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The message inscribed beside the photo suggested that Nitish Kumar was discussing political strategy with Modi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0939\u0926 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0905\u0938\u0902\u0935\u0947\u0926\u0928\u0936\u0940\u0932\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0940\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F5vNqfbIpj\">pic.twitter.com\/F5vNqfbIpj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Youth Congress (@IYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IYC\/status\/1097404320838909952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dhirendra Jha, a Twitter user, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dhirendra_ml\/status\/1097169063099359234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> the same photograph suggesting that it is &#8220;difficult for the common man to know their leaders&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0917\u092e\u0917\u0940\u0928 \u092e\u093e\u0939\u094c\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u0939\u0902\u0938\u0940!\u0938\u091a\u092e\u0941\u091a \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0928\u093e \u092e\u0941\u0936\u094d\u0915\u093f\u0932 \u0939\u0948 \u0906\u092e\u091c\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZU9Lbwxavt\">pic.twitter.com\/ZU9Lbwxavt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 dhirendra jha (@dhirendra_ml) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dhirendra_ml\/status\/1097169063099359234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Noted individuals like Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam and activist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kavita_krishnan\/status\/1097187538396053504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kavita Krishnan<\/a> also quoted-tweeted saying that Nitish and Modi are laughing together at a time when the entire nation is mourning the death of CRPF jawans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sccY2CV5iUa5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3609\" height=\"1151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sccY2CV5iUa5.jpg 3609w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sccY2CV5iUa5-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sccY2CV5iUa5-768x245.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sccY2CV5iUa5-1024x327.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sccY2CV5iUa5-990x316.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-sccY2CV5iUa5-1320x421.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3609px) 100vw, 3609px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The official handle of Rashtriya Janata Dal had also retweeted a tweet posted by Jha.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28538\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Selection_866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1747\" height=\"1007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Selection_866.jpg 1747w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Selection_866-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Selection_866-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Selection_866-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Selection_866-990x571.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Selection_866-1320x761.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1747px) 100vw, 1747px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another individual user, <i>@aartic02<\/i> also tweeted the same image with an identical narrative.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190219_135919.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190219_135919.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190219_135919-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190219_135919-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190219_135919-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190219_135919-990x1237.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>After the Pulwama attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were seen together on Feb 17, 2019 at the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of various development projects in Barauni. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianage.com\/india\/all-india\/180219\/i-share-the-fire-in-your-heart-says-modi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo<\/a> clicked by the news agency <i>Press Trust of India<\/i> shows the duo sharing a laugh. However, Alt News fact check revealed that picture being shared is a different one.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News did a Google reverse image search of the image and found that the image dates to back July, 2015. An article published by <i><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-others\/pm-modi-targets-nitish-kumar-says-he-back-stabbed-people-of-bihar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Indian Express<\/a><\/i> on July 26, 2015 had carried the photograph. The photo credited to PTI was captioned, <i>\u201cPM Narendra Modi, Nitish Kumar in Patna on Saturday.\u201d<\/i> Modi and Kumar had shared stage at the launch event of a railway project in Patna, months before the Bihar assembly election in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28584\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-DTvSp13lkQc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3942\" height=\"1838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-DTvSp13lkQc.jpg 3942w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-DTvSp13lkQc-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-DTvSp13lkQc-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-DTvSp13lkQc-1024x477.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-DTvSp13lkQc-990x462.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-DTvSp13lkQc-1320x615.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3942px) 100vw, 3942px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many Twitter users had called out the individuals for using an old photo to claim that Kumar and Modi were seen laughing at an event in Barauni. Soon after this, Sanjay Nirupam and @Aartic02 had deleted their tweet whereas Kavita Krishnan<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kavita_krishnan\/status\/1097364139629051904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1097364139629051904&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmumbaimirror.indiatimes.com%2Fnews%2Findia%2Ffact-check-2015-photo-of-narendra-modi-nitish-kumar-shared-with-misleading-claims%2Farticleshow%2F68062129.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> tweeted<\/a> an acknowledgement about her error. The activist stood her ground by saying, <i>\u201cBut it stands that at Barauni yesterday there ARE pics of the two exchanging inappropriate laughter. Screenshot of the Barauni picture also attached here. So my comment stands\u201d.<\/i> In her new tweet, she had tweeted a screenshot of an article which carried a picture of Modi and Kumar at Barauni in Begusarai district of Bihar. Speaking to <i><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/hoaxposed\/kavita-krishnan-uses-old-photo-to-claim-modi-nitish-were-laughing-after-pulwama\/194420\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Print<\/a><\/i>, Krishnan said,<i> \u201cI grant that the picture I shared might be an old one but the fact remains that these two were exchanging inappropriate grins and laughs yesterday at Barauni,\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>An old photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from 2015 was shared by prominent individuals to claim that the duo were seen in a jocular mood at an event after the Pulwama terror attack. While, the claim that the duo were seen smiling at a recent event is true, the event was a foundation stone ceremony, and their gesture cannot necessarily be attributed to them being insensitive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 17, Youth Congress took a jibe at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for supposedly sharing a laugh after the recent Pulwama terror attack. 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