{"id":66571,"date":"2020-05-13T16:12:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T10:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=66571"},"modified":"2020-05-13T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T10:49:06","slug":"old-photos-of-two-women-drinking-alcohol-are-viral-with-false-claim-that-bjp-leaders-are-drinking-after-relaxation-of-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-photos-of-two-women-drinking-alcohol-are-viral-with-false-claim-that-bjp-leaders-are-drinking-after-relaxation-of-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Old images falsely shared as female BJP politician consumes alcohol after liquor shops opened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India has been under a lockdown since March 24, imposed to tackle the spread of coronavirus. On May 4, the government relaxed some norms and permitted the sale of liquor with certain restrictions. In this backdrop, two photographs of women in saffron clothing consuming alcohol have been shared by several users with the claim that they are BJP politicians. The complete\u00a0 message reads, &#8220;\u0920\u0947\u0915\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0932\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0939\u0932\u093e \u0930\u0941\u091d\u093e\u0928 \u0906\u092f\u093e \u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926 \u092e\u094b\u095c\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0920\u0947\u0915\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0932\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f.&#8221; One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=177172500405427&amp;id=100043380352342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">M Patel Patidar&#8217;s post<\/a> has attracted 22,000 shares as of this writing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66572 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/beer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/beer.jpg 516w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/beer-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Both images are viral with the same claim on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66573 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/beer-women.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/beer-women.png 506w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/beer-women-186x300.png 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>A reverse-image search of the pictures revealed that they have been circulating at least since last year. The earlier post that we were able to trace dates back to July 24, 2019. Facebook user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=917177838650776&amp;id=100010757043323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rahul Bodh<\/a> claimed that the woman are sadhvis during Kanwar yatra. &#8220;\u0915\u093e\u0935\u0921 \u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0927\u0941\u092f\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0947 \u092e\u0947 \u0938\u094b\u092e \u0930\u0938 \u092a\u093f\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u0908,&#8221; reads the caption.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66574 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/24-july.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/24-july.jpg 501w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/24-july-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On July 28, 2019, Twitter user@Nitu604 shared four images of the women, among which two of the photos are presently viral. The user wrote, &#8220;\u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e \u0935\u0938\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u092a\u0939\u0928\u0915\u0930 \u0917\u0932\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 Latin cross \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0932\u093e \u092a\u0939\u0928\u0915\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u094b \u092c\u0926\u0928\u093e\u092e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0936\u094d\u091a\u093f\u092f\u0928 \u092e\u0939\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0902\u0964 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0940 \u092d\u0940 \u0938\u0921\u092f\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0932\u094b \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u0927\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0914\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u093e\u0932 \u092d\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0902\u0915\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u0930 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0947,&#8221; which translates to &#8220;Christian women dressed as Hindus defaming Hindusim.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66575 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/neetu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/neetu.jpg 611w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/neetu-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/neetu-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, old photographs were shared as women politicians of the BJP consumed alcohol after liquor shops were allowed to open. The claim is not only sexist, but false. While Alt News could not establish the orgin of the pictures, they certainly do not represent what is being claimed on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has been under a lockdown since March 24, imposed to tackle the spread of coronavirus. On May 4, the government relaxed some norms and permitted the sale of liquor with certain restrictions. 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