“Photo showing Ram Nath Kovind and Droupadi Murmu performing Vedic rituals together before the official swearing in ceremony”
What FACTLY found
The photo shared in the post is an old one. The photo was taken in February 2020, when former President Ram Nath Kovind along with the then Jharkhand Governor Droupadi Murmu performed prayers at the Baba Baidynath Temple in Deoghar, Jharkhand. This photo does not show Ram Nath Kovind and Droupadi Murmu offering prayers before the latter’s official swearing in ceremony as the President of India
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 24 July 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 August 2022, 8 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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