“Photo showing Union minister Smriti Irani holding a fish was taken during the holy festival of Navratri.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 14 Apr 2024.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The viral image was taken on 06 April 2024, when Smriti Irani received a large fish as a gift from a local fisherman during her campaign for RC Paul Kanagaraj, the BJP candidate for North Chennai. This year, Chaitra Navaratri began on 09 April 2024, and ends on 17 April 2024
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 April 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 April 2024, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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