{"id":90410,"date":"2021-04-14T14:31:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T09:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=90410"},"modified":"2021-04-15T12:18:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T06:48:09","slug":"amit-shah-bhawanipur-image-sonagachi-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/amit-shah-bhawanipur-image-sonagachi-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Morphed images show PM Modi and Amit Shah in Sonagachi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were in West Bengal to campaign for the BJP in the ongoing assembly elections. Photographs of the two leaders have been shared with the claim that they campaigned in Sonagachi, the largest red-light area in Asia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u0939\u093e\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u092b\u0942\u0932 \u092c\u0930\u0938\u093e\u0913 \u0939\u092e \u0938\u094b\u0928\u093e\u0917\u093e\u091b\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0927\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902..!\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ofRdur9Mdq\">pic.twitter.com\/ofRdur9Mdq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc23\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc22 \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc20\ud835\udc21 \ud835\udc11\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc23\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2d (@AnjaliSingh_INC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnjaliSingh_INC\/status\/1381174333851176964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Most people have shared Amit Shah&#8217;s photograph which shows him in a lane where a poster that reads &#8216;Savita Rani Sonagchi&#8217; is pasted on the wall.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u094b\u0928\u093e\u0917\u093e\u091b\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0917\u0932\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u0941\u0917\u093e\u0921\u093c \u0916\u094b\u091c\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0937&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AWoXw15HbB\">pic.twitter.com\/AWoXw15HbB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nita Thakur (@nithakur0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nithakur0\/status\/1380872908885516290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The images have also been shared on Facebook.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=119858160200213&amp;id=100065280895948\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=119858160200213&amp;id=100065280895948\"><p>\u092c\u0939\u093e\u0930\u094b \u092b\u0942\u0932 \u092c\u0930\u0938\u093e\u0913 \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude33<br \/>\n\u0939\u092e \u0938\u094b\u0928\u093e\u0917\u093e\u091b\u0940 \u092e\u0947,\u0918\u092a-\u0918\u092a \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u092a\u0927\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \ud83d\ude4a\ud83d\ude4a<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Shyam-Babu\/100065280895948\/\">Shyam Babu<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=119858160200213&amp;id=100065280895948\">Wednesday, 14 April 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>They are in fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1071310406725375&amp;set=basw.AbrRC6n_e6PevqaulJocJ1T3Gf2aimdNA5M8TSnbnpm4w7-_kA9NNy1uLjrW2GOPvknpeGR5QhpNCzoagbOuyXvXTYPdkJsFG0di3VCBd1X7-OrtFxvzFbnUtKZrqZA8aiF0TZYQAJwqPswcuXZhbnBNRJ4VCoGycxDvZc-zoDfBSKrAvSlCSpoPve3B06i-SswhN7UAtdCUf-zyjGqenWxPVMT1_EEai8QMZJFlRWMf9w&amp;opaqueCursor=AbpuhaMJMBjZ9BNdFEC7PwlTuOXrWcmtE8a2Wu81c9h6QFdOuhPgD6j-OfcNe9KfYysRoh7FmYQJvEdSuFpMxKvB3_JfKQd4OmONHIZlTxETn5kL1a0eHc7F7SL29c114olGGAIx1jKi5MAe4yHw4-Vhq_G8FeMQdyLsntYvDinE5XS-4BnyxzVxoBuFeS38OiquBv8orcZ_coOssk_5XTdl733cBPvPP2PHCq7q9V9bpSruzqN7wXKeFHX7KdBhNH_0zvDQGTggFsySKGJyq9z40VLgKck2UGG4Xbpc_8RWsgjlB_ExozQJG4ZuSfM3V_NhbtZvD66JEXppssHXzxDfvYgOz-hIm32CKMohAUWdSK9foYOiQOmC8_O16F-gYasd7U9l6G_2kw4AJFkjs4DPw5X98Vz5FMpg5JXvggPHiRZ50LScouDzo-v7MWdP8rZdIFlNOk_VqC-drrYMM0_YFxi0CCPE_a5HdHyDx_Eo9Ow2RY_BWbYPYFaa32rnBwg4xtbAj5m8v3DYfF1IzFefzpHcnkYWrVlxmsE4XCIsmgFaRGAlBXsADQIEiSdGJCpFBWFrQJjlD88dOztQdZpRVsbh4lEu3JLVKAcjclevQ-G_xOvOy3W7jghWqzC-6cHYA-kOl57NVGWJjcBjk2pImaU9SfWhj1SHkV5ycwiPQ_Z72i2PLCDdgCrfQ41RAFVmNPVS1eXYNALi0GIZXmfuLPWlu7Dg37efccGY8plJ4A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">widespread<\/a> on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90498 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/6ac70439-f2d6-42c3-a59a-acbcdcc57a8f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/6ac70439-f2d6-42c3-a59a-acbcdcc57a8f.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/6ac70439-f2d6-42c3-a59a-acbcdcc57a8f-300x108.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Morphed images<\/h4>\n<p>Both images have been morphed. Amit Shah had himself tweeted the original photograph. It does not carry the wall poster that says &#8216;Sonagachi&#8217;. The image was taken during door-to-door campaigning in Bhabanipur.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Few more from Bhabanipur\u2019s door to door campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BJP200PlusInBengal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BJP200PlusInBengal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wuuKmeaZyz\">pic.twitter.com\/wuuKmeaZyz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amit Shah (@AmitShah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmitShah\/status\/1380460987401203712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The other image has also been morphed to show PM Modi leaving a brothel. Below is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoopwhoop.com\/red-light-areas-from-around-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">original photograph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90411 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/77cde87e-0166-484e-a0f1-a884271c5be6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"899\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/77cde87e-0166-484e-a0f1-a884271c5be6.jpg 899w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/77cde87e-0166-484e-a0f1-a884271c5be6-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/77cde87e-0166-484e-a0f1-a884271c5be6-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Morphed images were therefore shared to show PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in Sonagachi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were in West Bengal to campaign for the BJP in the ongoing assembly elections. 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