{"id":77557,"date":"2020-10-10T13:59:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T08:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=77557"},"modified":"2020-10-10T13:59:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T08:29:18","slug":"2009-image-of-priyanka-gandhi-shared-as-she-is-wearing-saree-of-indira-gandhi-ahead-of-2020-bihar-assembly-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2009-image-of-priyanka-gandhi-shared-as-she-is-wearing-saree-of-indira-gandhi-ahead-of-2020-bihar-assembly-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo from 2009 viral as Priyanka Gandhi campaigning for Bihar polls in Indira Gandhi&#8217;s saree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming assembly elections in Bihar have kept political parties busy in poll campaigning. In the midst of this, a picture of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi is being shared with the claim that she is campaigning in a saree owned by her grandmother, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Gaurav Pradhan, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/a-peek-into-the-online-world-of-gaurav-pradhan-a-compilation-of-misinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spread misinformation<\/a> on several occasions, shared this picture and wrote, &#8220;Bihar elections have come and her grandma&#8217;s saree has come out of her wardrobe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930 \u091a\u0941\u0928\u093e\u0935 \u0906 \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948<\/p>\n<p>\u0924\u094b \u0926\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u093e\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u0905\u0932\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932 \u0917\u0908 \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0917\u093e \u0935\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u091c\u094b \u0932\u091f\u0915 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KrVclBb5hF\">pic.twitter.com\/KrVclBb5hF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gaurav Pradhan \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@OfficeOfDGP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficeOfDGP\/status\/1313414127633616898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several Facebook pages including &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Queenkangna\/posts\/153299866441196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kangana Ranaut Fan Club<\/a>&#8216;, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/n.namo.bjp\/posts\/3561358433907888\">Namo Narendra Modi Ji<\/a>&#8216;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SambitPatraFanClub\/posts\/1479231048934010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Dr. Sambit Patra Fan Club<\/a>&#8216; and &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officialsquint\/posts\/719216975346477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squint Neon<\/a>&#8216;, which regularly share misinformation, amplified the claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-77557 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2009-image-of-priyanka-gandhi-shared-as-she-is-wearing-saree-of-indira-gandhi-ahead-of-2020-bihar-assembly-election\/namo-narendra-modi-ji-posts-_-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Namo-Narendra-Modi-ji-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Namo-Narendra-Modi-ji-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Namo-Narendra-Modi-ji-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Namo-Narendra-Modi-ji-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-768x669.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2009-image-of-priyanka-gandhi-shared-as-she-is-wearing-saree-of-indira-gandhi-ahead-of-2020-bihar-assembly-election\/patra-fan-club\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/patra-fan-club.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/patra-fan-club.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/patra-fan-club-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2009-image-of-priyanka-gandhi-shared-as-she-is-wearing-saree-of-indira-gandhi-ahead-of-2020-bihar-assembly-election\/the-squint-posts-_-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/The-Squint-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/The-Squint-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/The-Squint-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/The-Squint-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-768x705.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2009-image-of-priyanka-gandhi-shared-as-she-is-wearing-saree-of-indira-gandhi-ahead-of-2020-bihar-assembly-election\/kangna-ranaut-fan-club\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/kangna-ranaut-fan-club.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/kangna-ranaut-fan-club.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/kangna-ranaut-fan-club-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We noticed that this picture is widely circulating on Facebook and other social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"803\" class=\"wp-image-77558\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i0-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-5.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/2020-10-08-17_10_21-13-Facebook.jpg?resize=761%2C803&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i0-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-5.jpeg 761w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i0-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-5-284x300.jpeg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>A decade-old photograph<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We found numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vasantkumar.dholariya.7\/posts\/2321647554730017\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shah_xitij\/status\/1047717324390682625\">Twitter<\/a> handles carrying the same image <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/renu_18\/status\/1047030317528301568\">from two years ago<\/a> which itself debunks the claim that it cannot represent Priyanka Gandhi campaigning for the upcoming Bihar elections. A keyword search led us to the picture uploaded on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28101929@N08\/3433970547\/in\/photolist-6es2H2-6ewato-6ewaVm-6erZNK-6ew9Z1-6ew9Dy-6ewadU-6ew9ny\">Flickr in 2009<\/a>. Its description states that Priyanka Gandhi was campaigning for her brother, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, during the general elections that year. She also visited a Durga temple in Amethi during this trip. There were also other pictures of the temple tour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"459\" class=\"wp-image-77559\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-4.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/pressbrief.in_.jpg?resize=810%2C459&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-4.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-4-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-4-768x435.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/priyanka-gandhi-vadra-smiles-as-she-leaves-a-durga-temple-news-photo\/85970322?adppopup=true\">Getty Images<\/a> also uploaded a photograph of Gandhi&#8217;s temple tour in 2009 where she is in the identical red saree. &#8220;Priyanka Gandhi smiles as she leaves a Durga Temple during an election campaign for her brother Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary in Amethi before the general elections starting on April 12, 2009, in India,&#8221; reads its description. The picture was taken on April 12, 2009.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"399\" class=\"wp-image-77560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i0-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-6.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/priyanka-gandhi-getty.jpg?resize=810%2C399&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i0-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-6.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i0-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-6-300x148.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/https-i0-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-6-768x378.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, an image of Priyanka Gandhi which is more than 10 years old was circulated online with the false claim that she stepped out in her grandmother&#8217;s saree while campaigning for the upcoming Bihar elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming assembly elections in Bihar have kept political parties busy in poll campaigning. In the midst of this, a picture of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi is being shared with the claim that she is campaigning in a saree owned by her grandmother, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. 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