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On the vast Brigade Ground was a massive crowd of 10+ lakh Karyakartas(figure given by the Kolkata Police)&#8221;<\/em>, reads a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Savaarkar\/status\/1117430096053190656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">message<\/a> posted along with an image purportedly of a rally that was addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah in Kolkata. Modi visited Kolkata for an election campaign rally on April 3.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33812\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Modi-Shah-Tw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Modi-Shah-Tw.jpg 442w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Modi-Shah-Tw-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several other individuals on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/str\/+front+of+the+two+bald+heads.+it+is+human+crowd+at+the\/keywords_search?epa=FILTERS&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lIjoie1wibmFtZVwiOlwiY3JlYXRpb25fdGltZVwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwie1xcXCJzdGFydF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOVxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDE5XFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0xMlxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMTItMzFcXFwifVwifSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=human%20crowd%20at%20the%20BJP%20Kolkata&amp;src=typd&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> have claimed that this was the scene at the recent Modi-Shah rally in Kolkata.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33813\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Facebook-Modi-Shah.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Facebook-Modi-Shah.png 373w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Facebook-Modi-Shah-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Photoshopped image<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News had debunked this morphed image earlier when it was shared as that of a<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/is-that-a-tsunami-of-support-at-modi-shah-rally-no-it-is-a-morphed-image\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> &#8220;tsunami of supporters&#8221;<\/a><\/em> in a Modi-Shah rally.\u00a0Alt News was able to trace back the image to December 2017 when PM Modi and Amit Shah were sharing dais in Shimla. The event was the swearing-in ceremony of Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PM Shri <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> at the swearing-in ceremony of the Council of Ministers of the Himachal Pradesh Government in Shimla. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6vdGNfHOm4\">pic.twitter.com\/6vdGNfHOm4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BJP LIVE (@BJPLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJPLive\/status\/945911632856621056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The attire donned by the BJP president also matches with other images of the same event posted by News agency <em>ANI<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shimla: Virender Kanwar and Vikram Singh take oath as cabinet ministers of Himachal Pradesh government <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dgbqg012XV\">pic.twitter.com\/Dgbqg012XV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/945902205919404033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the comparison below, the photoshopped image is placed alongside the original image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33814\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Shah-Modi-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Shah-Modi-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Shah-Modi-2-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Shah-Modi-2-768x402.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Shah-Modi-2-1024x536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/Shah-Modi-2-990x518.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is not sand in front of the two bald heads. it is human crowd at the BJP Kolkata rally. 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