{"id":38950,"date":"2019-06-19T13:48:13","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T08:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=38950"},"modified":"2019-06-19T13:48:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T08:18:13","slug":"no-shashi-tharoor-isnt-with-wives-of-pak-cricketers-in-this-photograph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/no-shashi-tharoor-isnt-with-wives-of-pak-cricketers-in-this-photograph\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Shashi Tharoor isn’t with wives of Pak cricketers in this photograph"},"content":{"rendered":"

A photograph of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor with a group of women is being shared on social media as the Kerala MP in the company of “Pakistani cricketers’ wives.” A Facebook user Rajiv Tyagi<\/a> was among those who circulated the image.\u00a0“There’s more to winning a cricket match, than just players hitting a ball…Here’s a convincing reason why we won the match – Shashi Tharoor with Pakistan’s cricket wives,”\u00a0<\/em>he wrote.<\/p>\n

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Several people who believed the claim to be true have made distasteful comments on Tyagi’s post.<\/p>\n

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The photograph has been shared with the same claim on Twitter as well.<\/p>\n

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Several people have also circulated the image along with a Hindi caption. Not all of them have claimed that Tharoor posed with wives of Pakistani cricket players but most of the posts are marred with sexist overtones – “he has formed his own team 11” and “he is on a world cup of his own.”<\/p>\n

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Old image, false claim<\/h2>\n

The image was posted by Tharoor himself on February 19, 2018. He isn’t in the company of Pakistani cricketers’ wives but the women of Indore’s Entrepreneurs’ Organisation, per his tweet.<\/p>\n

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With the women of Indore’s Entrepreneurs’ Organisation after a three-hour interaction tonight. (But the men asked most of the questions.) pic.twitter.com\/4cJB5QoOtl<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) February 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Congress MP has often found himself in the crosshairs of misinformation on social media. His photographs<\/a> have been mispresented and statements placed out of context<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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