{"id":83415,"date":"2020-12-29T14:39:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T09:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=83415"},"modified":"2020-12-29T14:47:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T09:17:11","slug":"photo-of-narendra-modi-with-lakshman-rao-inamdar-shared-as-he-is-standing-with-anna-hazare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-of-narendra-modi-with-lakshman-rao-inamdar-shared-as-he-is-standing-with-anna-hazare\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi is NOT with Anna Hazare but late RSS leader Lakshmanrao Inamdar in this photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a black and white photo of a young Narendra Modi with another man has been going viral on social media. The man has his arm around the PM in the image. Users are claiming that the person seen here is anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare. A Facebook page named &#8216;Save the Kisan&#8217; posted this picture with the claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ejWb2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaveTheKisan\/posts\/2847151338863758\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaveTheKisan\/posts\/2847151338863758\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaveTheKisan\/\">\u0a15\u0a3f\u0a38\u0a3e\u0a28 \u0a28\u0a42\u0a70 \u0a2c\u0a1a\u0a3e\u0a13 Save The Kisan<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaveTheKisan\/posts\/2847151338863758\">Sunday, December 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Facebook user Ravindra Ravi Sen also shared the photo and accompanying claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/FA0s7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=2862559204066443&amp;id=100009371747091\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=2862559204066443&amp;id=100009371747091\"><p>\u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0928\u093e \u092f\u093e\u0930\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0936\u094b\u0915\u0947 \u092b\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092e \u0915\u093e \u092f\u0939 \u0921\u093e\u092f\u0932\u093e\u0917 \u0906\u091c \u0938\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0915 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964<br \/>\n\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0935 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0927 \u091c\u092c\u0930\u0926\u0938\u094d\u0924 \u0906\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0905\u092c \u0916\u093e\u092e\u094b\u0936 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u092f\u0939 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0905\u092c \u0938\u093f\u0927\u094d\u0926 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/\u0930\u0935\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930-\u0930\u0935\u093f-\u0938\u0948\u0928\/100009371747091\">\u0930\u0935\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u0930\u0935\u093f \u0938\u0948\u0928<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=2862559204066443&amp;id=100009371747091\">Friday, December 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another Facebook page called &#8216;Akaal Media&#8217; posted it with a Punjabi caption. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/HmbuU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/akaalmediaofficial\/posts\/1502303916635187\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/akaalmediaofficial\/posts\/1502303916635187\"><p>\u0a07\u0a38 \u0a2c\u0a3e\u0a30\u0a47 \u0a24\u0a41\u0a39\u0a3e\u0a21\u0a3e \u0a15\u0a40 \u0a16\u0a3f\u0a06\u0a32 \u0a39\u0a48<br \/>\n\u0a15\u0a40 \u0a07\u0a39 \u0a35\u0a40 Editing \u0a39\u0a48 &#8230;..???<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/akaalmediaofficial\/\">Akaal Media<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/akaalmediaofficial\/posts\/1502303916635187\">Sunday, December 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>This picture is viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88&amp;f=AboUrKOIhVkQODsogqCutFM4utM-W0MCWUB_xdBZlLA1XtxvxlGsIgnELibwsEJhF8b6PRUmZoRqrSg7Dx9i0wozEEfBIsZ2KNHo0RSKRC0GcXhCHfXDu2KXhoAa3z-548hSKGwWp7kOfHmiSxtujns_udP7wURZBEj1aaenp8ZXKQ46n34GWcSTVBO8oaBolawl5k90UneS0CVQMNtoKXy7BzAXl4l32wtHCsbBssmpESus5sEJ-URntHhQ6y6Qn_DQ6Zp98qAvUJ1jw-9SH6p2ltygPKUjOHlDkr1--WsMH5dVLNvfEiWdyVD1szOnRY6M29irPc4_Sg1ckZHiEI6k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>. Alt News also received a few requests to fact-check it on our WhatsApp number (+917600011160).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-83415 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\/photo-of-narendra-modi-with-lakshman-rao-inamdar-shared-as-he-is-standing-with-anna-hazare\/modi-fb-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1840\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/modi-fb-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/modi-fb-1.jpeg 1840w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/modi-fb-1-300x137.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/modi-fb-1-1024x467.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/modi-fb-1-768x350.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/modi-fb-1-1536x700.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1840px) 100vw, 1840px\" \/><\/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\/photo-of-narendra-modi-with-lakshman-rao-inamdar-shared-as-he-is-standing-with-anna-hazare\/screen-shot-2020-12-28-at-8-22-19-am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-28-at-8.22.19-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-28-at-8.22.19-AM.png 707w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-28-at-8.22.19-AM-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We performed a simple reverse image search and found this picture in a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/politics-and-nation\/lakshmanrao-inamdar-the-man-who-made-narendra-modi-what-he-is-today\/biggest-influencer-in-modis-life\/slideshow\/60794962.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Economic Times<\/a> dated September 22, 2017. The article identifies the individual seen with Narendra Modi is Lakshmanrao Inamdar, popularly known as Vakil Saheb.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-83417 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-38.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-38.jpeg 667w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-38-229x300.jpeg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inamdar was one of the founding members of the RSS in Gujarat. He played an important role in the formative stages of Modi&#8217;s life. Inamdar had known the Prime Minister since they were kids.<\/p>\n<p>This picture was also shared in a 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/magazine\/the-big-story\/story\/20140519-narendra-modi-lakshmanrao-inamdar-rss-802639-1999-11-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Today<\/a> report which says that Narendra Modi wrote a book on the RSS leader\u2019s life, who passed away in 1984.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-83418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-39.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-39.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/12\/word-image-39-256x300.jpeg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the individual standing next to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not Anna Hazare, but his guide Laxmanrao Inamdar aka Vakil Saheb. Some other old pictures related to the prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/?s=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have been shared with false claims<\/a> recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a black and white photo of a young Narendra Modi with another man has been going viral on social media. The man has his arm around the PM in the image. Users are claiming that the person seen here is anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare. 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