands with the latter&#8217;s son, who received the honour on his father&#8217;s behalf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image showing P V Prabhakar Rao, the son of the late Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, receiving the posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna on behalf of his father from President of India Draupadi Murmu is viral on social media. In the photo, most of the dignitaries present can be seen clapping while Congress president [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":200397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[706],"class_list":["post-188698","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>Kharge did clap when Narasimha Rao&#039;s son received the Bharat Ratna on his father&#039;s behalf; contrary claims baseless - 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=\"Kharge did clap when Narasimha Rao&#039;s son received the Bharat Ratna on his father&#039;s behalf; contrary claims baseless - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An image showing P V Prabhakar Rao, the son of the late Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, receiving the posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna on behalf of his father from President of India Draupadi Murmu is viral on social media. 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