“Tableau proposal by the Tamil Nadu government for the Republic Day Parade- 2022 has former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s statue”
What FACTLY found
The image being shared on social media is edited. The actual image of the tableau has statues of freedom fighters, including VO Chidambaranar, Subramania Bharathi, Rani Velu Nachiyar, Maruthu brothers, Poolithevan, Veerapandia Kattabomman. It does not have the statue of M. Karunanidhi
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 January 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 21 January 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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