{"id":27567,"date":"2019-02-08T13:22:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T07:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=27567"},"modified":"2019-03-15T17:07:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T11:37:10","slug":"old-photographs-used-to-project-show-of-strength-at-pm-modis-west-bengal-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photographs-used-to-project-show-of-strength-at-pm-modis-west-bengal-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photographs used to project show of strength at PM Modi&#8217;s West Bengal rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently spoke at a political rally in West Bengal. Relations between the Union Government and the West Bengal government have deteriorated following the controversy over CBI&#8217;s action in the Saradha chit fund case.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a set of images has been shared by supporters of PM Modi on social media. The photos are of huge crowds which had supposedly attended the Prime Minister&#8217;s rally in the state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ModiforPMOrg\/posts\/2009096059204126\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ModiforPMOrg\/posts\/2009096059204126\"><p>\u0915\u092e \u092d\u0940\u095c \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u0923 \u0938\u092d\u093e \u0930\u0926\u094d\u0926 \u092f\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u0938\u0941\u0928\u093e \u0925\u093e<br \/>\n\u092a\u0930 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092d\u0940\u095c \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u0923 PM \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0937\u0923 \u091b\u094b\u091f\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u092a\u095c\u093e<br \/>\n#HowsTheJosh<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ModiforPMOrg\/\">Narendra Modi for PM<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ModiforPMOrg\/posts\/2009096059204126\">Wednesday, February 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The above post is by a Facebook page named <em>Narendra Modi For PM.<\/em>\u00a0The message accompanying the post reads, <em>&#8220;\u0915\u092e \u092d\u0940\u095c \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u0923 \u0938\u092d\u093e \u0930\u0926\u094d\u0926 \u092f\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u0938\u0941\u0928\u093e \u0925\u093e\u00a0\u092a\u0930 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092d\u0940\u095c \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u0923 PM \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0937\u0923 \u091b\u094b\u091f\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u092a\u095c\u093e&#8221; (It is common to hear of rallies being cancelled due to lack of crowd, but PM Modi had to cut short his speech in his Bengal rally due to huge turnout- translation). #HowsTheJosh<\/em> is the hashtag along with the message and photos.<\/p>\n<p>Several individual users have shared this set of images on Facebook with the above message.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Old photos of PM Modi&#039;s rally viral as recent West Bengal rally\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/315885861?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"510\" height=\"412\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Photos not from PM&#8217;s West Bengal rally<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News fact-checked these photographs and found that they are NOT of the recent rally held by the Prime Minister in West Bengal. Using the Google reverse image search tool revealed the origin of each of these photographs<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Image 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The first image, in which PM Modi is seen addressing a large crowd is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narendramodi.in\/od\/mission-272-innovative-campaigning-ways-3146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website of the Prime Minister<\/a>. The photo is found in a write-up dated May 15, 2014. This confirms that the photograph is at least four years old, if not more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27573\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/modi2014rally.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"842\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/modi2014rally.jpg 842w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/modi2014rally-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/modi2014rally-768x420.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Image 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Alt News could not trace the origin of the second photograph.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27587\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/rally.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/rally.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/rally-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/rally-470x264.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/rally-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/rally-215x120.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/rally-414x232.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alt News reverse searched the third photograph and found the photograph on a Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpkarnatakaonline\/photos\/a.1423214437916958\/1443200075918394\/?type=1&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>BJP Karnataka Online<\/em><\/a>, posted in April 2014. On further probing, we came across a website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmibeat.com\/photos\/kannada-events\/narendra-modi-to-addressed-bharatha-gellisi-rally-in-bengaluru-45041.html#photos-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Filmibeat<\/em><\/a>, which had posted this photograph with the claim that it was clicked at Narendra Modi&#8217;s rally in Karnataka in November 2013.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/bjprally.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/bjprally.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/bjprally-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Image 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The final image which has been posted as PM Modi&#8217;s West Bengal rally is indeed from the state. However, it is not a recent photograph. Alt News found this picture in an article by <a href=\"http:\/\/deshgujarat.com\/2014\/02\/05\/the-kolkata-crowd-at-modis-rallyin-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>DeshGujarat<\/em> <\/a>of February, 2014. According to the article, these pictures are of PM Modi&#8217;s rally which took place in Kolkata early that year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27582\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/deshgujarat_modi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/deshgujarat_modi.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/deshgujarat_modi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/deshgujarat_modi-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who operates the FB page <em>Narendra Modi For PM<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News found that the Facebook page <em>Narendra Modi For PM (@ModiForPMOrg)<\/em> is run by one Rohit Gangwal. Gangwal in his Twitter bio states that he is the founder of <em>@ModiForPMOrg.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27591\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/gangwal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/gangwal.jpg 528w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/gangwal-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/gangwal-74x55.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gangwal is closely associated with the BJP, and has been photographed with several top party leaders like Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya and BJP MP Kirron Kher. He also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modiforpm.org\/core-committee.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">operates a website<\/a> with the same name.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BJP4India<\/a> \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f \u0906\u0908\u091f\u0940 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092e\u0941\u0916 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amitmalviya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amitmalviya<\/a> \u091c\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0938\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0947\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092c\u094b\u0927\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModiforPMOrg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ModiforPMOrg<\/a> \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0928\u092e\u094b \u0910\u092a \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u093e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0917\u0924\u093f\u0935\u093f\u0927\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0913\u0930 \u0938\u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f \u0930\u0942\u092a \u0926\u0947\u0915\u0930 \u092e\u093f\u0936\u09282019 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0938\u093e\u0930 \u0928\u0947\u091f\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0915 \u0924\u0948\u092f\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ModiForPM2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ModiForPM2019<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cfbwuR76A4\">pic.twitter.com\/cfbwuR76A4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rohit Gangwal (@rohitgangwalind) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rohitgangwalind\/status\/1063036461614686208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ironically, at least three out of the four photographs of Narendra Modi&#8217;s rallies, clicked before he became the Prime Minister, are being shared now to portray popularity and connect in West Bengal at a time when the state has emerged crucial to the BJP&#8217;s plan for 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently spoke at a political rally in West Bengal. Relations between the Union Government and the West Bengal government have deteriorated following the controversy over CBI&#8217;s action in the Saradha chit fund case. Now, a set of images has been shared by supporters of PM Modi on social media. 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