{"id":86050,"date":"2021-02-06T21:52:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T16:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=86050"},"modified":"2021-02-06T21:52:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T16:22:03","slug":"morphed-image-shows-congress-workers-feeding-cake-to-mia-khalifas-poster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/morphed-image-shows-congress-workers-feeding-cake-to-mia-khalifas-poster\/","title":{"rendered":"Morphed image shows Congress workers feeding cake to Mia Khalifa’s poster"},"content":{"rendered":"

An alleged picture of Congress workers feeding cake to former adult film actress Mia Khalifa’s poster is widespread on social media. Khalifa has been making headlines in India after she tweeted in support of the farmers’ protest. The solidarity expressed by international artists has led pro-government media and supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party to allude a global conspiracy against Prime Minister Modi. None of these claims is either supported by reason or evidence.<\/p>\n

Below is a tweet<\/a> by BJP member Surendra Poonia mocking the Congress party \u2013\u00a0“Rahul Gandhi ji’s Congress. And then they say EVMs are hacked.” (\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938\u0940 ! \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 EVM \u0939\u0948\u0915 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u0908.)<\/p>\n

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\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938\u0940 !
\n\u092b\u093f\u0930 \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 EVM \u0939\u0948\u0915 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u0908 …. pic.twitter.com\/hCMw80PThJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Major Surendra Poonia (@MajorPoonia) February 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another BJP member Raj Anand Singh also shared the photograph<\/a> in a rather distasteful tweet. “Why do these bootlickers like international dancers and those who show skin? No one asks for local Swara Bhaskar and what can we say about Arfa Khanum,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

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@miakhalifa<\/a> \u0916\u093e\u0932\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0906\u0902\u0926\u094b\u0932\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0928 \u092e\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u090f \u091f\u094d\u0935\u0940\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0915\u0949\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0938\u0940 \u091a\u092e\u091a\u0947 \u0916\u0941\u0936\u0940 \u092e\u0928\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0935\u094b \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u094d\u092f \u0915\u0947\u0930\u0932 \u092e\u0947.<\/p>\n

\u0907\u0928 \u091a\u092e\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0935\u093f\u0926\u0947\u0936\u0940 \u0928\u093e\u091a\u0928\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u0902\u0917 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0930\u094d\u0936\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0940 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u0942 \u092a\u0938\u0902\u0926 \u0906\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \ud83d\ude4a\u0926\u0947\u0936\u0940 @ReallySwara<\/a> \u0915\u094b \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u092a\u0942\u091b \u0939\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0907\u0938 \u092c\u093e\u0930 \u0914\u0930 @khanumarfa<\/a> \u0916\u0948\u0930 \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c\u094b\u0902 \ud83e\udd23 pic.twitter.com\/14HqoKM4hx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Raj Aanand singh\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@rajanand_) February 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was also tweeted by Rishi Bagree, who has often been found spreading misinformation<\/a>. He later took it down.<\/p>\n

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Another Twitter user \u092a\u093f\u0902\u0915\u0942 \u0936\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0932\u093e @shuklapinku’s post<\/a> drew over 900 likes as of this writing. The image is massively viral on Facebook<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

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Morphed image<\/h4>\n

A simple Google reverse image search reveals that the image is morphed. The original Congress poster features Rahul Gandhi. The photograph is available on Getty Images<\/a> and was taken on June 19, 2007 on Gandhi’s birthday. Youth Congress supporters cut a huge cake and fed it to Gandhi’s poster on his 37th birthday. The image carries the credit ‘RAVEENDRAN\/AFP via Getty Images’.<\/p>\n

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In an earlier fact-check, Alt News had shown American pop artist Rihanna’s photograph was morphed<\/a> to falsely portray that she held the flag of Pakistan. Rihanna’s tweet asking why the world isn’t talking about farmers’ protest in India is what drew international attention to the cause and sparked false news in India in support of the farm laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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