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“Photo of YV Subba Reddy’s wife holding the Bible in her hand.”
Social media posts Claim dated 20 Sep 2021.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING

What FACTLY found

The photo was taken during a book release function of the late YS Rajashekhar Reddy ‘Naalo Naatho YSR’ in 2020. From the videos taken during the function, it is clear that YS Vijayamma (mother of AP CM YS Jagan) gave her bible to the woman standing behind her who is YV Subba Reddy’s wife. In August 2021, YV Subba Reddy was reappointed as the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) trust board Chairman. In 2019 there was a controversy over the religion of YV Subba Reddy, but he denied it and said...

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 20 September 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 October 2021, 11 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.

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