

{"id":69557,"date":"2020-06-23T16:40:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T11:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=69557"},"modified":"2020-06-23T17:16:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T11:46:13","slug":"congress-handles-share-photo-of-indira-gandhi-addressing-jawans-in-leh-as-galwan-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-handles-share-photo-of-indira-gandhi-addressing-jawans-in-leh-as-galwan-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress handles share photo of Indira Gandhi addressing jawans in Leh as Galwan valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 21, several social media accounts of the Indian National Congress shared an image of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi addressing a crowd of army men. As per the claim, this speech was given to the Indian army soldiers in Galwan valley, the region where 20 Indian troops were recently martyred in clashes with China.<\/p>\n<p>The image was tweeted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCUttarPradesh\/status\/1274744853465665536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uttar Pradesh Congress<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/7Y6yF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>), gaining over 2,000 retweets. Some of the other official INC accounts that posted the image were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IYC\/status\/1274940168768835584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youth Congress<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/VarlZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DelhiPYC\/status\/1274947097612206080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delhi Youth Congress<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/kv64n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SevadalDD\/status\/1275008960894955526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daman and Diu Congress Sevadal<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/2fidV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-69557 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-handles-share-photo-of-indira-gandhi-addressing-jawans-in-leh-as-galwan-valley\/screenshot-2020-06-22-at-18-15-23-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-18.15.23-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-18.15.23-1.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-18.15.23-1-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-18.15.23-1-768x781.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-handles-share-photo-of-indira-gandhi-addressing-jawans-in-leh-as-galwan-valley\/screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13-33-02\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.33.02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.33.02.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.33.02-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>UP MLA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aradhanam7000\/status\/1272877860554854402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aradhana Misra-Mona<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/tXWEF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>) also posted the image along with the same claim. Mona wrote, &#8220;Modi ji! Take inspiration from Indira Gandhi and bring back pride to Mother India.\u00a0 (<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940! \u0907\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930\u093e \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0930\u0923\u093e \u0932\u0940\u091c\u093f\u090f, \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u093e\u0924\u093e \u0917\u094c\u0930\u0935 \u0935\u093e\u092a\u0938 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u093e\u0907\u092f\u0947\u0964).&#8221; <\/span>Other INC members who posted the viral image include \u2014 vice president INC Delhi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alimehdi_inc\/status\/1274753516087599104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ali Mehdi<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/2W69j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>), IYC Chattisghar president <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cocopadhi\/status\/1275001855408570368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Purnchandra Padhi<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/9c5dt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>), state president, western UP youth congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OmveerYadavINC\/status\/1274937368961708033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Omveer Yadav<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/xftRL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>) and national secretary and social media in-charge <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vbwalia\/status\/1274946635143852033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vaibhav Walia<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QiHdm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google, along with relevant keywords, and found that the viral image was published by a blog <a href=\"https:\/\/art-sheep.com\/on-this-day-19-january-1966-indira-gandhi-takes-charge-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art-sheep.com<\/a>. The caption for the image read, &#8220;Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi addressing jawans in Leh in 1971.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69581 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-19.03.53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1061\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-19.03.53.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-19.03.53-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-19.03.53-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-19.03.53-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-19.03.53-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-19.03.53-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-19.03.53-990x650.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1061px) 100vw, 1061px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Using this as a clue, we performed a keyword search on PTI&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptinews.com\/fotoweb.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photo archive<\/a> and found the viral image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69588 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-21.26.07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1388\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-21.26.07.png 1388w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-21.26.07-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-21.26.07-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-21.26.07-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-21.26.07-990x469.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-21.26.07-1320x626.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1388px) 100vw, 1388px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">Extensible Metadata Platform<\/span><\/span> (XMP) tab under &#8216;Properties&#8217; revealed that the photo was added on October 30, 2009. The description read, &#8220;One of the rare pictures of former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi addressing jawans in Leh in 1971, as the nation prepares to observe her 25th death anniversary.&#8221; This photo has been attributed to DPR Defence. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69591 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-21.34.26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"989\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-21.34.26.png 989w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-21.34.26-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-22-at-21.34.26-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/>As per Google Maps, Leh is at least 219 kilometres away from Galwan valley which is adjacent to t<span class=\"ILfuVd\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">he Galwan river flowing from the disputed Aksai Chin region to Ladakh.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/fact-check\/story\/viral-image-of-indira-gandhi-addressing-soldiers-not-from-galwan-valley-1691538-2020-06-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Today<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boomlive.in\/fake-news\/photo-of-indira-gandhi-addressing-army-jawans-at-galwan-valley-not-quite-8602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boom<\/a> had earlier fact-checked the viral image.<\/p>\n<p>Several social media accounts associated with Indian National Congress and members of the party used a photo of Indira Gandhi in Leh as the ex-PM addressing Indian army soldiers in Galwan valley in 1971.<\/p>\n<h4>Photo circulated with false claim across social media<\/h4>\n<p>One of the first accounts to post the viral image was Twitter user <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indira_gandhi1\/status\/1274742169920667648?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@indira_gandhi1<\/a>. Their tweet was shared over 4,000 times (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/JZxKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69621 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.27.05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.27.05.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.27.05-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.27.05-768x794.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, other social media users also shared the viral image on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Indira%20Gandhi%20Galwan&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hindi<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/str\/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8\/keywords_blended_posts?f=Abpmbukr0TY2Dw5MTLBHxF9c3I1x2qr6hqQLHAhJ774aopcGaLp2v7gE3-3iBg7xzKzlnj5KkxCNI_vE5EuK5heByLq9Tn0DyZivIYokJsKREszs4chajY8mkXwSEjeVdEps11_AtejZZQftf4p8LCM8ZXEDMFZB0fvK-2kl3GJlUUyEbTWpsBmmkRC0fIUWUNsQME_-Vv7alLLA9M6k90gZsKG5sRTWnXTI7RoB-qpCUUiNJ3lAHknRs1WWOtDHQgAg_dukVR7n9dNtHBinH9ezVR6PRKI4MEIaU72qVpm9v9ztk4VkPfhSv5BiO3oxRDw&amp;filters=eyJycF9hdXRob3IiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJtZXJnZWRfcHVibGljX3Bvc3RzXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJcIn0ifQ%3D%3D&amp;epa=SEE_MORE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69622 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.30.27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"869\" height=\"795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.30.27.jpg 869w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.30.27-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.30.27-768x703.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-23-at-13.30.27-459x420.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 21, several social media accounts of the Indian National Congress shared an image of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi addressing a crowd of army men. 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