{"id":81485,"date":"2020-12-02T14:08:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T08:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=81485"},"modified":"2021-09-08T19:17:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T13:47:15","slug":"2016-image-of-smriti-irani-asaduddin-owaisi-shared-as-they-met-before-ghmc-polls-hyderabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2016-image-of-smriti-irani-asaduddin-owaisi-shared-as-they-met-before-ghmc-polls-hyderabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photo of Asaduddin Owaisi and Smriti Irani falsely viral as BJP-AIMIM &#8216;alliance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National secretary of Congress student wing NSUI, Roshan Lal Bittu, tweeted a photo of AIMIM head Asaduddin Owaisi with Union Minister Smriti Irani and wrote, &#8220;Internal Meeting of RSS Propaganda cell&#8221;. He further said that Owaisi is the biggest ally of the BJP after Anna Hazare.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Internal Meeting of RSS Propaganda cell, lead by Owasi &amp; Smriti Jubin Irani.<\/p>\n<p>Here will be decided how to give inflammatory speeches in the name of a particular religion, then the scripts will be distributed. Owaisi is the biggest ally of BJP after Anna Hazare. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UPElections2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UPElections2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IsEjvm387m\">pic.twitter.com\/IsEjvm387m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roshan Lal Bittu \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@RoshanLalBittu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoshanLalBittu\/status\/1435476098855309315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The photo has also been shared on Facebook.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kanwal.chadha.7\/posts\/10226047528271698\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kanwal.chadha.7\/posts\/10226047528271698\"><p>Asaduddin Owaisi with Smriti Irani in UP.<br \/>\nAfter Bihar and West Bengal, unofficial leader of BJP, Asaduddin Owaisi, arrives in Uttar Pradesh to help BJP win Election.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a role=\"button\" href=\"#\">Kanwal Chadha<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kanwal.chadha.7\/posts\/10226047528271698\">Tuesday, 7 September 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The same picture was circulated last year in December during the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election. Telangana Coordinator of With Congress (the online arm of Congress volunteers) shared the image and wrote, &#8220;Owaisi met Smriti Irani. Owaisi asks people to vote for BJP in Lok Sabha elections,\u201d with the hashtag #GHMCElections2020. Alt News has found @SpiritOfCongres spreading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/fact-check-edited-video-is-being-shared-to-falsely-claim-that-aaloo-sona-machine-remarks-belongs-to-pm-modi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">false information<\/a> in the past.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81486 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"637\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twitter user @WuntakalL also shared this image and wrote, &#8220;What is this?&#8221;. Her post was shared by more than 500 people and received more than 2,400 likes. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/n5jod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Another Twitter user wrote, &#8220;Owaisi: Madam I have fielded candidates in 50 seats only as you suggested. Smriti Irani: Well done, I will help you win those 50 seats and you help us win the remaining 100.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.vn\/pqHtg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-81485 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\/2016-image-of-smriti-irani-asaduddin-owaisi-shared-as-they-met-before-ghmc-polls-hyderabad\/deleted\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"715\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/deleted.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/deleted.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/deleted-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/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\/2016-image-of-smriti-irani-asaduddin-owaisi-shared-as-they-met-before-ghmc-polls-hyderabad\/smriti-irani-owaisi-twitter-search\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/smriti-irani-owaisi-Twitter-Search.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/smriti-irani-owaisi-Twitter-Search.png 651w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/smriti-irani-owaisi-Twitter-Search-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Several other users have made the same claim. Alt News also received requests to fact-check the photo on our Whatsapp number (+917600011160) and mobile application recently and back in December as well.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-81485 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\/2016-image-of-smriti-irani-asaduddin-owaisi-shared-as-they-met-before-ghmc-polls-hyderabad\/6741a331-7c66-42ca-bdd4-f48cb3fcc6cd\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1373\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/6741a331-7c66-42ca-bdd4-f48cb3fcc6cd.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/6741a331-7c66-42ca-bdd4-f48cb3fcc6cd.jpg 1373w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/6741a331-7c66-42ca-bdd4-f48cb3fcc6cd-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/6741a331-7c66-42ca-bdd4-f48cb3fcc6cd-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/6741a331-7c66-42ca-bdd4-f48cb3fcc6cd-768x460.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1373px) 100vw, 1373px\" \/><\/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\/2016-image-of-smriti-irani-asaduddin-owaisi-shared-as-they-met-before-ghmc-polls-hyderabad\/screen-shot-2021-09-08-at-3-47-56-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"521\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-08-at-3.47.56-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-08-at-3.47.56-PM.png 521w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-08-at-3.47.56-PM-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Old photo<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>When we performed a keyword search on Facebook, we came across a post by user Saujanya Singh in which Irani and Owaisi are seen together. It was uploaded on August 25, 2016. This photo has been taken from a different angle than the viral image, but comparing the two side by side confirms that they were taken on the same occasion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1699465693711385&amp;id=100009439119626\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1699465693711385&amp;id=100009439119626\"><p>Owaisi bhakt kahenge ki koi meeting karne gaya tha Smriti Irani k saath. Par baat kuch aur hai. Chunav me vote ka batwara.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/\u0938\u094c\u091c\u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e-\u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939\/100009439119626\">\u0938\u094c\u091c\u0928\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1699465693711385&amp;id=100009439119626\">Wednesday, August 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Next, a keyword search on Google led us to a tweet by Owaisi dated August 10, 2016. In this tweet, he wrote about a meeting he had with Smriti Irani, then Textile Minister, on issues related to the power loom sector in Maharashtra and the rest of the country. He also shared pictures of the documents presented in this meeting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Met Honorable Min Textiles <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smritiirani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@smritiirani<\/a> gave representation reg crisis in power loom sector in Maharashtra &amp; country <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z4aYOmLiqY\">pic.twitter.com\/Z4aYOmLiqY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asadowaisi\/status\/763355864342364160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He tweeted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asadowaisi\/status\/767626536782557184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two other photos<\/a> from this dialogue. Both confirm that Smriti Irani was present there as she can be seen in the background. Furthermore, the two leaders are seen in the same clothes as in the viral picture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81488 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-2.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-2-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apart from this, when we examined Owaisi&#8217;s August 2016 tweets using an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=(from%3Aasadowaisi)%20until%3A2016-08-31%20since%3A2016-08-10&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advanced search<\/a> on Twitter, we noticed that he had quote-tweeted another user and called out the claim that AIMIM and BJP were in alliance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Your old party MPs didn&#8217;t attend powerlooms meeting &amp;UP is on your mind not realising that Weavers in UP r suffering <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SboO5eBfUI\">https:\/\/t.co\/SboO5eBfUI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asadowaisi\/status\/767953509056589824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hindi news portal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrika.com\/ambedkar-nagar-news\/textile-minister-smriti-irani-will-soon-provide-these-facilities-to-textile-weavers-1384905\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrika<\/a> also covered this meeting in an article dated August 27, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81489 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"951\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-3.jpg 951w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-3-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-3-768x774.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National secretary of Congress student wing NSUI, Roshan Lal Bittu, tweeted a photo of AIMIM head Asaduddin Owaisi with Union Minister Smriti Irani and wrote, &#8220;Internal Meeting of RSS Propaganda cell&#8221;. He further said that Owaisi is the biggest ally of the BJP after Anna Hazare. 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