{"id":99000,"date":"2021-07-24T14:20:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T08:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=99000"},"modified":"2021-07-28T18:03:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T12:33:49","slug":"image-of-bandra-worli-sea-link-inaugurated-by-sonia-gandhi-shared-to-give-credit-to-pm-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-of-bandra-worli-sea-link-inaugurated-by-sonia-gandhi-shared-to-give-credit-to-pm-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandra-Worli Sea Link inaugurated by Sonia Gandhi in 2009 credited to PM Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai has been shared on social media, with users crediting PM Narendra Modi for its construction. One such tweet by @REAL___HINDUVT racked up over 9,000 likes. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/rJE1q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0939 \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0905\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940\u0915\u093e \u092b\u093c\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0902\u0938 \u0932\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0928 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u094d\u0930\u0940\u091c \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u0939 \u092c\u093e\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0902\u092c\u0908 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u094d\u0930\u0940\u091c \u0939\u0948, \u0935\u093e\u0939 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JaImibIbSO\">pic.twitter.com\/JaImibIbSO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 &#8216;\u0938\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0938\u0928\u093e\u0924\u0928&#8217; (@REAL___HINDUVT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/REAL___HINDUVT\/status\/1415908070408867840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several others posted the image on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/sandeepmaheshwarifansgroup\/posts\/4163557430364923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> writing &#8220;waah Modiji waah&#8221; in the caption.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-99000 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\/image-of-bandra-worli-sea-link-inaugurated-by-sonia-gandhi-shared-to-give-credit-to-pm-modi\/1-88\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/1-5.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/1-5.jpeg 686w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/1-5-270x300.jpeg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/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\/image-of-bandra-worli-sea-link-inaugurated-by-sonia-gandhi-shared-to-give-credit-to-pm-modi\/2-78\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/2-5.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/2-5.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/2-5-263x300.jpeg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/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\/image-of-bandra-worli-sea-link-inaugurated-by-sonia-gandhi-shared-to-give-credit-to-pm-modi\/3-68\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/3-6.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/3-6.jpeg 695w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/3-6-264x300.jpeg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/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\/image-of-bandra-worli-sea-link-inaugurated-by-sonia-gandhi-shared-to-give-credit-to-pm-modi\/4-58\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/4-5.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/4-5.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/4-5-205x300.jpeg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search and Congress party leader Roshan Lal Bittu shared the image on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoshanLalBittu\/status\/1412377010517667841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 6<\/a> as the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai. &#8220;Development by Congress,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>We found links to a few other posts among the search results. An Instagram page named @mumbai7merijaan had posted the photo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CM9TmVes8i8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 28, 2020<\/a>, attributing it to one Tapan Dave.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99001 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-26.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-26.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-26-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-26-768x492.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dave had himself uploaded the picture to Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBIgHsxJLQY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on June 7, 2020<\/a>. The accompanying caption contained the hashtag #bandraworlisealink. A quick rummage through Dave\u2019s Instagram account shows that he has photographed several other famous locations in Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99002 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-27.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-27.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-27-300x222.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-27-768x569.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Bandra-Worli Sea Link was constructed when the UPA government was in power. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi had inaugurated the bridge on June 30, 2009. Several media reports had covered the event as well. One such video story by NewsX dated June 30, 2009, is posted below.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JsbXUN5YCpE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/photo\/bandra-worli-sea-link-unveiled-362097-2009-06-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India Today<\/a> also carries photos from the inauguration ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-99003 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-28.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-28.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-28-300x220.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/07\/word-image-28-768x562.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To sum up, Mumbai\u2019s Bandra-Worli Sea Link construction has nothing to do with either BJP or the prime minister. It was inaugurated in 2009 when Narendra Modi was not the prime minister. He took the seat in 2014. Apart from that, late Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray laid the foundation stone for the Sea Link in 1999, and it was inaugurated ten years later in 2009 by Sonia Gandhi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai has been shared on social media, with users crediting PM Narendra Modi for its construction. One such tweet by @REAL___HINDUVT racked up over 9,000 likes. 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