{"id":92541,"date":"2021-05-10T23:41:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T18:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=92541"},"modified":"2021-05-10T23:41:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T18:11:17","slug":"old-pictures-of-mamata-banerjee-shared-with-false-claim-that-she-is-faking-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-pictures-of-mamata-banerjee-shared-with-false-claim-that-she-is-faking-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photo shared to claim West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee faked her leg injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

A collage featuring two photos of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been circulating on social media. In the first, the CM is sitting in a wheelchair while the other shows her on her feet, meeting her supporters. The images are dated May 1, 2021, and May 2, 2021, respectively to claim that CM Banerjee had faked her injury. The Chief Minister was allegedly injured in March when she had visited Nandigram to file nomination papers. Since the ruling TMC retained power in the assembly elections, the party and CM Banerjee have been targetted with misinformation, especially due to the results sparking post-poll violence.<\/p>\n

Twitter user @Sootradhar tweeted the photos and sarcastically wrote, “West Bengal, India has the best public health care system in the world.” It amassed more than 3,000 retweets and 12,500 likes at the time of writing. (archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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West Bengal, India has the best public health care system in the world. pic.twitter.com\/LekN4Himua<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 J (@Sootradhar) May 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The collage is also viral on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Alt News received a few requests to fact-check the images on our official mobile app (Android<\/a>, iOS<\/a>) and WhatsApp number (76000 11160).<\/p>\n