“Photo of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan protesting against the post-poll violence in West Bengal while the country is going through the COVID-19 second wave”
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post is related to an old BJP protest held in May 2019. Protesting the violence on Amit Shah’s convoy in Kolkata, Union Ministers Harsh Vardhan, Jitendra Singh, Vijay Goel, and other top BJP leaders held this silent protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. This photo is not a current one and has nothing to do with the recent post-poll violence in West Bengal
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 May 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 May 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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