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“Photo of AIMIM party President Asaduddin Owaisi sitting alongside RSS President Mohan Bhagwat”
Social media posts Claim dated 21 Dec 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The photo shared in the post is a morphed one. The original picture shows Mohan Bhagwat sitting beside Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, not AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi. This photo was taken when Mohan Bhagwat and Mulayam Singh Yadav attended an event hosted in the official residence of Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 21 December 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 December 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

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