On November 27, several people tweeted a picture of Uddhav Thackeray supposedly paying tribute to Sonia Gandh with the text “Welcome to Milawati Party. Finally, now onwards we r all Secular.#рд░рд╛рдорд╕реЗрдирд╛_рд╕реЗ_рд╕реЛрдирд┐рдпрд╛рд╕реЗрдирд╛ (Ramsena to Soniasena) #ShivSenaCheatsMaharashtra #shivsenacheatsbalasaheb.”

In the picture, Uddhav Thackerey can be seen bowing down to a portrait and a bust of Sonia Gandhi.


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PHOTOSHOPPED

Alt News visited the official Twitter account of the Office of Uddhav Thackeray and found the original photo posted on November 26. The photo was tweeted with the text “рдорд╣рд╛рд╡рд┐рдХрд╛рд╕ рдЖрдШрд╛рдбреАрдЪреНрдпрд╛ рдмреИрдардХреАрдд рдореБрдЦреНрдпрдордВрддреНрд░реА рдореНрд╣рдгреВрди рд╢рд┐рд╡рд╕реЗрдирд╛ рдкрдХреНрд╖рдкреНрд░рдореБрдЦ рдорд╛. рд╢реНрд░реА. рдЙрджреНрдзрд╡ рд╕рд╛рд╣реЗрдм рдард╛рдХрд░реЗ рдпрд╛рдВрдЪреНрдпрд╛ рдирд╛рд╡рд╛рдЪреА рдШреЛрд╖рдгрд╛ рдЭрд╛рд▓реНрдпрд╛рдирдВрддрд░ рддреНрдпрд╛рдВрдиреА рдорд╛рддреЛрд╢реНрд░реА рдирд┐рд╡рд╛рд╕рд╕реНрдерд╛рдиреА рд╡рдВрджрдиреАрдп рд╣рд┐рдВрджреБрд╣реГрджрдпрд╕рдореНрд░рд╛рдЯ рд╢рд┐рд╡рд╕реЗрдирд╛рдкреНрд░рдореБрдЦ рдорд╛. рд╢реНрд░реА. рдмрд╛рд│рд╛рд╕рд╛рд╣реЗрдм рдард╛рдХрд░реЗ рдпрд╛рдВрдЪреНрдпрд╛ рд╕реНрдореГрддреАрд▓рд╛ рд╡рдВрджрди рдХреЗрд▓реЗ. (At Mahavikas Aghadi’s, after the declaration that Udhav Thakre, the Shiv Sena party leader, will be the CM, he greeted Balasaheb Thakre, who is a mother figure, is king of hindutvavadis and is the party chairman of Shivsena.)

Since then several media outlets have used this image including The Hindu.

In the viral image, Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray’s portrait and bust have been photoshopped with that of Sonia Gandhi.

[This article has been updated with information about the bust of late Balasaheb Thackeray photoshopped with that of Sonia Gandhi.]

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