{"id":26801,"date":"2019-01-29T18:44:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T13:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=26801"},"modified":"2019-02-12T03:00:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T21:30:09","slug":"bjp-rajasthan-tweets-image-of-poland-motorway-as-newly-constructed-national-highway-in-rajasthan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-rajasthan-tweets-image-of-poland-motorway-as-newly-constructed-national-highway-in-rajasthan\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP Rajasthan uses image of Poland motorway to announce new National Highway in Rajasthan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Union road transport and highway minister Nitin Gadkari laid foundations<\/a> for National Highway projects in Rajasthan on January 28. BJP uploaded posters from its official social media accounts (Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>) to highlight the occasion where Gadkari was to lay the foundation stone for two-lane paved shoulder road across Bikaner.<\/p>\n

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The image was uploaded with the caption –\u00a0“\u0938\u0921\u093c\u0915 \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u0939\u0928 \u0914\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092e\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0917 \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u00a0Nitin Gadkari\u00a0\u091c\u0940 860.26 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0930\u0941\u092a\u092f\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0932\u093e\u0917\u0924 \u0938\u0947 162.46 \u0915\u093f\u0932\u094b\u092e\u0940\u091f\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u0940\u0915\u093e\u0928\u0947\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u093e\u092f\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 \u0928\u0917\u0930, \u0905\u0928\u0942\u092a\u0917\u0922\u093c, \u0918\u0921\u093c\u0938\u093e\u0928\u093e, \u0938\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0938\u0930, \u092a\u0942\u0917\u0932 \u0916\u0902\u0921 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u094b \u0932\u0947\u0928 \u092e\u092f \u092a\u0947\u0935\u094d\u0921 \u0936\u094b\u0932\u094d\u0921\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0936\u093f\u0932\u093e\u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947\u0964 (Road transport and national highway minister Nitin Gadkari ji will lay the foundation stone for 162.46 kms of two-lane paved shoulder at a cost of Rs 860.26 crore in Bikaner in Raisinghnagar, Anupgarh, Gharsana, Sattasar, pugalkhand.)”<\/em><\/p>\n

BJP Rajasthan president Madan Lal Saini<\/a> also tweeted the same photograph with the identical caption.<\/p>\n

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Image of an expressway in Poland<\/h2>\n

The photograph used by BJP Rajasthan to announce the construction of new roads in Bikaner is actually\u00a0Poland’s A2 motorway<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Alt News had debunked<\/a> this image when BJP used it in 2015<\/a> to showcase Modi government’s reform measures.<\/p>\n

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Photograph also used in other countries<\/h2>\n

Reverse-searching the image on Google gives the result ‘kampala jinja expressway map’ and throws up a bunch of articles<\/a> claiming that the road is an artistic impression of the Ugandese highway. The ruling\u00a0National Resistance Movement (NRM) party had also used the photograph in 2015.<\/p>\n

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When #Poland<\/a> in 2003 stole #Uganda<\/a>‘s 2017 “detailed, completed” Kampala\u2013Jinja Express Highway designs pic.twitter.com\/kbqApG9OUo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Observer (@observerug) December 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The party later apologised for using misleading imagery.<\/p>\n

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Dear friends, we apologize for the misleading image used while sharing the #steadyprogress<\/a> on the Kampala-Jinja Express Highway earlier.<\/p>\n

\u2014 NRM Party (@NRMOnline) December 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In 2017, the image was also used to claim that it depicts plans for road construction in Somalia.<\/p>\n

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#Qatar<\/a> government will construct Two main roads from #Mogadishu<\/a> to #Afgoye<\/a> & From #Mogadishu<\/a> to #Jowhar<\/a>
\nThis is the plan for that roads. pic.twitter.com\/XXLq62eWUB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mogadishu Update (@Mogadishuupdate) December 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A photograph of a highway in Poland was used by BJP, on at least two occasions, to showcase Indian roads.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: The word ‘\u0936\u093f\u0932\u093e\u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0938’\u00a0<\/em>was translated in this article as ‘inauguration.’ However, it means ‘foundation stone’ in the context of this report. The article has been accordingly updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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