“Photo of Union Minister Smriti Irani drinking alcohol and preparing counter tweets to Rahul Gandhi”
Social media posts
Claim dated 7 Oct 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post is a morphed one. The original image shows Smriti Irani interacting with her co-workers through a video conference. Also, the glass placed beside Smriti Irani was filled with water, not alcohol
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 October 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 October 2021, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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