{"id":87042,"date":"2021-02-23T17:55:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T12:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=87042"},"modified":"2021-02-25T12:10:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T06:40:59","slug":"2015-image-of-bjp-foundation-day-in-gujarat-shared-with-false-claim-that-kerala-welcomes-cm-yogi-adityanath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2015-image-of-bjp-foundation-day-in-gujarat-shared-with-false-claim-that-kerala-welcomes-cm-yogi-adityanath\/","title":{"rendered":"Image from 2015 viral as human flag formed during Yogi Adityanath&#8217;s recent Kerala visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 21, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath joined the BJP&#8217;s Vijay Yatra organised in Kasaragod, Kerala. A picture showing a massive crowd of people forming a human flag in the shape of a lotus is widespread on social media. It was claimed that the BJP&#8217;s symbol was formed to welcome Adityanath in Kerala. BJP leader Manish Singh tweeted the photo but later <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210222083346\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSinghBJP\/status\/1363407672226181120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">took it down<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38800 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/63dc84d5-4cde-4b08-a5d4-90c58ac8956e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twitter user Apurva Singh wrote, \u201cLotus is blooming. #KeralaWelcomesYogiJi&#8221;. Her tweet gained over 2,000 retweets and more than 12,000 likes as of this writing. It was later deleted but an archived link can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210222083327\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/iSinghApurva\/status\/1363402869844549634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38808 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/14187087-1f2e-46cb-9a61-11d3dda8a8b4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several others have shared the picture with the hashtag #KeralaWelcomesYogiJi.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-87042 gallery-columns-3 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\/2015-image-of-bjp-foundation-day-in-gujarat-shared-with-false-claim-that-kerala-welcomes-cm-yogi-adityanath\/4-1-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/4-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/4-1.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/4-1-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/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\/2015-image-of-bjp-foundation-day-in-gujarat-shared-with-false-claim-that-kerala-welcomes-cm-yogi-adityanath\/2021-02-22-14_57_02-5-%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%b6-%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%be-posts-_-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-22-14_57_02-5-\u0936\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0902\u0936-\u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-22-14_57_02-5-\u0936\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0902\u0936-\u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2021-02-22-14_57_02-5-\u0936\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0902\u0936-\u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e-\u2013-Posts-_-Facebook-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/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\/2015-image-of-bjp-foundation-day-in-gujarat-shared-with-false-claim-that-kerala-welcomes-cm-yogi-adityanath\/2-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2-Facebook.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2-Facebook.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/2-Facebook-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/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\/2015-image-of-bjp-foundation-day-in-gujarat-shared-with-false-claim-that-kerala-welcomes-cm-yogi-adityanath\/1-facebook\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/1-Facebook.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/1-Facebook.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/02\/1-Facebook-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>A keyword search led us to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/ahmedabad\/bjp-forms-human-flag-in-dahod-to-celebrate-35th-foundation-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Indian Express<\/a> published on April 7, 2015. &#8220;To celebrate its 35th foundation day, the BJP created a spectacle at a college ground in Dahod by forming a huge party flag with around 25,000 supporters.&#8221; The human flag was therefore formed in Gujarat six years ago on the BJP&#8217;s foundation day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38813 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/2021-02-22-14_58_36-BJP-forms-\u2018human-flag-in-Dahod-to-celebrate-35th-foundation-day-_-Cities-NewsT-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"705\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Quint had uploaded a video report on the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BJP Workers Form \u2018Largest\u2019 Human Flag in Gujarat\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GNYo-RTUhbw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>An image of BJP workers who formed a human flag in Gujarat in 2015 has been shared with the false claim that the flag was formed to welcome Yogi Adityanath in Kerala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 21, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath joined the BJP&#8217;s Vijay Yatra organised in Kasaragod, Kerala. A picture showing a massive crowd of people forming a human flag in the shape of a lotus is widespread on social media. It was claimed that the BJP&#8217;s symbol was formed to welcome Adityanath in Kerala. 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