{"id":85859,"date":"2021-02-04T15:54:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T10:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=85859"},"modified":"2021-02-04T15:54:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T10:24:47","slug":"old-image-of-jp-nadda-with-jyotiraditya-scindia-morphed-with-anna-hazares-face-to-share-false-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-jp-nadda-with-jyotiraditya-scindia-morphed-with-anna-hazares-face-to-share-false-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Morphed image used to claim Anna Hazare has joined BJP"},"content":{"rendered":"

On January 29, social activist Anna Hazare announced that he would go on a hunger strike in support of protesting farmers starting January 30. Following a discussion<\/a> with former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Chaudhary, he decided against the fast.<\/p>\n

A picture of the activist with BJP President JP Nadda is now circulating on social media. The image shows Hazare purportedly wearing a BJP scarf. Several people have claimed that he joined the BJP in the presence of Nadda.<\/p>\n

A user with the handle @iAnnaHaare tweeted the picture and wrote, “In the presence of Honorable Shri JP Nadda, I joined the Bharatiya Janata Party today!!” The tweet racked up over 1,500 retweets and 7,700 likes at the time of writing. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Anna Hazare (@iAnnaHaare) January 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Facebook page named \u2018Mein Congress Hun<\/a>\u2019 also shared the photo and accompanying claim.<\/p>\n

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The image is being shared widely on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> with similar claims. \"\"<\/p>\n

Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A closer look at the image reveals that it has been morphed. There is a clear distinction between Hazare’s face and neck. His face has been edited onto the body of the person who was in the original picture.<\/p>\n

The picture also has a watermark of @AnnaHaare<\/a>. The name of this handle was recently changed<\/a> to @iAnnaHaare.<\/p>\n