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House for everybody , Ujwala Gas, Digital India, Electrification, 2 crore Jobs, Swacch Bharat, Smart city etc etc.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>Later, the tweet was deleted. An archived version of the tweet can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190406100147\/https:\/twitter.com\/niranjan_takle\/status\/1114431960267534336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32653\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Takle-Tweet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Takle-Tweet.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Takle-Tweet-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Actor-turned-politician and Congress leader Nagma Morarji also<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nagma_morarji\/status\/1114434404133294080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> tweeted<\/a> the same photo with identical text.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bjp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bjp<\/a> candidate Sambit Patra has been exposed all <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Modis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Modis<\/a> lies in a thic pic is for al to see . House for everybody , Ujwala Gas, Digital India, Electrification, 2 crore Jobs, Swacch Bharat, Smart city etc etc. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6S814owIRU\">pic.twitter.com\/6S814owIRU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nagma Morarji (@nagma_morarji) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nagma_morarji\/status\/1114434404133294080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Political commentator and writer Zainab Sikander <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zainabsikander\/status\/1114476694591627264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted <\/a>the image with the caption, <em>&#8220;\u0915\u0941\u091b \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u092d\u0942\u0916 \u0915\u093e \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0905\u0902\u0924 \u0939\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e\u0964 (Some people have no end to their hunger)&#8221;.<\/em> The tweet has now been deleted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32632\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Zainab.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Zainab.png 605w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Zainab-296x300.png 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sasidharan Pazhoor, a Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/inquestioner\/status\/1114461223326609414?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> the image taking a jibe at Patra, <em>&#8220;Hey @sambitswaraj, are you addicted to eating? I haven&#8217;t seen you doing anything else in your campaign.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sambitswaraj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sambitswaraj<\/a> , are you addicted to eating? I haven&#8217;t seen you doing anything else in your campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lqYMyY1qGQ\">pic.twitter.com\/lqYMyY1qGQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sasidharan Pazhoor (@inquestioner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/inquestioner\/status\/1114461223326609414?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Photoshopped image<\/h2>\n<p>Reverse searching the image on Google yields no results. After flipping the image horizontally and then performing a reverse search of the image, Alt News found a 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.india.com\/marathi\/maharashtra\/training-for-mumbais-100-homeless-citizens-on-right-to-information-act-at-st-xaviers-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> which had the original photograph.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/2019-04-06-16_54_25-Training-for-Mumbais-100-homeless-citizens-on-Right-to-Information-Act-at-St-Xa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"822\" height=\"735\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/2019-04-06-16_54_25-Training-for-Mumbais-100-homeless-citizens-on-Right-to-Information-Act-at-St-Xa.jpg 822w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/2019-04-06-16_54_25-Training-for-Mumbais-100-homeless-citizens-on-Right-to-Information-Act-at-St-Xa-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/2019-04-06-16_54_25-Training-for-Mumbais-100-homeless-citizens-on-Right-to-Information-Act-at-St-Xa-768x687.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BJP has fielded its spokesperson Sambit Patra as a candidate for Puri parliamentary constituency in Odisha. As a part of the election campaign, Patra has posted several pictures of his visit to the constituency.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Having lunch with Pipli BJP assembly candidate Arshit Pattnayak Ji and karykartas<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4Odisha?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BJP4Odisha<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PhirEkBaarModiSarkar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PhirEkBaarModiSarkar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o9Z0BnUXbw\">pic.twitter.com\/o9Z0BnUXbw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chowkidar Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sambitswaraj\/status\/1112303363452854273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the photoshopped image, Patra was cropped from one of the images posted above and superimposed on another, to suggest that he was eating on a footpath. This photoshopped image was earlier debunked by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/photoshopped-image-of-sambit-patra-eating-with-a-homeless-couple-on-a-footpath-surfaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BoomLive<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Sambit-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Sambit-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Sambit-2-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Sambit-2-768x402.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Sambit-2-1024x536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Sambit-2-990x518.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A photoshopped image of Sambit Patra was shared by several prominent individuals suggesting that it depicts the failure of Modi government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A picture of BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra purportedly dining with a homeless couple on a footpath is doing the rounds on social media. 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