Congress uses morphed image to show Hindu-Muslim support for the party

Various social media handles of the Indian National Congress (INC) shared an image of two men from the Hindu and Muslim communities holding a poster of the party. The image has been shared ahead of the upcoming poll in Uttar Pradesh.

It was posted by UP East Youth Congress on Twitter and Facebook (1, 2).

गंगा जमुनी तहजीब की तस्वीर
चंद ज़हरीले लोगो के जहर से
खत्म नही होने वाली ।

ये तस्वीर इस और भी इशारा कर रही है कि उत्तरप्रदेश के दिल मे इस बार सिर्फ कांग्रेस है ।

हिन्दू मुस्लिम सिक्ख ईसाई
आपस में हम भाई भाई!

बोलता उत्तरप्रदेश आ रही है काँग्रेस!#AaRahiHaiCongress pic.twitter.com/IfXYI7JRWk

— UP East Youth Congress (@IYC_UPEast) January 10, 2022

This image was shared on several Facebook groups, including politician Jittu Gaharwar and We Support Indian National Congress.

Morphed image

Alt News performed a reverse image search and found another version of the image where the same men can be seen holding a poster of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. This image was posted on March 3, 2021, by Facebook user Prabir Kar Rajarhat Newtown.

The image was posted by Banerjee’s political campaign’s FB page ‘Didi Ke Bolo’ on March 2 last year. A day prior to Prabir Kar’s post.

To sum it up, Congress posted a doctored image of two men from different communities holding a party poster in order to show that both the communities support them.