“A photo shows an Amul billboard mocking the Gandhi family.”
What FACTLY found
The viral photo is digitally altered. The original billboard was used by Indiamart for advertising, while the caricature is from January 2019 when Amul topical marked Priyanka Gandhi’s entry into politics. Further, the text mocking the Gandhi family has been digitally altered and added. Additionally, replying to a 2019 X post, Amul clarified that the viral billboard mocking the Gandhi family was fake and shared the original topical to refute the claim
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 December 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 December 2024, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid037ibQcUkdQUBgNojCJwCKak2ZNcw6aHNg…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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