{"id":89055,"date":"2021-03-26T21:39:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T16:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=89055"},"modified":"2021-03-26T21:39:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T16:09:57","slug":"photo-of-empty-chairs-at-amit-shahs-address-was-taken-in-varanasi-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-of-empty-chairs-at-amit-shahs-address-was-taken-in-varanasi-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of empty chairs at Amit Shah&#8217;s address was taken in Varanasi in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of home minister Amit Shah on-stage with BJP MP Mahendra Nath Pandey and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has been juxtaposed with an image of empty chairs with cloth bags kept on them. &#8220;\u092d\u0940\u0921\u093c \u092c\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0916\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0948\u0915\u0947\u091f \u0930\u0916\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0921\u093c\u0947&#8221; (Had to keep food packets to lure people) is the text inscribed on the collage. This has been shared ahead of assembly elections scheduled in five states.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is just the beginning, what will be the end,&#8221; is a caption used by one <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/fOotm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sandeep Soni<\/a> to share the images on Facebook. His post received over 8,000 shares as of this writing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandeep.soni.965\/posts\/3721870297881146\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandeep.soni.965\/posts\/3721870297881146\"><p>\u0905\u092d\u0940 \u0924\u094b \u0906\u0917\u093e\u091c \u0939\u0948, \u0905\u0902\u091c\u093e\u092e \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0917\u093e\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandeep.soni.965\">\u0938\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940\u092a \u0938\u094b\u0928\u0940<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sandeep.soni.965\/posts\/3721870297881146\">Saturday, 20 March 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The photos are widespread on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos?q=%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%8F%20%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%87&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/8f85e47e-00eb-444b-922c-0c7dd938a2bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/8f85e47e-00eb-444b-922c-0c7dd938a2bd.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/8f85e47e-00eb-444b-922c-0c7dd938a2bd-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few users have also shared the picture of empty chairs claiming it shows the condition of BJP in West Bengal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=2934512646838365&amp;id=100008389751150\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=2934512646838365&amp;id=100008389751150\"><p>\u092c\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u093e\u0932,,,,,,<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100008389751150\">Manohar Merate<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=2934512646838365&amp;id=100008389751150\">Wednesday, 24 March 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Old images<\/h4>\n<p>A simple reverse image search leads one to a report in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livehindustan.com\/uttar-pradesh\/varanasi\/story-bjp-president-amit-shah-and-cm-yogi-arrived-in-varanasi-1759192.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Hindustan<\/a> published on January 20, 2018. The images were taken when Amit Shah launched &#8216;Yuva Udghosh&#8217; in Varanasi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89057 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/8168ce45-0313-4f19-91dd-fc7b3c08942d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/8168ce45-0313-4f19-91dd-fc7b3c08942d.jpg 968w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/8168ce45-0313-4f19-91dd-fc7b3c08942d-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/8168ce45-0313-4f19-91dd-fc7b3c08942d-768x616.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The BJP leaders can be spotted in the same clothes as in the viral image in other pictures of the event uploaded by Live Hindustan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/7c6993dc-7abb-4eb0-b934-9da7840ff66c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1104\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/7c6993dc-7abb-4eb0-b934-9da7840ff66c.jpg 1104w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/7c6993dc-7abb-4eb0-b934-9da7840ff66c-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/7c6993dc-7abb-4eb0-b934-9da7840ff66c-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/7c6993dc-7abb-4eb0-b934-9da7840ff66c-768x534.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1104px) 100vw, 1104px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Yuva Udghosh programme is being organised focusing on the youths who are above the age of 17 and will become new voters before the 2019 general election,&#8221; reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/current-affairs\/amit-shah-to-launch-yuva-udghosh-in-varanasi-yogi-to-take-part-118011900196_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Standard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amarujala.com\/photo-gallery\/uttar-pradesh\/varanasi\/empty-chairs-in-amit-shah-and-cm-yogi-yuva-udghosh-rally-at-varanasi?pageId=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amar Ujala<\/a> reported that the BJP was expecting a gathering of 17,000 youths however, the turnover was 7,000. &#8220;Following the instructions of the administration, policemen started requesting passers-by to attend the event,&#8221; it further said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89062 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/5dfb0505-32c7-4491-9237-79a012ac83f7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/5dfb0505-32c7-4491-9237-79a012ac83f7.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/5dfb0505-32c7-4491-9237-79a012ac83f7-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An image of empty chairs at &#8216;Yuva Udghosh&#8217; event addressed by Amit Shah three years ago has been shared as recent ahead of assembly elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of home minister Amit Shah on-stage with BJP MP Mahendra Nath Pandey and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has been juxtaposed with an image of empty chairs with cloth bags kept on them. &#8220;\u092d\u0940\u0921\u093c \u092c\u0941\u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0916\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0948\u0915\u0947\u091f \u0930\u0916\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0921\u093c\u0947&#8221; (Had to keep food packets to lure people) is the text [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":89066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-89055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/03\/Untitled-design-2021-03-26T162114.531.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89055"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89076,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89055\/revisions\/89076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89055"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=89055"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=89055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}