{"id":79080,"date":"2020-10-29T15:04:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T09:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=79080"},"modified":"2020-10-29T15:04:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T09:34:12","slug":"bihar-poll-old-images-of-pm-modis-rally-in-bihar-shared-as-recent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bihar-poll-old-images-of-pm-modis-rally-in-bihar-shared-as-recent\/","title":{"rendered":"Image shot ahead of 2019 general polls viral as PM Modi&#8217;s Bihar election campaign rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the middle of the ongoing polls in Bihar, a few images of a crowd gathered in large numbers have been going viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=10%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20%22%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%22%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%9C%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20%22%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%22%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=10%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20%22%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%22%20%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%9C%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%20%22%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%22%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%2C&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>. It&#8217;s being claimed that the pictures are from Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s recent rally in the state. The accompanying Hindi caption mocks people who were amazed by the massive crowd at Tejashwi Yadav&#8217;s rally but only showed concern for social distancing when a large number of supporters gathered at PM Modi&#8217;s rally. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/zCwSl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mrighnaini.hindustani\/posts\/380899053041825\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mrighnaini.hindustani\/posts\/380899053041825\"><p>10 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0924\u0947\u091c\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0915\u0930 &#8220;\u0932\u0939\u0930-\u0932\u0939\u0930&#8221; \u091a\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0906\u091c \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0915\u0930 &#8220;\u0936\u094b\u0938\u0932 \u0921\u093f\u0938\u094d\u091f\u0948\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0917&#8221; \u0915\u093e \u0930\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0930\u094b \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948,,,\ud83d\ude02<br \/>\n#\u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mrighnaini.hindustani\">\u0905\u0928\u093e\u092e\u093f\u0915\u093e \u092e\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0930\u093e<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mrighnaini.hindustani\/posts\/380899053041825\">Friday, 23 October 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Facebook page called &#8216;Sanjay Mishra BJP&#8217; also posted the pictures with this claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/GCqSQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skmishrabjp6117\/posts\/3210729562358821\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skmishrabjp6117\/posts\/3210729562358821\"><p>10 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0924\u0947\u091c\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0915\u0930 &#8220;\u0932\u0939\u0930-\u0932\u0939\u0930&#8221; \u091a\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0906\u091c \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0916 \u0915\u0930 &#8220;\u0936\u094b\u0938\u0932 \u0921\u093f\u0938\u094d\u091f\u0948\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0917&#8221; \u0915\u093e \u0930\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0930\u094b \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964\ud83e\udd23<br \/>\n#\u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skmishrabjp6117\/\">Sanjay Mishra BJP<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skmishrabjp6117\/posts\/3210729562358821\">Friday, 23 October 2020<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nationfirst0012\/status\/1320328584993542149\">@Nationfirst0012<\/a>\u00a0tweeted one of the viral photos with the same caption.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"739\" class=\"wp-image-79081 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/word-image-8-4.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/word-image-8-4.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/word-image-8-4-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A closer look at the three viral pictures makes it clear that they are all the same image. Apart from this, not a single person can be seen wearing a mask here. Alt News performed a reverse image search and found the viral image shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narendramodi.in\/man\/pm-modi-addresses-nda-rally-at-patna-bihar-3-march-2019-543797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s website<\/a> on March 3, 2019. According to the website, these were taken at a rally in Patna&#8217;s Gandhi Maidan.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-79080 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\/bihar-poll-old-images-of-pm-modis-rally-in-bihar-shared-as-recent\/webp-net-compress-image-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1897\" height=\"935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-1.jpg 1897w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-1-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-1-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-1-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Webp.net-compress-image-1-1536x757.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1897px) 100vw, 1897px\" \/><\/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\/bihar-poll-old-images-of-pm-modis-rally-in-bihar-shared-as-recent\/2020-10-28-12_28_28-sanjay-mishra-bjp-posts-_-facebook-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-28-12_28_28-Sanjay-Mishra-BJP-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-28-12_28_28-Sanjay-Mishra-BJP-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-1.jpg 511w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2020-10-28-12_28_28-Sanjay-Mishra-BJP-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-1-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Ahead of last year&#8217;s Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Modi had organized rallies across the country as part of the BJP\u2019s campaign efforts. During this campaign, he addressed voters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jansatta.com\/elections\/lok-sabha-election-2019-pm-narendra-modi-rally-in-patna-indira-gandhi-style-gandhi-maidan-modi-speech\/931876\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a Sankalp rally<\/a> at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, the capital city of Bihar, on March 3, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The venue in Sasaram where the Prime Minister&#8217;s recent rally was conducted is contrastingly different. For starters, it is covered by a shed. Visuals of the rally can be seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/l1ap-Bg33XM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this Aaj Tak video report<\/a> dated October 23.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-79080 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\/bihar-poll-old-images-of-pm-modis-rally-in-bihar-shared-as-recent\/attachment\/23\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/23.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/23.jpg 969w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/23-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/23-768x579.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/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\/bihar-poll-old-images-of-pm-modis-rally-in-bihar-shared-as-recent\/sasaram-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%88%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%be-_-23\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"965\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Sasaram-\u0915\u0940-\u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e-\u0915\u0939\u093e-_-23.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Sasaram-\u0915\u0940-\u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e-\u0915\u0939\u093e-_-23.jpg 965w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Sasaram-\u0915\u0940-\u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e-\u0915\u0939\u093e-_-23-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Sasaram-\u0915\u0940-\u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940-\u092e\u0947\u0902-\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e-\u0915\u0939\u093e-_-23-768x574.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Therefore, an image shot ahead of Lok Sabha polls last year has been falsely shared as PM Modi&#8217;s Bihar election campaign rally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the middle of the ongoing polls in Bihar, a few images of a crowd gathered in large numbers have been going viral on Facebook and Twitter. It&#8217;s being claimed that the pictures are from Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s recent rally in the state. The accompanying Hindi caption mocks people who were amazed by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":79096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-79080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/Facebook-Ad-1200x628-px-2020-10-28T000442.705.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79080"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79100,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79080\/revisions\/79100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79080"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=79080"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=79080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}